I’ve been feeling under the weather for a few days now. I hate when that happens. Everything goes on hold. Trance is difficult because I can’t breathe properly and thus I get out of practice. Devotionals are shorter. I want to do some exercise – yoga, pilates, belly dance, something – but my body is so not into it. Normally it wouldn’t bother me. Our bodies need to rest during such periods and I should not be guilty feeling. Slightly annoyed, sure, but not guilty. This time, I’m feeling ill right after the New Year. I have goals and ambitions! I need to work on things and here I am coughing and sniffling.
I’m trying to be positive. After all, this is just one of those hurdles I talked about yesterday. There are lessons in this. I can use this time to really develop my tea and neti pot rituals. I could crochet or sew something quietly…
Oh, another positive! I sat in bed this morning and finished Tolkien’s The Two Towers finally. I don’t have the third book yet, so I suppose I can spend more time reading about fly agaric and Celtic reconstructionism… Ok. Yes. I’m being productive and that is good.
Author M. A. Phillips 
Feel better!! And kudos on finishing Two Towers! I read the Hobbit but never made it into the trilogy!
Thanks!
I read The Hobbit a long time ago and really liked it. When I attempted to read Fellowship, I had a difficult time. Now that I’m a bit older, I had an easier time of it. I know many people dislike his incredibly descriptive language and tendency to describe everything’s background, but I’m more used to that after having read so many ancient epics. 😉 Maybe you can try it again one day!