This Monday morning I had a sleeping habits fail.  I was late getting to sleep the night before and I had a hard time waking up.  Then after dropping off the first set of kids I came home and passed out.  My wife had said that she was taking the last kid to her preschool but she too stayed asleep and the child never made it there.  Of course I blamed her but truth be told, if I had stayed awake, I could have taken the child.

This day I thought about a conversation I had recently with someone new to recovery.  The person told me that they were addicted to a new drug called methedrone, or mephedrone.  I looked them upped and was aroused by what I read.  Apparently this drug has much of the same type of affect as cocaine and methamphetamine except it is longer lasting.  I have to admit that thoughts of what they would be like occurred to me.  I had to resist them and exert myself to re-place these thoughts with my current values and goals like family, children, school, philosophical pursuits, etc.   Now that I think about it, I don't think that I ever prayed it away, so I will do so now.

In the evening we had guests over for dinner.  It was my cousin and his family. Afterward, my wife thanked me for being a good sport because she knows I would rather have a quiet evening and not be bothered with the prep work.  I was grateful that I didn't show much irritation to her, which I did have.  This inspired me to try harder.

Thanks be to God for this day.