Waxing as in "waxing nostalgic". There are leaves falling. Now, I know they are not falling because it is becoming Fall. The poor little brown things just can't take the 'lanta heat anymore! BUT, as I rode today it was overcast (they say we'll have thunder storms this pm) and so humid that I was breathing in large particles (baby droplets) of water from the air. Then I noticed leaves were falling and so I decided to go to the place in my mind of F-A-L-L and just enjoy!
I wanted to ride down to Return to Eden Health Food store today to get RealSalt sea salt. It is about 2 miles there and then 2 miles back, passing Whole Foods at the halfway mark. So I did. What a LOVELY ride! Cool, wind in my face, sweating like a....hmm...what's the worst kind of sweatin' thing you can think of? That was me. BUT I've said it before and I'll repeat, why do I not mind sweating when I ride my bike? I HATE sweating at any other time. But biking? Man, I just don't CARE!
There are only two things I hate about starting back to teaching school:
1. I can't ride in the mornings and it is just too hot in the afternoons or even early evenings. But that will change as Fall comes and I will be able to ride after school...Lord willing.
2. I'm so tired when I get home that I find myself going to that emotional place of just wanting to eat everything in sight in order to comfort myself and "feel better" which it NEVER does. While I know it won't make me feel better with my logical brain, my emotional brain is screaming, "FEED ME!!!" I'm hoping that this will get better as I get more used to saying NO to my bratty, emotional self. If you would pray for me about that, I would really appreciate and benefit from it. :>D
Now, carrots. I have decided that "baby" carrots, be them organic or not, are evil. In order to keep my innards processing, I have to eat about a cup of raw carrots every day. No other vegetable I have found does the trick. But that handful, works pretty good. So...I decided for the sake of convenience to buy the "baby" ones. In BOTH bags (one organic and one not) that I bought at different times, there were rotten carrots. Spoils the taste of the whole bag, let me tell you. I know my carrots and they just don't taste as good once they have been snuggled up to a rotten one. And no it is NOT all in my mind. Like I said, I know my carrots! So today, I went back to organic WHOLE ones (no tops) that I will just have to "wash up" as I need. We pay such a high price for convenience, don't we? We pay our very health.
Back to waxing...I haven't said it much lately but I love my sister. She is the catalyst for so many good things in my life. The Lord uses her to "grow" me over and over again. Most of the time she's not even aware of how the Lord is using her...:
Just cut some fresh basil from my garden...the smell is still on my hands as I type. One of the most wonderful smells in the entire world!
Have a great weekend!
