It's Christmas Eve, and we will leave to go to Bristol at 2:30. I don't anticipate heavy holiday traffic, but we'll build in a bit of extra time nonetheless. I've written my Christmas Eve sermon (go to this post on my theology blog to read it), and I've said some extra prayers for parishioners who are sick. It looks cold outside, but the thermostat tells me that we're already close to 60 degrees. We're going to get close to record breaking high temps today and tomorrow.
I've been feeling a bit anxious each day this week, but I don't think it's about Christmas Eve worship. I think I'm feeling anxious about my surgery on Friday to remove the melanoma on my arm. I thought I might be feeling anxious about the prep work, particularly making sure I got my pain meds. But yesterday, I took care of that, and this morning, I'm still a bit anxious.
Yesterday was a day of taking care of all sorts of pre-Christmas tasks. I went to the library and did a bit of grocery shopping. My spouse did the bigger grocery shopping, using the mini-grant for the local food pantry. We had to park in the outer parking lot, but everyone in the grocery store was happy. I think I got more "Merry Christmas" greetings in one hour than I usually do in a whole season.
I had a container of yogurt that needed to be used up and lots of chicken in the freezer, so I decided to make a paprikash. I used this recipe, which was surprisingly delicious. I say surprisingly because I didn't have Hungarian paprika, so I used smoked paprika. I used yogurt, not sour cream, and it was nonfat yogurt.
Let me go for a walk--maybe movement will help me with my tug of anxiety.
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