Five things friday

I haven't done one of these ftf's for awhile. Here goes...

1. "How shall God be able in heaven to dry up your tears when you have not wept?" This was in the chapter I read this morning from Kierkegaard's 'Purity of Heart Is To Will One Thing.' Apparently it was written by Johann Arndt in his ancient book 'True Christianity.' I'm not entirely sure what it means, but it sounds like something along the lines of... "Don't be fake." I dunno.
2. Speaking of ol' S.K.... Man, this book has been a bit of a chore for me. I can't decide if he was just a lonely old psychopath who couldn't put into words what he was trying to say, or if it's simply way over my head. I've thought about putting it down, but I've begun to treat it as an exercise in patience/perseverance. Sometimes I think it's good to slog through things even when we don't know if there is any benefit or not.
3. My running this week hasn't been too bad. So far. Midweek miles jumped to 4, 7, 4 on T, W, TH. Tomorrow I'm supposed to do 14. It only gets worse from here on out. 
4. Speaking of which, I don't think I wrote about changing my running schedule this week (or maybe I did and I forgot). I changed from running M, T, W with a long run on Friday to the T, W, TH, with a long run on Saturday. As the miles have increased I realized I am not able to be on my feet at work for 8 hours on Friday and then come home and run another several hours afterward. It was just too much. I did run a few miles Monday, so this week was actually 5 days of running, but will now be going back to only 4 days of running, 1 day of cross training (bike, walk, whatever), and 2 rest days.
5. "The body is bad at pretending. It keeps the damn score." Ha! I read this yesterday and thought it absolutely right on!! I think Anne Helen Petersen wrote it in a book of hers. This is some of why I try to stay fit. We only get one of these (bodies). Although, I've been pretty lucky also.
6. [BONUS] I should probably point out that Jane's body has decided she needs to suffer plantar fasciitis. Ouch! I feel so bad for her. She'd been doing so good - training to run a couple half marathons this year. But she woke up the other morning to that dreaded heal pain. I've had it twice (I think), and it is no fun. I'm hoping it isn't too bad.
7. [BONUS BONUS] I will write a separate post about this one of these days, but our house is in disarray. Our kitchen remodeling project was to have started on 8/15. They came last week and told us to have everything out of the cupboards and the kitchen and they would start Monday replacing the flooring, countertop, sink, hardware, painting the cabinets, and removing the backsplash. We moved everything into the living room. Then it got pushed back to Tuesday. Then on Tuesday they informed us they forgot to order the counter top... so it's going to be a couple more weeks before they will start! Did I mention EVERYTHING that was in our kitchen is now in our living room?!? Yeah... we are not very happy at the moment...

Okay, that's enough for this day, kiddos. Oh yeah, that could be #8: the grandkids started school this week (3rd, 4th and 6th)! And Anna had her first volleyball game as a 6th grader. She started and played the entire game with the 7th & 8th grade team! Yay.

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Romans 15:13

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."