Writer's Weekend - Part 2

After freshening up and giving that flour-less chocolate cake some time to digest, I put on my jacket and headed out to find dinner.  Since it was pretty cold yesterday, I had looked online for something close.  A place called Tomasita's was only 2 short blocks away and had great reviews, so I decided to go there. Sadly, even in 2 short blocks I got turned around.  I am nothing if not directionally challenged!  Dinner was good (nothing extraordinary, but decent fare) and the service was great.  The staff was very friendly, as were most of the patrons.  As I waited, I struck up more than one conversation, mostly with other visitors who were here for the hiking, art, shopping and so on.  After my tummy was full, I headed back to my room to continue writing.  I discovered that the WiFi works in parts of the B&B but not my room, so I found a cozy little corner in the library from which to work.  I grabbed another cup of tea and I started typing away.  My eyelids starting getting heavy around 9:30, which seemed a little early, but I figured with the time change it was a good time to crawl in bed. 

This morning I woke up a little before 8, and decided to have a quiet time before breakfast.  The pic below shows what I woke up to...

Gorgeous, no?  As I expected, breakfast was delicious - blueberry pancakes and bacon with fruit and coffee.  Great way to start my day and included with my stay, of course.  After that I grabbed my laptop and purse, dusted the snow from my van and headed to Trader Joe's.  If you're not familiar with Trader Joe's, you need to be.  Since we don't have one in Midland and I know my sister loves it, I stopped to pick up some goodies for her and her family. (And yes, I grabbed a few things for myself.)  Trader Joe's is a specialty grocery store with its own line of organic foods.  As it turned out, Trader Joe's in Santa Fe is right next to a park with a decent trail around it.  I decided this would be the site for my morning jog.  What I didn't count on was the toll the inclines and higher altitude would take on my legs and lungs.  That 30 minutes seemed like an eternity!  And to think, I was supposed to run 4 miles today.  I'll be saving that for Tuesday when I'm back in beautiful, FLAT Midland!

Now I am warming up with coffee and a sandwich at The Plaza Bakery downtown.  I figure I'll write from here for a while then head back to the B&B to shower and see what else Santa Fe has to offer. 

In closing, I'll leave a thought for the day from my quiet time this morning.  In the first book of Timothy, Paul admonishes Timothy  ^6" But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. ⁸ But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that."  I was reminded by this verse that not only am I to be content with what I have, but that this world is not MY home and the things of this world are not MY things.  I pray my focus will always be on eternal things and that my perspective will always be a heavenly one.