aching today

though this has been a good day also, it has had it's bad points.  but i'll get to them as they come up.

i got up and said prayers, and considered the gym, but a gout flare sort of dissuaded me.  and it gave me an appreciation for Rachel, who out of the blue brought me tart cherry juice the day before.  I got up, saw Syd out the door as i worked on the video that i'm going to post here also.  i had things to get done, and that was one of them.  I worked on it for two hours and then it wouldn't format into a playable video which frustrated the fuck out of me.  so i went on with some business. stepping away from a thing often allows the answer to manifest itself, when i'm tuned in to the right station.

i had some very senior moments.  gong to western union to get the money my friend from Ontario sent, I had the wrong code number, and the wrong amount, and she had messaged them to me accurately on Facebook.  all i had to do was double check.  i came home after i got some nachos for the green tomato salsa i'd made the day before.  Syd asked if i could get her a charger for her new phone and i didn't know what kind.  i came home, took salsa to my mom, went back to Giant Eagle western union again as i got the right information, got that money, bought some fish and got Syd's charger.  then i came back home.

i called Rachel and she was still in the bed and running late for her counseling, so i told her to get ready and i went to take her.  we hung out afterward, got some lunch and talked.  she has been okay, but processing some thoughts and emotions, without apparently much help from her counselor.  i came home after, got orange marinated chicken into the oven after seasoning and brown sugar-ing, and i am shutting it down pretty soon.

the bad thing, i guess, is that i did too much at the gym yesterday,and combined with the gout it has been a physically miserable day.  i con't mind, though.  it can always be worse, and has been a time or two.  all i know to do right now it to rest, get ready to start it again tomorrow and to thank Jehovah for the many blessings that i have received, especially the ones i don't even know about yet.