83 and 2 months

I'm on St. George Island in Florida.  Weather app says it is 50 degrees outside.  It says it is 9 degrees in Pittsburg so I am glad to be here.  It has not been a warm Florida break but it has not gotten to freezing.  Just got off phone with a friend in Pittsburgh who says she is staying in her pajamas today because they are warm and no one will come to the house because it is too cold to go outside.  Daughter reports that the downstairs of our house just can't get warm enough and she is on sofa with blankets and a heating pad.  App says Madison is -8 degrees right now.  I hope my Madison friends are staying inside and staying warm.  Actually, I hope that for everyone in those frigid part of our county.  I think about the homeless population and my wishes are for warm places for those folks to spend time in these very cold days.  Let's pray that our shelters are not saying that folks have to leave at 9 in the morning.  Are our churches and libraries and other public spaces keeping their heat on and their doors open?

My brain works much better than my body.  That matters as I think about folks freezing and I sit here in Florida being warm.  I am aware that I am just thinking about tough stuff and not doing anything about it.  I need to process that for myself some more and figure out what my role is at this time of my life.

I would like it if I found my role was really simple: to be sure my bed is made, my dishes are done, to keep on reading, to keep on quilting and to keep on supporting my family and friends.  I think there should be something in there about taking care of my body - and I will get back to that at some other time. 

And now I am going to get something to drink and make a couple more quilt blocks.