Last night I went to a bonfire/sleep in the field by the fire under the stars gathering of career age folks from first pres (downtown). I hung out with some folks I know (Mark & Amy, Rachel, Susan, Brian) and met some folks I'd not met before.
Now I'm heading out to a fall festival a friend (Tuggy) at another church invited me to, and its possible they'll have another bonfire. If not, I know that they're having a chili cook-off, so that should be good.
I wonder if I am being at all dis-loyal to my own church; we're having a reformation day party Monday evening, which draws a bunch of friends of our church, some area homeschoolers, and folks who used to go to our church, but I won't be there because I've got a choir rehersal to attend that evening.
This is a short post, but I saw Rachel Vendsel's comment and thinking about Mark's comment I figured I'd at least say hi to the blog-sphere.
"hi"
I had to work my first Saturday today, and the weather was beautiful for working outside. At times dark clouds covered most of the sky, at times the sun shown through in rays, and at other times it illuminated the tops of the clouds from the back side. A mildly strong breeze kept the temperature brisk, and after far too many October days with high temperatures in the 80s, autumn arrived. Soon it will be time to dig out my wool sweaters--an event I look forward to because I associate cold-weather clothing with mugs of hot chocolate, coffee, or spiced cider shared around campfires or with good friends and family. Autumn is the best season of the year!
I spent about six hours out beside the interstate, doing inspection work. I feel sort of like I'm being lazy when I'm doing my job, because I am there to watch the work as its done, to make sure all the safety regulations and the project specifications are followed, to keep track of the quantity of each pay item installed, and deal with any problems that come up during the construction. Its an important job as far as making sure everything is being done correctly so that the client receives what they're paying for, but it still feels like I'm sort-of lazy when all the other folks are doing physical work and I'm standing there watching, measuring, and writing stuff in my project diary. I guess there's a time for everything.
My main excuse is that I've only got dial-up internet at home, and at work we're not allowed to use the internet for non-work related stuff (and my company is really serious about that rule).
Another excuse is that I'm busy. This seems to be the standard American excuse; we all have cell phones and they we use them to call and say "I'm in traffic, be there in five minutes". Seriously, though, I've been busy. Last week Monday through Wednesday I went from work to the missions conference at First Presbyterian downtown each evening, didn't get home until late, and then had to try and finish reading Brave New World for my church's book club. The book club met Thursday night, and then I headed up Lookout Mountain to watch "I Heart Huckabees" with Mark and Amy Rico and two current Covenant students at Tuggy's apartment (but she though dancing in the Maclellan circle was more important than watching a movie with friends!)
Friday evening Aaron and Larissa were home for Fall Break, and Saturday I could have blogged but spent my time doing other stuff around the house. In the evening I went to Greyfriar's with intentions to blog, but ended up hand-writing real, paper letters to a family I got to know in the church in Glasgow, Scotland, whilst studying there, and to two missionaries my church supports. Then I went over to the Tortilla Factory where I spent far too much on a Guinness, but enjoyed hanging out with some folks I hadn't seen in a while.
Perhaps if I discipline myself to write at least a brief paragraph every day or two, even if its on paper, then I could just type it up real quick on my blog. Hmm, blog, read, write, talk, hang out, play the piano, do random stuff...