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February 07, 2005 - Monday, 9:21 a.m.

The weekend drifted by very quickly. Friday night on my way home from work I made some phone calls and set up a trip to the movies. Moon, Megan, Rosie and I went and saw �The Wedding Date�. It was somewhat predictable, but I really enjoyed it. It was a nice evening.

Saturday dawned nice and sunny. I was up early to clean house. Moon and Justin had invited Josh and Amity and Kyle and Maqui over for lunch, so I wanted to do my part. After cleaning up most of the main level common rooms I spent the rest of the morning assisting Moon in any way that I could with what she was cooking. It all tasted wonderful. After lunch I went and laid down with an upset stomach and slept some. Later in the afternoon we headed up to Char�s for the birthday parties. It was a nice evening, good food and great company. We didn�t head home until after 10 pm, and Mariah came with to spend the night. We got home, got ready for bed, put �The Two Towers� into the DVD player, set the TV to turn off in one hour and fell asleep within about 15 minutes. :o)

Up in the morning on Sunday and back to WP for Ruhi. I am really enjoying Ruhi a lot. It is a pretty simple approach and method, but it feels really effective, and just enjoyable. We have been talking about prayer and it�s purpose for the last few weeks. I am enjoying the time with everyone in our group AND the content. It is a great way to spend Sunday mornings. I didn�t get away from WP until almost 2 pm. I took Maureen home and then got home just as the boys were leaving to go to their Dad�s for the Super Bowl. The rest of the afternoon was quiet. I spent some time on the computer playing and did my homework. I was done with everything by 9 pm, but just didn�t fall asleep. I watched about 5 episodes of Voyager until well after midnight.

This morning arrived cold and icy. There were a number of delays in the city and the roads were definitely icy. Somehow I dragged myself out of bed just after 5 am, and was sitting at my desk at work before 6:30 am.

I spent some of my weekend pondering things. Seems like the mind never rests. At some point this weekend it dawned on me that I simply �try� to do things far too often. One of the things that was addressed in these classes I have taken, it NOT using the word �try�. To �TRY� to do something is to give yourself a back door out of doing it. You can always say, �But I TRIED,� as an excuse for not doing something. I realized that perhaps I don�t SAY I am going to �try� to do one thing or another, but that my internal intent is to �try�. It�s like if the universe aligns then perhaps it�ll get done, so as you can guess a lot doesn�t get done. So many of the things that I think I want to do, are just �tries�. ::sighs:: It�s no wonder so much is left undone� everything from saying my prayers daily, to working out, or to just getting up and into work at some desired time. All of these things I attempt half-heartedly, and somehow never manage to make happen with any regularity at all.

This morning I ran through and read all my favorite blogs� This one, this one and THIS one. I read them all almost everyday � Monday through Friday. They are all really different sites but still they get my mind thinking about things in their own ways.

I am feeling tired and somewhat stressed out. Hoping that�ll pass pretty soon.