February 28, 2012
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RWOTD {Incoming}
As some of you know, I just got back from a 5-day trip to Ohio and back.
It was a wonderful adventure and mostly was just SO full of great friends and amazing conversation, but my brain still feels like it is swirling.
In the context of being in a house with 26 other girls, if nothing else, there is a TON of great conversation! If you know me, you know that I pretty much thrive on great conversation. I almost literally get a high from it!
But I don’t know if that whole “I’m not as young as I once was” thing is catching up to me or not?
In the same way that I can’t stay up as late as I used to be able to and then expect to function well the next day, maybe I have my limits on how many great conversations I can have in one weekend and still sort them out.
I left home on Wednesday afternoon and immediately called a good friend to chat for a while. Times flies for me when I am talking on the phone, so driving and phone conversations are a perfect fit for me.
I am not even sure why I thought it was necessary to download some new podcasts on my I-phone, because I think all I listened to was maybe 5 or 10 minutes of one of them.
Once I picked up my friend Liz and continued on towards Ohio…there was non-stop talking and laughter between the 2 of us.
So much so that I literally drove for 2 hours on the wrong road before I realized what I had done! This was very humiliating and very out of character for me. I guess Liz’ stories were just so captivating I wasn’t paying attention. (Thankfully, we didn’t have to completely backtrack…we only ended up having gone about 45 minutes out of the way. And…Liz was SUPER sweet about it all!)
And once I got to the house where the event was held…Wow! So much conversation and information and INCOMING thoughts and questions and ideas and excitements and hurts and emotions being poured both into my heart and mind and out of my heart and mind.
Driving home, tired as we were, and with Liz’ voice practically gone, you would think we would have been silent. But no!!
Then as I finished my trip out on Monday, still more great phone conversations with friends. More thoughts to sort out. More input to consider. More things to process.
Even though I have been home for over 24 hours, my brain still feels like a complete jumble.
I guess my OCD-ness is on high alert to all of the stuff that came into my heart and mind in the last 6 days but hasn’t been sorted out yet and filed away.
And maybe it doesn’t need to be. Maybe God lets it linger there so I can roll it around some more and prompt me to pray or message someone about what we talked about.
The point of this very scattered (to me at least) post is that I have taken in and given out A LOT in the last few days and I feel more blessed for it. Relationships have gone to the next level, I’ve gotten to see people I haven’t seen in a long time, and I feel overwhelmed with the blessing that is the many friends in my life. I value each of them!!
But right now…I think I need at least another day or two to feel like my mind has stopped whirling.
Comments (13)
i think i need to start blogging, just so can get in on this!! How ’bout that, a CANADIAN at your party! that alone should get me a “green” card in!!
Thanks for the call, i was a much “lighter” person afterwards! You have a gift my dear!!
I feel the same way. Just rolling it all around in my head. So much to remember and think about and keep close. And I’m already pondering ways to keep the closeness with everyone. I don’t want it to end at the one weekend, you know?
One reason you were so drained is because you GAVE so much… You are one of the most unselfish, beautiful, confident women I know. I love you and hope you get to rest a bit this week and let it all soak in! ( :
Mj
i do not what exhausts me more…the giving or the taking…but it is an invigorating exhaustion!
Incoming was the perfect word for this. I just think and think and think about it all. Thanks for all you did to make it happen!
when i saw the list on facebook of all the fabulous ladies that were gathered in bethro78′s pictures i was so excited for you all. so many amazing beautiful women all together in one place. i can’t even imagine how awesome it was. and sooo awesome that you and Liz got to drive together! what a fun experience. so glad that you got to go and see everyone and have this awesome time. hope that you are able to get a handle on all that has filled your heart so fully from those beautiful days away with such amazing and dear ladies.
i need at least another day or two or ten.
mj nailed so much in her comment…
i’m thinking ditto. and thank you. and sweet Jesus, i am so grateful.
I need a couple of days as well! I wasn’t sure if it was mental or physical exhaustion that I felt upon returning home.
Probably both, but like Lisa said, it’s an invogorating exhausting!
Thank you SO MUCH for all you all did for the weekend. I can’t even imagine how much work and planning went into it! It was just really really fun.
Thank you!!
Oh Audrey (said in the tone you like
thank you so much for the weekend and all the driving you did!
I was probably talking too much and made you fall asleep and THAT is why we drove out of our way!
I know what you mean…I keep thinking and thinking about the weekend.
So glad I went, so much fun. Thanks for all you did.
Happy Wednesday to you. =)
loved your words…. you really are such a gracious loving soul and i just love that about you. thanks for being YOU.
Audrey thank you THANK YOU for all that you did to make this happen! I don’t think I can adequately express the great gift this past weekend was for me. I admit I went into it feeling tired and a little frayed by life’s circumstances but I walk away with an overwhelming sense of peace and joy. I wish I could have told you that in person but I guess this will have to do
Thank you my friend, you are beautiful!
yes. just what everyone else said…
love you friend.