Multitasking


A totally weird picture that needs a lot of explaining. I was multitasking:  exercising, in a virtual watch party for musical awards (a school thing) and watching the awards show.  So I had three screens in front of me as I exercised.   However, I snapped the picture at this weird moment of a kid holding up fake boobs in a musical.  AWKWARD!

I made chocolate chip cookies.  Cooking keeps my hands busy.
I need to go see a doctor.  I feel like I've had this congestion for over two weeks and my chest has pressure from the sinus drainage. I'll try to set something up tomorrow.  I want them to look in my throat and ears and make sure I'm not crazy.  But I suppose, I should wait on the COVID test.

School official ends May 22.  I am so grateful for it to be over.  But I wish I knew what was happening at my new school--maybe that is what the chest pressure is all about.

Next week, I am supposed to lead a devotion for faculty, of course, it will be a virtual devo. When I signed up in January, I thought it would be a goodbye devotional.  Now, I don't know what to say.  This morning, "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" came on my Pandora station.  I thought about centering my devotion around that, but then I wondered as I was getting dress this morning what the Bible had to say about complaining.  I have been doing a lot of complaining lately. When I googled it, there were so many scriptures about not grumbling.

All of the extra dough was rolled into a log and placed in the freezer.
ONE GOOD THING:  I only ate 1/4th of a chocolate chip cookie.  A taste was enough.

I am grateful that I am losing weight during this pandemic and gaining.  I am grateful for the opportunity to fellowship with my colleagues during the watch party this evening.  I am grateful that all of my needs are met.  I am grateful for the $19 check I randomly received in the mail.  I am grateful for the encouragement I have received from everyone around me.
The finished product

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  1. MargaretApril 28, 2020 at 7:51 PM

    Those cookies look good, and I admire your restraint! You will figure out something to say, perhaps about the uncertainty of the world right now. I'm sorry that everything is up in the air for you. That would kick my anxiety into high gear!

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