Both yesterday and today began with fog. I love fog! The world seems so eerie and mysterious in fog.
Today is also the day that I lose my Blockbuster one-month all-you-can-view video pass. I’m happy to get rid of it, as I believe I have now seen every movie that has been made over the last year. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing! We actually ran out of things to watch last week and stopped borrowing videos. Today, I rented our last two movies and cancelled the plan (before they charge me for another month of movies).
Being that today is Martin Luther King Day, my family is off.
My son spent the weekend at a friend’s house… a two-hour drive away from here! At noon today, we begin the trek towards a prisoner swap: we have two of their kids (who were visiting their mother and their dying father… long story, but our friends are taking care of these two kids while dad is dying of cancer), and they have our son. We will meet at a mid-point. Since the first thing we have scheduled to do today is at noon, my wife will no doubt sleep until 11:50AM. My daughter and I have been up since dawn; as usual.
I’ve already completed The Noticer by Andy Andrews. It’s a really insightful book about the need for perspective. I have someone in mind who should really read it right now, so I will hand it to her tomorrow when I see her. Today I’ll start my dad’s other recommendation: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. I have no doubt that I’ll also learn a great deal from reading this book.
Day 15 mood: In a fog, literally and figuratively: trying to see the long-view (perspective) of my current situation. As it says in Andy Andrews’ book, “The best is yet to come!” I believe it!