1/4/09 Cold. Kittens. Conversation. Family dinner

Usually our bedroom is warm and I kick off my covers in the middle of the night. Tonight the air was frigid. I worry about the kittens. I pray that they find a way to keep warm. I have two beds for them but I don't think they use them.

I get ready for the morning. No time for my Hatha. It's the first meditation class since the holidays. I have chosen a reading from Eknath Eswaran. It's about what you desire and what your deepest desires will bring to you. The key word is detachment. It goes along with my Gita reading --you are entitled to work, but not to the fruits. Here too the key word is detachment.

The class settles me in a deep and peaceful way.

MKate comes for lunch. She sees the kittens playing near a backyard barn. I am relieved. They made it through the night and MKate (who knows almost everything) doesn't think that Greyling is pregnant. Thank God. I make Cambell's chicken soup to warm us up. Then I fixed tuna melts with Eunices sweet pickle slices and a slice of Swiss. So the kittens were eating wet food. MKate and I were eating warm soup and tuna melts. Luke ate in the car.

Then Luke and I went off for our Conversation Ride. Every marriage needs a time to talk about hot subjects and then . . . . not talk them to death afterwards. That's where trust in God and each other comes in, and that's where taking the witness position becomes your best friend. We talk about our cell phone issues. Luke doesn't like technology. I used to be mad at him. Lately I've been giving him the right not to like carrying a cell phone. I think he has to do it out of respect for me and for himself as well. But I can understand.

OK. We're in a department store. I'm in one section and he's in another. I want to show him something or to tell him that I'll be in a dressing room. He isn't carrying his cell phone so it gets messy and time consuming and tense.

We were going to do chores but it's so cold that we didn't feel up to it. We went home to rest a little. Kevin called to say that he and Becky were close to Indy. Em and Bobby decided to meet us at Amber Indian at 7 pm, and wait for Kev and Becky.

By the time Luke and I got to the restaurant, the others were there laughing and having fun. We love Amber Indian. I've found that I can eat Tandore shrimp and stay with my diet (as long as I eat small amounts of rice and etc). This time, Kev ordered the most fattening appetizer possible--batter dipped and deep fried onions and veggies. I has some but not too much. I think I'll be ok on the scale tomorrow.

We laughed and told jokes and talked mostly about fun things. I told the Pope/Rabbi joke that Matt told me. I messed it up again, but people find that funnier than the original joke AND I was able to continue on.