Field Notes #32: Perfectly Lonely

"Nothing to do / Nowhere to be / A simple little kind of free." These lines from John Mayer's song "Perfectly Lonely" (from his latest release, Battle Studies) popped in my head a little while ago. Ignore the rest of the song, which is about being happily single, and that's basically what I have going on today. I mean, I have things to get done, like my sermon for Sunday, but I don't have to go anywhere. I'm still in the pink shirt and green pants I wore to bed. I look like a watermelon. And I have had a lovely day so far.

I got up this morning to discover it was 66 degrees outside! That is amazing! I quickly made some coffee, grabbed my Bible, journal and a few books, and proceeded to drag an armchair and ottoman out onto the back deck. I was there for several hours, enjoying the day, reading, writing and praying, taking a "break" to walk around the track while I called my dad and brother, who got back from Brazil early this morning.

I have since moved inside, but I'm sitting in the room adjacent to the deck with the sliding glass door open so there's just a screen between me and the day. I'm letting ideas for my sermon percolate a bit more, but I'll probably commit something to paper at some point today. I'm hoping for one of those days where I take it easy and yet am productive. Love it.