June 20 - “Patient Patient”

Yard work is back. And it is hot. Still has to get done. I went out with a very specific task in mind. But as I opened the shed, it became painfully obvious that I would need to trim some branches from the MeeMaw Tree. Not difficult. Just cut into my hours of cloud cover. 

Next I moved to part one of my actual goal for the day. I pulled up the remaining sunflowers and hauled them to the street. That one was kind of tough. Those roots didn’t want to let go. But I got it done. 

Then my supervisor tacked on an additional chore of her own. Trim the wisteria bush. Yep. I had to concur. That bush needed some serious chopping. I could have done more, but my actual number one job was calling my name, warning me to save some energy.  Here we go. 

Finally I turned my attention torward MY project: Digging up the dirt and rotting tree particles in the round mound of dirt in the yard. Oh, and that by all means included digging out the tiny little shoots of the supposedly dead, chopped-down palm tree sprouting all over in the back yard. Also put down that we raked the mysteriously dead grass around the hump. 

Today the plan is to redistribute the dirt under the hump and dead grass to begin the process of leveling the yard. That will probably entail a massive number of bags of dirt, too. I finally was able to convince myself that it is OK if I don’t get it all finished in one day. (Wait a minute! Where did THAT comment come from??).  

I guess that last statement was aptly enacted. See … Chris was sitting outside in a patio chair … supervising. I think she’s enjoying this a little too much. 

After a much-needed shower, I headed up to Seaside for a Zoom meeting. The architect presented plans for our massive worship center renovation. It’s gonna look really different. Hope everybody gets excited about it. 

I got home in time to eat a bite of lunch. Then it was on to Walmart for a banana run. I grabbed some oranges as well. And some Miracle Grow for these house plants. 

And to top it all off, I decided to reward my patient’s patience. I got her a watermelon and a tiny bouquet of flowers in a honey jar. Love you, Babe. 

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ says, Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Father, help Chris maintain her patience in dealing with the pain and the medicine schedule. Aaaand … with me. Amen.