A moving day

They weren't this bad, really.

A good day.  Satisfying.  February Fever hit, so I ended up moving furniture in my church office, and re-organizing all my bookshelves. They were bugging me - displaced books - not enough room.  I culled several books I will never read, or at least not again.  I reorganized the rest. Looks good. Tidy.

Moved my desk against the wall and the chairs into the center of the room.  Increasingly, I have been using my office for small confidential meetings - ministry committee, lay pastoral assistants, covenant group leaders.  It looks more open now - more like a meeting space with an office over to the side.

This all probably says something about how my ministry is evolving.  Yesterday during the children's time I responded to questions the kids have been putting in the "Ask the Minister" box in our social hall.  They ask some loaded questions, like "When you were little, did you get along with your siblings?"  True answer, "Sometimes yes, sometimes no."

"Do you prefer G or PG movies?"  "Depends on the movie."

They also asked, "What is your favorite thing about church?"  Easy.  All of them - the kids and the adults.  The people.  A couple of the kids said, "Yes!" and pumped their arms.  Now my office arrangement demonstrates the same thing - that people are important.  I have a bulletin board outside my door where I hang all the art the kids make for me, and pictures of them that their parents send at Christmas time.

Day Four:

• Had eight hours of sleep last night, then as usual I made myself breakfast in bed (hot wholegrain cereal)
• Had a good hour of "sit and think time" before work.
• Worked about 10 hours today.
• Salad and hard boiled eggs for lunch.  Couple pieces of fruit.
• Did grocery shopping on the way home so made burgers for dinner.  Veggies.  Low fat chips. Fruit.  Dark chocolate for cancer prevention.  
• Note to self:  having cookies in the office is not a Good Thing.  Must avoid in future.
• No time to work out but did move furniture and haul books around for hours.  That counts, right?

Self-care - a good day if I add in a bath before bed.  B+