Happy Saturday

My mind had been racing quite a bit at the beginning of the week and was struggling to find a balance mentally.  I was being more pessimistic rather than the optimal optimistic.  Then on Wednesday night I got a text from Marcel whom I worked with in the summer.  He asked if I was available to work on Thursday helping out Sheldon with a construction project.  I was able to work the last two days which enabled me to distract my mind and feel positive about the weeks to come prior to Christmas.

Sheldon is an awesome guy and I am thankful he thought of me to help him out.  We spent the last few days back filling the foundation of the structure he had put up.  I spent a lot of time tamping down the fill and even got some time on the John Deere which was an awesome machine to run.  The aspect I enjoyed most was having a stress free environment.  Sheldon expects a certain level of work from us but,  he is pretty laid back and that made working with him that much better. It is certainly a lot easier on me mentally when there is no stress involved and enable me to have fun working outside in sub par conditions.

We are going down to visit the Chapman's today and might take Elias skating.  Will be great to spend some time with them and see how they are recovering from the events earlier in the week.  I love getting a chance to visit with them and see my awesome nephew, Elias.  Then Jodi and I are spending the night in Toronto which will be a nice reprieve from our normal weekend routine.  I am particularly excited to got to Lulu Lemon to pick of some items for Jodi's friend.  There was a bit of sarcasm in that statement but, Jodi loves browsing in that store so I will tag along without objection.
I think we are going out for a Thai dinner somewhere in the downtown core.  We have not been a way together for a night in probably eight months.  The last time was at Nationals in Kingston to watch Trinity Western and visit with Ryan.  I hate leaving Ollie alone but, we need this time a way together and I am really looking forward to it.

As I sit here writing,  I feel quite content today and am confident my mind will be at peace for the next few days.  I have nothing else pressing to write about this morning so I will end here for now.

Have a Happy Saturday.  Take care,  Shawn.

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