I didn’t get out of bed until after 11 today, and probably could have slept longer. Even after about 12 hours of sleep, my body was still excessively groggy, and wasn’t wanting to function until I got a cup of coffee. My boss made me take today off, and I am so thankful. She assured me she would not be calling or texting me; that she would figure things out on her own. Bless her.

I think my body has about hit it’s limit stress-wise. Hopefully I’m on the down slope of stress, at least work related stress. I survived the most stressful part of my week this past Wednesday with our Rock Band Concert at the Senior Center. About 24 of my residents teamed up with FSU College of Music students and put on a real, honest to goodness rock concert. We featured songs by the Beatles, Queen, Bon Jovi, and many others. My residents showed the world (or at least the packed house at the Senior Center) that just because they’re old doesn’t mean they’re not living life to the fullest. It was an awesome show. The crowd was up dancing, and everyone was swinging their hands back and forth and na-na-naing on Hey Jude. I got a bit teary eyed at a few points. I did take lots of pictures, and hopefully some turned out alright (lighting was terrible) so as soon as I get a chance to look through them, I may post a couple.

I’m glad I was able to participate in such an awesome event, but it was stressful pulling it all together. I drove our community’s bus, which I’m growing more comfortable with, but was sweating a little when I had to back it up in the tightly packed parking lot to load and unload people. Luckily, I had Zuri, one of my awesome co-workers, as my spotter. I could breathe easier knowing I wasn’t backing over someone’s Audi.

After the evening was complete, it was really late when I got home. Thursday morning, I was like a walking zombie. Two cups of coffee later, I felt like Tweek. I think I had my weekly allotted hours by noon. I’m surprised I got much accomplished. I’m extremely thankful for an extra day to my weekend, and I intend to rest up and let my body recover. Sometimes I over plan my days off and have an over ambitious to do list. I’d love to sit and do some inspired writing, but I need to come to grips with the fact that my brain is probably not capable of that today. So I’ll keep my to-do list today pretty simple.

1. Take a long, luxurious, hot shower.

2. Practice a song I need to know for worship at church tonight.

3. Maybe do one load of laundry.

4. Wipe off my bathroom sink.

That’s it. And three and four are big maybes. I’m off to at least cross off number one.