My mind is too full for sleep. I am so tired. But I can't relax enough to go to sleep. The past few nights - after Hubby and Peanut were fast asleep - I took a nice, hot bubble bath and read. Ahhhhh.... Now that's relaxation. I read To Kill A Mockingbird. What a wonderful book! I was greatly impressed by the writing style as well as the subject content. And I just finished reading Johnny Tremain. That's a good book, too. I can't believe that I never read that before.

The only problem with staying up after everyone is asleep to read is that I haven't gone to bed before about 3am. When I have no other distractions, I usually can't put a book down until my eyelids refuse to stay open any longer. It's so nice to be able to read books of my own choosing again.

Speaking of reading...I have finally gotten the courage to accept the fact that God wants me to read the minor prophets. I don't know why I have wanted to put off studying these books. But being obedient to the Spirit's leading is really paying off. My time of studying God's Word has really been blessed. And God has blessed me with the time to do it. Time that I used to spend drinking coffee and eating toast. You know...A very wise man once told me "Vic, you can't give anything to God. He gave you everything that you have, so technically it's His anyways. You don't really have anything to give." What an awesome thing to think about.

I am seriously thinking about giving up the blog. My life is just so busy now. And the more I think about sitting down to type random things that expose the thoughts that I am not rude enough, or dramatic enough, or open enough to communicate verbally...It just sort of strikes me as weird. It is a great outlet to express my thoughts. Thoughts that I feel that good manners do not allow me to express fully in a society that totally disagrees with them...But my mind is too full and too tired to think about that tonight. To follow the example of Scarlett O'Hara, I'll think about that tomorrow...Because - after all - tomorrow is another day...

- Sometimes I wish that I could just shop on King Street and covet Jimmy Choos and quote Gone With the Wind just once more...