Hairy up!

Today has been so weird... I woke up at 3:20 with Daphne and again at 6:20, and out of bed by 8. My hair turned out a bit brassier than normal so I threw a toner on my hair, got ready and picked Quinton up from school so we could make it to the dentist by 11. He was having a baby tooth pulled, and boy was it dramatic! The anticipation of the actual procedure really got the best of him, but the actual removal was a cinch (less than 2 minutes). Quinton stayed home the rest of the day and helped me get a few things done. We went and did a little grocery shopping before the dreaded "S" word arrived this evening... After dinner and homework it was haircut time. 3 haircuts take a while, especially when I've been putting it off for an extra couple of weeks... not to mention they all have an astronomical amount of thick hair and cowlicks. By the time I finished the last haircut it was past the boys' bed time so their devotional was skipped tonight, as well as my workout.

Thoughts on today:

PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
The heart of worship is surrender. 3 barriers that block total surrender: fear, pride, and confusion. Surrendering my life to God is extremely difficult, but it's something that I need to work on. I feel like I give him some things but not others. One thing that I really need to give to him is my infertility, my want for a child, to be a mother. What if that's truly what he wants for me? What if that is part of my blessing or someone else's in my life? Who am I to push blessings away?? I've got all three barriers up when it comes to that... I'm praying for the strength to surrender that part of me.

"The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become -- because he made us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be .... It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own."
-C.S. Lewis

BIBLE IN A YEAR
Today's passages: Genesis 17, 18, 19
Abram became Abraham and a covenant was established between God and Abraham. Circumcision was the symbol of the covenant between them. God told Abraham that his people must be circumcised or they would be cut off from his people. God also said that Sarai was now Sarah and that she would bear a child, to whom would be called Isaac. That day all of Abraham's people were circumcised just as he and Ishmael were.  (Genesis 17)
Visitors came to Abraham and Sarah's. Upon arrival Abraham asked Sarah to prepare bread and asked a servant to prepare a calf. The visitors told Abraham that this time next year Sarah would have a son, Sarah overheard this. The visitors then set off for Sodom and Gomorrah. Sodom and Gomorrah had become wicked and corrupt. God was going to wipe it off the map, but Abraham asked if he could find 10 righteous people there if God would spare it... God agreed. (Genesis 18)
The visitors arrived and Lot greeted them at the gates. Lot begged them to stay in the servant's house but they wanted to stay in the town square. They also asked about having relations with men, where Lot offered his 2 daughters. They refused and started a riot of sorts. Lot went to seek help from his future sons-in-law but they thought he was joking! In the morning Lot and his family fled the city. God asked that they not turn to look at the destruction or they would be turned to a pillar of salt... Lot's wife looked. Abraham awoke the next morning and saw the smoke from the cities. Lot and his daughters sought refuge in Zoar. The girls knew there wasn't a man that would come for them so they decided to get Lot drunk and have relations in order to preserve their family. Both became pregnant and bore sons. (Genesis 19)

FLYLADY
Cleared off the bookcase that was being used as a pantry and actually put things away in the pantry. Also cleared out some expired goods.We went through some of my baking pans and got rid of quite a few. Also got the boys involved today, had Quinton take out all the trash in every room and Zach vacuumed all the carpet. All in all a pretty good day.

COUCH-TO-5K
My calves are still pretty sore today, I wondered when that was actually going to happen. However, out of complete selfishness and hatred for the "S" word that has invaded the KC area I avoided the gym. If it's still yucky tomorrow I may have to settle for a workout DVD.