Sick Days.

I've spent much of the last few days in bed doing the following:

1.  Sleeping.

2.  Drinking 7-Up.

3.  Reading.  When I'm sick, I want comfort books: these few days, it's been Betsy-Tacy.  I've made it all the way through Betsy's high school years, half-way through her European excursion.  Betsy has been my friend for over 20 years now.  I still remember the first time I found a Betsy-Tacy book at the library, and how I checked the books out over and over through the years until my dream came true--they finally came back into print and I could have a set of my very own!

4.  "Shopping".  Check out these earrings on Etsy.  Love them.

5.  Listening.  To music.  Specifically, to Pomplamoose.  Love the "Beat It" cover.  And see Nataly Dawn's very cute hair?  Mine never works in that style.  Sigh.

5.  Pondering.  The year is still new, and feels like a good time to take stock of life and my soul's journey.  I've felt a little directionless lately, a little too prone to coasting through day-to-day life without much vision for bigger things.  You know that "can't see the forest for the trees" mentality?  That describes where I've been ... I need to step back, look around at the whole of my life, see where God has been working and where's he's leading me next.  This little brochure from Sojourn has challenged me to think how I can take practical steps to open my heart and life to the ways that God wants to renew and transform me in my current season.  And I like this blogger's list of "101 in 1001"--a list of plans, goals, and desires that are planned with a three-year time frame in mind.  I'll be making a 101 list of my own.  When I take my vague thoughts and put them down on paper in black and white, it's much easier to act on them.

It's amazing how productive a couple days in bed can be.