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Here I am again. How did I decide to blog after 18 days? Well, I was driven to it. My kitchen is relatively clean (besides the floor which looks like we have numerous children and large slobbery dogs living here), my husband is out, I'm not reading a novel right now, I've read the other blogs, I've made snacks for our canoe trip next week (I can't believe I'm ahead of schedule in this area, I usually make my snacks the night before we leave -- and this has nothing to do with desiring freshness and everything to do with procrastination)... I was driven to blogging by - dare I say the word - boredom.
Now really, I'm not sure if I actually reached the boredom stage. Perhaps I saw it coming and have averted it (I don't think I've ever written the word "averted" it looks awfully strange, please let me know if I've used and spelled it correctly). The major, and somewhat embarassing red flag that indicated impending boredom was the fact that I was visiting CLBI's website and about to read through the list of alumni that are what we call "missing in action".
WHAT!!! I was going to spend Friday night reading through a list of names compiled from the 70 plus years of the schools existence? People I for the most part will not know. What's next? Would I be googling their names so I could pass on their contact information to one of my colleagues? Oh boy.
I'm enjoying writing this blog much more than that alternative.
So where am I and what have I been doing?
Working like crazy I guess. Lance and I spent many late late nights (or should I say early mornings) working on the graphic design for his album. A huge project and one that is almost done. We have sent it away and are now waiting for our third set of proofs to make sure that they will actually print what we want. We are so looking forward to being able to say "everything looks good, go ahead and print". And after that we will be excited to get our hands on the actual finished product.
We have been somewhat tense (somewhat being an average of Lance's high tension and my medium concern) about the possiblity of the CD not being done by the date we've booked for the CD release concert. Yikes. My brother Steven has way more experience in this area than us and has been good to encourage us that everything will be done in time. The concert is on Sept 25 in Abbotsford. We are also planning an Alberta concert for the 16th of October.
A few last thing for now -- I think I've got whatever you get from typing to much. I really don't want it. But typing this blog has been causing it to act up. Hmmm. I could use that as my excuse for not blogging in weeks. No, that is not the reason.
School here is about the be in full swing. The second years have been here for a week and the first years arrive tomorrow. It will be a hectic day and one I have a love hater relationship with. For the most part I do not like beginnings. They are times of change and uncertainty. Tomorrow I will meet 30 people that I don't know. A redeeming feature of tomorrow is that I havae a concrete role and just have to sit behind a table, be friendly, hand out keys and give room assignments. I'll probably even get a break for a nap - or just so I don't have a people overload melt-down. Tomorrow evening is the opening service - where I have felt out of place, I will try to sit with Lance's folks, I am at home with them.
On Thursday we leave for the all school canoe and hiking trip. On the trip we teach a class on Godly character. I have been busy (and at times overwhelmed) preparing this. I had an excellent meeting today with some other female staff about the course (topics to cover and what they thought of the material I had gathered) -- they were very encouraging and I was given a new burst of strength. One of the ladies offered to do all the photocopying of materials and put everything in the duotangs (this is usually another thing I do the night before we leave). This is a huge gift. It is also a huge motivator to be efficient. She would like all the material by Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. Oh, I think I can do it.
Lance, in all this busyness, had been good to remind me of whose strength I should be running on. Melanie has been consistant - as always - with emails and calls that say, "I'm concerned about you", "take care of yourself", "it sounds like you're not getting enough rest". Yesterday Jena came over and instead of going for our walk as planned said, "How about we clean your kitchen?" Whoo hooo! Another gift.
I hope this email hasn't made it sound like I'm overwhelmed and in the depths of despair. I'm feeling quite good right now. Like what needs to get done will get done. I'm even considering getting up early to go to the Farmer's market before registration begins -- I'm itching for some carrots that taste like candy. We'll see.
Well folks, thanks for reading. Hope you are well. I'm sure glad that being able to read and enjoy others blogs doesn't require that you've written on your own blog -- I've been faithfully reading this whole time.
Okay, that's all for now.
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