After having served in the Young Women organization for almost seven years, when I was released, I felt like I had WAY too much time on my hands to use productively. I looked for ways to fill my days up with good things. I studied for Seminary, I did crafts, I tried to get my yard looking good (which I never did) and I tried to make sure that I helped out whenever there was a need in our ward. This year, I find myself trying to find more minutes in a day to do all the things that NEED to get taken care of, forget all the other fillers. I find that while I am running, my brain is running is as well. I am thinking of all the things that I need to do. I am making mental lists and I find that am seem more tired than if I were just to focus on the running. I go to bed and fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. That has very rarely happened in my life. I used to lay awake and converse with the Lord, then review the Articles of Faith forward and backward, like L. Tom Perry. Now, I start with Article of Faith #1 and make it maybe to #3. I feel bad that is as far as I get, but I am glad that I am not having trouble sleeping.

Adrienne, I uploaded some more photos. These were taken recently. Some are from around my yard.