The first month continues to fly by and all is still going well. The morning before school routine works very well so no adjustment needed there. Two loads of laundry were out of the dryer before 8am, all the dishes cleaned and put away, trash out and house was clean. Both girls made it safely to the bus without issue or problem once again.
I started gathering stuff up for the trip this weekend - looking for things we haven't used for a few months like bathing suits and shower shoes. I started digging through the DVD's to take them to my wife so she has something to watch on those days she has free time and the Internet is not available.
The dog went to visit the vet this morning to get her flu shot. That is a requirement by the boarding kennel she'll be going to. Parts of Virginia had a deadly outbreak in 2009 and they are being proactive. It was almost $30.00 for a 2 second visit to see the vet - what a tough job! While we were waiting to see the vet I had the lovely opportunity to sit close enough to this young man, maybe 17 or 18 who was shuffling through his Yu-gi-oh cards. Without prompting he started talking with me and his opening statement was "let me show you how I'm going to win the Phantom Challenge this weekend!" He was very excited about it so I said okay. For the next several minutes he was speaking a language that I had no idea what he was talking about but I let him go on. Then he made a mistake - he showed me his favorite card and took a breath!! I jumped in there and started telling him about my favorite baseball card - a Pete Rose rookie card! Now I was speaking a language he didn't understand because it was obvious that he had no idea who Peter Edward Rose was or is and probably the only baseball this young man had ever seen or played was on a video game. I asked him what kind of bubble gum did he get with his cards and before he could answer I started telling him about that flat piece of pink cardboard they used to stick in baseball card packs - if you had a dollar you could buy 10 packs and get a big wad of that gum in your mouth and you couldn't hardly breath but your jaw looked like you had a tennis ball in there or something! He said he didn't get gum with his cards. Then I asked him what did he do with his cards other than shuffle them and have challenges with them - did he ever put his cards on the tires on his bike with a clothes pin and listen to the noise as he rode his bike?? Yes, I was being annoying but it was kind of enjoyable on my part - he was trying to be annoying with his cards, I was just a little better at it than he was. I'm sure Saturday morning when he's battling some gnome guy, an elf, maybe a pixie dust throwing wombat or even a wanna-be warlock, he'll tell this story about some guy boring him with a Pete Rose baseball card story!! On my way out I wished him good luck! I think he was still trying to absorb what had just happened in the conversation a few minutes earlier!
The rest of the day was quiet. I ran a few errands and was able to work on Make A Difference e-mails for the month of March and April - we have some pretty good books coming up that we are reviewing.
We did have one small dramatic event this evening that could have been really bad - the youngest daughter took the dog outside for a walk, the dog spotted a cat and the race was on!! The dog ran across the street chasing the cat. Fortunately our daughter didn't chase after, she came inside to get me - I walked across the street and hollered for the dog, it turned around and came streaking past me and back to the house just barely missing a car driving on the road. That would have been bad!! The dog ran in the house and straight to the garage door - she knew she was going to doggie prison for awhile after that. Subsequent visits to the yard were on a leash.
Tonight was clean out the refrigerator night for supper - I had leftovers from the past couple of nights with a salad and the girls had pizza. I'm trying to run the refrigerator down kind of low because of the weekend trip but it still looks as if I'll need to run by WalMart for a couple of items. When we get back it will be the first of the month and it will be time to change filters, shower curtains, tooth brushes and do a good inventory of the pantry, cleaning supplies, paper towels and laundry products.
The pastor's roundtable was good tonight. We have some things we need to work on but the communication is getting much better. The pastor's new modular house is now on the pads and looks very nice in its new location. I'll still have a ton of room for the community garden and we talked about that as well - I've enlisted the help of our head deacon to find me a roto-tiller and he volunteered to talk with the family next door about possibly helping. They are a mennonite family and they have a terrific garden in their backyard - from what I gather, they have been very good about sharing with the church and they set up a small roadside stand in mid-summer. Their knowledge would be a great help to our efforts.
My wife had a relaxed day today with only one short meeting. The scheduling at this school isn't very good at all! But she was able to relax, have a good meal or two and we were able to talk a few times. Sometimes you just don't realize how many decisions get made during a day regarding the functioning of a house until you sit back and think about it.
The girls devotion tonight was "No results" referencing 1 Corinthians 3:5-9. It talked about not getting discouraged or angry when you show love and friendship in the work of the Lord that isn't returned. My devotion was "The determination to serve" referencing Matthew 20:28. I liked this one - many pastor's believe they are superior to the people they are supposed to be serving. Chambers used Matthew's text and Paul's life to talk how pastors are spiritual leaders and must never feel or act superior. I fully embrace the concept of servant leadership - I also realize there are many times I fail but during those times of failure, I do my very best to fail forward.
Day Twenty-Three is in the books, here's looking forward to day Twenty-Four!!
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