Monday
Dear Elsie
Today was a Monday with a slight difference. Mondays are always very busy for me. Because I sit at my computer all day long, I do try and get out a little just to keep moving. Today, I worked from 7 to 8am and then went for quite a short walk. Rain looked like it was coming, so we did the 25 minute loop. From Daisy Lane – One brave soul coming out of the sea.
Home along Daisy Lane… no rain came.
Then home to work, but the other thing that made today different, was I went swimming! We have a swimming WhatsApp group and if someone feels like swimming, they put it out on the group. Mid-afternoon I joined Liesl at Glencairn Tidal pool. The tide was high and the waves were crazy so it made the pool quite fun. Today it was about 14C. I swam 10 widths of it and then when Liesl arrived we just kept moving. By the time 40 minutes were up, I was freezing! I came home with my feet numb and had a hot shower. Truth be told, I’m only getting a little warmer now.
So a good day’s work, some walking and some swimming…that’s a satisfying Monday.
The sun is now setting at 7.45pm and rising 14 hours later. My bedtime is getting earlier too. The rain didn’t come in the expected deluge. Maybe it rained somewhere in Cape Town, but it didn’t rain on me. In fact, we were able to get washing dry. The forecast is that tomorrow should be fine, but there will be rain on Wednesday and Thursday. We’ll see how accurate they are. Winter is here.
Today I read Psalm 121. It has 8 verses and I once decided to memorise them, so when it comes to Psalm 121, I know it off by heart. I’m going to type it out and then crosscheck it to see how many errors I make.
Psalm 121:1-8
I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip – He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm – He will watch over your life; The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forever more.
3 mistakes and a number of grammatical errors.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂