not-so-lazy sunday

i woke up this morning--wide awake--to the first bit of sun in close to a week. i could see the blue of the sky through the triangular window above my head, and the breeze felt warm. i jumped out of bed and pulled on my new black shorts, my new black sports bra, and my new ankle socks and sneakers.

i was going running.

then i jumped on j. until he was awake enough to come with me. the poor man went from sound asleep to standing in sneakers. literally. i placed his socks on his feet myself before he hit the ground.

after our run we drove to dunkin d's for a toasted almond iced coffee and bagels. we parked the car behind bill&bob's in salem and listened to the park street sermon on the radio while we ate our breakfast and watched the seagulls and sailboats skim over the ocean. the sermon was really good, tying together the old testament to the new, and showing how jesus fulfilled the typology of the feast of tabernacles when he said he is the light of the world and the living water. and i learned that when the pharisees brought the adultress before jesus and asked him if they should stone her, and jesus bent down and started writing with his finger in the sand, it was to show that he was the one who wrote the law (the same language for writing with a finger is used for when god wrote the ten commandments with his finger); then jesus says "he who has no sin should cast the first stone." he really had some guts. and wisdom.

and he really left no question about who he was claiming to be.

it was just an interesting sermon. one that affected me to the point of placing a lump in my throat.

i've heard that in some language the "soul" is translated "throat."

this afternoon we traveled to rockport to wander the streets and look in the galleries. the ring i love is still at the village silversmith's. i tried it on again, admiring the star in the middle of the blue saphire. it's still too expensive for us.

we ate hot dogs at top dog, and bought another coaster. then j. took me through the back side of gloucester, stopping at a beach where we sat by the sand and i waded through the water.

tennis and tacos rounded out our evening. now i'm waiting for the wash to finish so i can move it to the dryer.