a long, cold, lonely weekend...

Nothing much profound to say tonight. It’s just been a long, cold, lonely weekend.

I never have liked the cold weather. I don’t know what I would do if I lived where it was REALLY cold! I know – I am so superficial. I definitely have a beach bum, or more accurately a pool bum mentality. I could swim everyday. I would wear shorts 365. When not in the pool, I would be hanging around the pool. One of my favorite things to do in life is to have morning devotions with coffee, journal and Bible in hand by the pool. Doing that after having had a brisk morning walk and a quick dip. To me, that would be the essence of retirement!

I’ve always been like a bear in the winter. I am miserable, can’t get warm, and I hate being closed up in the house. I was made to be outdoors. My heart sings when I am outdoors – but my heart and my body have to be warm first! Some winter weekend days, Jackie would tell me, “go to the club and workout, you’ll feel better”. So that is what I did last evening. I did feel better.

But now the house seems even colder and it’s empty! It’s been a long cold weekend, interspersed with some wonderful out of the house times of fellowship.

I hope it gets warm again soon or I figure out what to do with myself in this cold weather. I can’t go workout everyday, can I? Well, maybe I can.