A day well spent

Today was different, and I hope the start of something good. 

I’m usually a night owl….staying up til the wee hours of the morning and then sleeping the day away.  I’ve been trying to break this habit but wasn’t having any luck…at all!  Last night I went to bed at 11 p.m., couldn’t fall asleep, was up at 1 a.m., watched a tiny bit of t.v. and smoked a couple of cigarettes, then went back to bed a little after 2 a.m…..looked like more of the same.  Well, I was awake at 6 a.m., surprisingly, and got up and had a bowl of cereal and took my shot and pills.  I went back to bed, like I always do, ready to sleep the day away again.  But it wasn’t to be today.  While I was laying in bed this little voice kept nagging me…."get up Amy….get up Amy….get up and read your Bible."  It wouldn’t stop….so I did what I was told…I got up, made some coffee, grabbed my Bible, and spent an hour reading the Word of God and praying…it was WONDERFUL!  I’d like to keep this going…..getting up early every day, spending some time with the Lord, then keeping myself occupied in whatever way I can.  Today I also cleaned the bathroom and did two loads of laundry, then went to the gym.  So yes, it was definitely a day well spent, and I’m very happy about it 🙂

The only bad thing about it was the fact that I did only have four hours of sleep….and when I don’t have much sleep, I tend to smoke like a fiend….which I did!  While I was running on the treadmill at the gym my lungs were giving me the what-for for all the smoking I did today….I’ll have to make it up to them.  Poor things….they’re used to only a few cigarettes a night, not almost a whole pack in a day! 

An exciting little tidbit of news…..my son proposed to his girlfriend while we were in Indiana for the family Christmas get-together…and she said yes!!  I’m going to have a daughter-in-law, and I couldn’t be happier!  Her name is Amelia, but everyone calls her Mia, and she’s a college student, and the whole family just fell head-over-heels in love with her.  She is such a doll!  They’re planning on getting married in the Fall/Winter of 2012.  It was almost surreal to watch my son….my baby…..get down on one knee and propose the girl he loves, and I cried….but they were happy tears that he found someone he loves, and who loves him just as much, and tears of pride as I see the amazing young man he has grown to be.  No mother could be prouder, that’s for sure!

Here’s a pic of me and my pride and joy….

And here’s the happy couple after the proposal….

Hope everyone had a blessed, wonderful Wednesday!!!