Friday, December 21, 2007
SURFACING AGAIN
After an absence of more than a month (five and a half weeks, to be exact), I again re-appear on this Blog. Where have I been? Mostly traveling, with several overnight trips. And when I travel the work at the office continues to pile up. So more than one weekend I have spent part of or all day Saturdays working and a few Sunday afternoons as well.
This past weekend, as an example, we had snow, rain, ice and more snow. And I worked 8 hours Saturday. Because of the snowstorm I didn't make it to church Sunday. The good news about working Saturday was that I was able to work from home. I am now set up with a company laptop with which I can do most everything from home that I do at the office. With the bad weather this past weekend that was a very good thing. I can also work from hotel rooms--most of the time!
Sunday afternoon I left to go out of town. Fortunately the roads were good and I had no trouble. The main trouble was my driveway. One of my neighbors and I spent some time Saturday finding someone who would keep our driveways scooped of snow for the winter. But the next day this person didn't show up so I couldn't get out to church. Although I don't know for sure, I think another of my good neighbors cleaned off my driveway so I could get out in the afternoon.
Monday ended my travels for work at least for the present. This week I have been busy "catching up" at the office so I'm not completely ready for Christmas! But at least I'm almost there. Today's the last day at work until next Wednesday. I'm hoping to finish up this weekend.
Tomorrow afternoon the girls and I are meeting at my house to begin the process of sorting through and disposing of Karon's clothes. That's not something we are looking forward to but it must be done. I guess now is as good a time as any, but I'd have preferred to do it after Christmas and after the first of the year. Oh well! I'm just praying for God's strength for all of us and for His direction in what we should do.
Now that I'm through traveling for a while and somewhat caught up at work, maybe this Blog will receive a bit more attention. My big project now is assisting many other wonderful people in planning and arranging for the next year's Indiana Student Leadership Forum of Faith and Values. It will be held January 4, 5 and 6. I've posted about this wonderful activity in the past. I have been involved with the Forum in some way the past 8 yearsexcept for last year. We had to miss completely last year because of Karon's deteriorating health. But this year I am involved again. Besides the planning, my daughter and I will serve as facilitators. More about the Forum later.
Jim
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