The girls were really happy it was Friday this morning - I think the weekend of travel and our normal schedule caught up with them! But they still did good getting up and going this morning. Even the bus driver was ready for the week to be over, she showed up early and honked the horn out front to get the youngest daughter!
The weather was beautiful all day - perfectly clear skies, mid 40's or so and just nice. I was able to walk around the yard and pick up some debris that had flown into the yard the past few days and checked out the gutters a little closer. We might get to test them out early next week! So much for the theory that my house's lack of gutters caused all the rain in the area the past year!
I spent the morning getting boxes ready to ship to my wife who was still on an airplane heading toward her destination. She left Thursday evening and I imagine they would be flying all day Friday. The lady at the post office was very nice and she gave me a stack of the custom's forms that have to be put on each package. I figure after the first week or so, I'll mail one package a week. Right now the packages serve two purposes - the plastic shoe box so my wife can safely store her stuff (I'll send a total of 10 for now) and then the stuff inside so she has some reserve. The postal clerk did give me a sermon on why we cannot send pork products overseas - that is not really a concern for us, I hadn't planned on sending any over there but it would eliminate potted ham and vienna sausages - my wife doesn't care much for those anyway so I've been sending tuna packages (in water).
I took the dog with me this morning and of course when I got back to the car I got the "you've been gone for years and I've missed you so badly" interrogation my dog gives! I was running low on caffeine so a quick stop at 7Eleven where the lady gave me a dog treat for the dog (casey was in the front window watching my every move) and we drove over to the church. They had bought a new gas grill with side burners the few days I was gone - I don't remember volunteering to put it together but they said I did, so I spent an hour putting it together. They picked it up at WalMart and I will give them credit - it is very nice.
Lunch was another meat loaf sandwich - while it was good, I'm a little tired of meat loaf now! The pastor from our church in Maryland sent an e-mail saying he had received the photos I sent him - I mailed them 150 photos of my wife with her address on the back. They have been such a good church and a loving bunch of people. Will be nice to see them when we go up on the 20th!
The youngest daughter got home as normal and said she was "flat out tired"! She had a small snack of grapes and a cheese stick then went up to her room to put her school stuff away. She was laying on her floor watching TV and petting the dog when I came by - about five minutes later she was passed out on the floor and the dog was asleep in her bed! Something wrong about that picture! But I left them alone, covered her up and let her take a nap - I did make the dog get off the bed, she knows she's not allowed on the furniture - she just went down to the front door and slept in the sunny spot. The oldest daughter had to stay after school to make up a test she missed Monday so we had a little time to spare.
Around 4ish I got the youngest daughter up and ready, we headed over to the high school and once the oldest daughter was done with her test, we drove over to the church. We had a nice turn out for the teen group. Food was good enough - they cooked mild italian sausage, sundried tomatoes and pasta. I didn't figure the little one would like it and she didn't - I told her we'd feed her something a little later. The lesson was well received - it was an overview on Joseph from the Old Testament and Trust. I'm going to spend the next few weeks on the subject.
The girls devotion was "Not just a game" referencing Acts 16:16-19 - it talked about comfort of your future - it went well with what I had talked about in church earlier and how we needed to trust God. My devotion was "Is he really Lord" referencing Acts 20:24. I talked about the joy in hearing "well done, good and faithful servant."
Day Thirty Three was the first time we hadn't heard from my wife but I trust she was safe. I know it had to be a long, long flight for her - it was a long, long day for us! Here's looking forward to Day Thirty Four.
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