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Saturday, June 2nd
Second day and going strong! I got up a little earlier, and
we went all day long! The run was good, but the wind was strong, slowing Mom
and me both down some.
PS, Mom is now addicted to Starbucks Triple Mocha Frappuccino. So if you want to get her anything, this would be the winner. You could also call this a "hack" I guess, not to be trendy, I hate that, but she would get them in the morning and freeze them until afternoon! When I went up to get some food from the room I would bring it down and it was like eating ice cream! For my afternoon treats, I tried lots of new drinks I had bought over time. I need to hydrate, especially running and tanning in the heat and humidity all day every day, so flavor helps me! Today was a Neuro.
My Bible Study for today was tying up some loose ends of an
old daily devotion and a Daniel Plan that I had gotten in my email. The last
day of the month was the best one and so encouraging to my place in life.
"Keep Improving"
"No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after
I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the
prize." 1 Corinthians 9:27.
Not that I haven't heard and read this verse many times, but
it means something different in different situations. That's why you can never
get enough of the Bible, because God is always at work.
I admit that I am way too hard on myself both physically and
mentally. But why do I push myself so hard? Rather than get caught up in the
moment, I need to think about the future. Will this small mistake I made (that
no one even notices but myself) matter tomorrow? I might spend "5 more
minutes" on something, then "5 more" and so on because it's
never good enough, but who cares!? I could be missing things or draining energy
and motivation for things that God has in store for me here and in the future.
If I wear myself out being a perfectionist, I won't have the focus or energy to
give to other works, family, friends, and fun. I have a difficult time doing
what I need to do now so I can do what I want to do later, but that is
something God is teaching me to discipline myself in.
Second was a Daniel Plan devotion titled "Real
Life" with the verse in John 10:10 where Jesus says that He has come so
that we can have full life. LIFE is found in Him, not in my daily pursuits. I
find that when I struggle emotionally, I have gotten caught up in trying to do
more than be satisfied in what Jesus has already done. Even before we left for
vacation, I had a hard time thinking things like, "What if it rains? What
if I can't run as much as I want? What if we don't get to go shop here or
there?" I had to remind myself that my joy does not depend on this beach
trip. It will be over and done before I can feel like I've been there. Then we
will be back home. That was a depressing thought. Not getting to go to the
beach last year has made this a huge anticipation in my mom's and my mind, but
it is just a thing that will come and go. I will always have Jesus. He has an
ongoing plan for my life, and everything else is just details!
For the day on the beach, I read some comics and a part of a
book and some word searches. It was a great day on the beach, and by the time
we got to the big Coastal Grand Mall and sat for dinner, we were much quieter
than we had been. We laughed at ourselves being so tired! We also joke about
how "fancy" we eat at the beach; we use gift cards from over the
year, and we go cheap! But that's how we enjoy it. We enjoy the beach and
simply being there, so we don't have to spend so much money eating out at the
places like Margaritaville. Tonight was Chick-fil-a! We hadn't been there in a
long time, and it was very satisfying.
Mom and I split up to shop since the mall closed at 9, so
that way we could do more faster. I looked around more than I bought (which is
kind of a good thing!), but I did get some good stuff at GNC! I had a rebate
for Optimum Nutrition Cake Bites, which look really good, so I got a few
flavors as well as a carrot cake No Cow Bar. (PS, if you are interested in the rebate app I use, I can send you my referral link so we can both get extra points! I love it and currently have around $100 stored up) I also had an American Eagle
giftcard from a return from my birthday I think, and I have not been able to
get rid of it! I am highly disappointed in the quality of clothes over time.
Prices go up, and quality goes down. Not just quality, but also coverage. Why
should I pay so much money for clothes that look like they came out of the
trash, are paper thin and/or have holes, paint splatter, whatever!? They're
ugly. I could go on, but I'll stop. Finally I found some jeggings on the
clearance rack to take care of one of the items on my "wish list" and
a decent and cute shirt also on sale at Aerie! Before we knew it, the doors
were starting to close all around us, and we had to head out. I can't believe
how time flies. I used to think we shopped for hours and would run out of
places to look. Well, tonight we shut the place down, literally!
On the way out, we heard some thunder and saw lightning off
in the distance, but little did we know of the rain that was coming! I got drenched in the parking lot, even though I only had to walk two steps from under the awning... In the
hotel, I had seen a brochure paper for a new ice cream and candy shop that was
between the mall and the hotel, so Mom took me by! I got some great chocolates
from the do-it-yourself section and tried lots of new flavors! For the chocolates, I got dark chocolate covered pretzels, espresso beans, and pomegranates, chocolate coconut almonds! I love the
places that aren't so generic. These flavors I got were banana pudding, salted
caramel cheesecake, rum raisin, maple nut, white chocolate raspberry truffle,
heath yogurt, and peanut butter pretzel! Their to-go containers were so good! The styrofoam kept it cold already, but when I got back to the hotel and opened it, there were Yeti brand paper things on top! All that goodness and care for packaging, and it still wasn't expensive.
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