Each day has its own personality.  I mean that each day is unique and has its own feel.  My 'u' in push ups represents the idea 'understand the day'.  So a Monday is certainly different then a Sunday and even different then a Tuesday.  And it is important to realize what day it is and just what it offers you in the larger scheme of things.  Of course the way you live the day makes it different as well.  I don't feel real pleased with the way I 'did' this Monday.  I sat here too long just watching TV and I kept thinking that the Jazz would come back and beat the wimpy Wizards.  Maybe they did if miracles still happen, but I lost my enthusiasm for the game when they fell behind by 7 in overtime.  So basically I dulled myself into doing nothing the last third of the day, and left it all on tomorrow to redeem myself and become productive.  That's not totally true because the first part of the day I was productive even quite productive.  As I think about it I actually got the 1st draft of our income taxes done so that counts for a lot.  I put that off for a while and it does feel good to have it ready to finalize.  It wasn't quite as good as I wanted it to be, but it was pretty good.  I also did have a pretty good day earning-wise and hopefully tomorrow and the rest of the week will be more of the same.

Sheila told me that Sherri told her that Nicholas had decided to attend Southern Virginia University.  I kind of figured that he would.  I believe that it will be a good fit for him, and it will help him in his academic pursuits as well as help prepare him for his mission.  Sherri and Russ will know what it is like to have one of the kids leave home.  And he is really going a long way off.  But that's just part of the deal.  We lived through it all 8 times, and now we get to go through it again once removed.  I guess that's all part of 'understanding the day' too.  Life comes at us in stages and each new 'day' is a new stage, and each stage has its perks and it heartaches.  And like I have said and written many times before:  I haven't had a perfect day yet.  I'm still fumbling forward.  And most of the time trying to do better. 

Around Tuesdays are unique because the alarm goes off and 4:00 a.m.  I'm glad its not for me and I get to go back to sleep.