I love the feeling of a Saturday morning. Feeling a bit more rested, unwound, planning the day, having a nice breakfast. Such it is this hot June Saturday here in the land of Cowboys and Indians. As it were.
Woke up still early-ish but enjoyed part of an early movie snuggling with Peanut before rolling out of bed. And I’m now sitting here at the ubiquitous Okie staple Braums, a beloved Okie restaurant chain selling burgers, ice cream, and breakfast enjoying a “Big Country Breakfast” before doing morning errands.
Best Ice Cream in Town
Gotta love Saturday mornings.
Work:
Was a full work load this week with a few challenging cases. One colleague described the field we work in with people as “disgustingly beautiful.” And I’ve pondered that observation.
In this valley of tears are some people who are suffering at a level that is un-quantifiable, beyond adequate description to convey their misery, yet needing intensive care.
There is a peculiar kind of personal and professional development required in order to master how you manage your work, your own mental hygiene, and method of responding to “disgustingly beautiful” situations. As it were.
But I know that applies to every type of work...
Oklahoma:
So a fellow Trad and his, it seems, are about to take the plunge and move to Oklahoma!
To become fella’ Okie Trads, yessir!!
Air conditioning right now will be a plus. And lots of hydration. We’ve got nice weather here relative to some harsh environments out there, with mildly pleasant Spring, early Summer, Fall, and a Winter. But when the deep heat/humidity of Summer sets in by now, its a mental marathon until September. For me anyway.
But some good penance to avoid the decades or centuries of purgatory time that await most of us.
At least according to the tradition of private revelation to the Saints.
R&R:
R&R. Well the 20 minutes it’s taken me to write this out on my phone sitting up here at Braums already is resting and relaxing. I enjoy reaching out to like-minded, moderation loving Catholics, and right reason seeking people here in Oklahoma and beyond to share by own personal experience.
Gotta run. We’re planting flowers later in our garden and by our recently deceased dog's grave, then BBQ-ing by the river. Maybe read some too. I'm finishing a good book about a wrongfully imprisoned man in a Soviet, Siberian gulag.
It's called A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Happy weekend! Lovers of the good, true, and beautiful!