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[elainegrey]

My Monday morning meeting calendar is packed, leaving me pondering whether i get to the office at 8:15 or stay here.

I'm not feeling entirely well emotionally. Yesterday's morning was spent with friends and then Meeting and then the little "craft show." It was a stretch to share myself, and i didn't feel able to connect with people in the context. It was good to do, but i felt rattled. I haven't been able to really settle.

I did cook the greens and roots. I chopped the stems in half inch bits, sautéed them in butter, and then simmered in white wine. I then used an immersion blender on them -- and proved to myself why the stems are really not suitable for eating as the stringy bits kept getting caught up and i kept clearing them out. I think i managed to get most of the stringy bits out of the broth. We'll call that lesson learned. The lentils and greens turned out well, and i roasted an onion, the deep red beets, and the bright purple and white radishes with a dressing of some packaged white balsamic vinaigrette.

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Now would be a good time to go through the works of your hands and
choose what you will put on display in the art and craft show.
Remember that the primary goal is to share the creative aspect of
ourselves (both great and small) with our beloved meeting community.
Be sure to attach your name to your item(s) so we all can associate this
side of you with what we have previously experienced of you.

If you want to display many items please come on Saturday, November 6 to
the front room of the front meetinghouse so that you can take the time
you want to present your display. The room should be opened from noon
to four (12-4). Longer if others volunteer to be there earlier.

If you have decided to sell some of your items, price them clearly.
Otherwise items will be considered "not for sale".

Friends, come on First Day either before or after Meeting for Worship
and rejoice in the creativity in our meeting community!

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This morning: tears, nausea. How much is mental, how much is physical, how much from mind games, how much because of all the supplements, how much from something i cooked? Is it work? Or is it that work forces me to put on an engagement with others and i'm going to have to engage all morning?

I do know it's about time for my monthly cycle: last month i was incredibly low before hand.

My digestive system is really wonky this morning.

I know i worked over-hard Wednesday and Thursday, and needed to recover over the weekend -- but i really did try to build recovery time into the day.

I wonder how much is the change of weather. With the rain and damp, spaces are closed off and i felt overheated during Meeting, and then during the craft show. I've opened the window in here and the fresh air feels good.

I woke in the night, countering my theory that i do it when i don't exercise during the day. I'd ridden the exercise bike last night.