I am sitting here smiling listening to the RAIN! What a novel concept! I almost forgot what rain and thunder sound like. I would love for several days of steady, continous, solid rain. But at this point, I will take what I can get (what we can get).

Just a little FYI: Ice cream is dangerous. Not only is it fattening but it is bad for your teeth. I once completely lost a tooth in my soft ice cream and tonight guess what I found in my ice cream………….Part of my tooth! So, I will be paying a visit to Peter Murchie, hopefully tomorrow. He said he takes new patients………..I hope he is ready for me! I tend to talk throughout my dental appts. (while teeth are being pulled, while i am getting crowns, while they are doing fillings, etc) Part of the reason I can not shut up during a dr/dental appt is bc drs terrify me. I do it to relieve stress. Besides, I can talk non stop anyway!

Which brings me to stress……………It was recently pointed out that books, movies, music, etc, are no more Christian or secular than what we make them. We label them that way and that tends to give (these) things some power in our lives (or this is what i have found recently). Well, I was thinking about it tonight, before I broke my tooth, if things like books, movies, and music have power in our lives because we give them that power, couldn’t the same be said for fear and stress? Or, at least, to a degree. I mean since you and I don’t have the same fears and stressors then doesn’t it make sense that they really, in and of themselves, have no power? I am afraid of Drs because something happened in my life that gave me cause to think they were mean or wanted to hurt me or whatever. And, somehow, that fear grew in me until I allowed it to terrorize me and control my experiences with people in the medical field. I could be wrong but it really makes sense to me. The same could be said for my stressors. My stressors are there because something happened to cause that stress in my life in the first place. Whatever happened caused a negative reaction and so, when that (type of) event occurs in my life again, it causes me to stress again.

If this theory is valid, why do I still procrastinate so much? Why am I still a recovering slob? Etc? Etc? Etc?

And, speaking of procrastination, I have gotten very little done in the last week or so. I did get my HVAC inspection and plumbing inspection scheduled……………SO, I have to get something done in my house this weekend! Pray for my productivity please.

Also pray for Peter Murchie. He has no idea what is coming when I get to his office!

God bless