I know, I know, it's already February - - and those of you who are bored beyond belief and still reading this blog are tired of reading about the Cabbage Patch doll 300 million times. So, I guess it's time to update, huh?
You do realize that the only time I ever do this is when I am travelling for work or at home on the computer at the ungodly morning hours. This time, it just so happens that I'm traveling for work. I am representing Standard Publishing in San Diego for 10 days! Yippee! Warmth, sun, warmth, blue skies, and yes....warmth. I'm leaving Dayton Ohio at 24 degrees in a spring jacket. You see, last time I left Dayton, it was also really cold and I forgot to leave my winter coat in my car and thus I was destined to burn up on the plane, in the airport and at my destination (I can't even remember where I was!). This time, I left my winter coat at home and took off with my spring jacket. The quick, brisk walk to the airport from my parking space, far far away, was quite chilly! But I'm looking forward to not feeling like the marshmallow man on the plane - it's tiny already! I know I've gained weight, but seriously...this was ridiculous.
It's apparently 70-80 degrees in San Diego. Yay!
Though the weather is exciting, I doubt I'll see much of the sun. I'm going to CA for the Children's Pastor's Conference (www.incm.org) and then staying at the same hotel for the National Pastor's Conference next week (www.nationalpastorsconference.com). As fun as both those sound, it really is work and not much play! In my free time, I'll be headed to the laundromat to wash my underwear!
The worst part about leaving of course is missing the fam. My wife is an amazing woman. She gets more done in 5 minutes than most people get done during a whole workday. Sunday night, in preparation for the 10 days of me being gone, she cooked all the food for meals (easy to pop in the microwave), baked cookies, baked breakfast muffins. I helped clean up the kitchen. When once I hated kitchen duty....these days it's very relaxing. I don't mind unloading the dishwasher like I used to when I was a kid. The kids also helped to prepare for the week too. With a crazy schedule ahead of her, my wife just looks to the positive and gets done what needs gettin done. Amazing! And missing the kids is an obvious feeling as well. I'm glad I live in the day of cell phones and emails so we can stay in touch.
One last thing....you'll notice that we were doing a bunch of different things on Sunday night. Yes. We did not watch the SuperBowl. Not even the commercials. The kids were watching some show on Nickelodeon and we were busy. In between commercials we'd switch it over to see what the score was. (it's very important for those of us who really don't care about football to at least know what happened during the superbowl. at least I could talk a little more like I knew what I was talking about)
If you know me, you know that I'm not a sports guru - - I think I mentioned this early on in my blogging. Well....I was impressed that Louisville made it to the SuperBowl. Aw, Dad.....at least I knew that Louisville had Cardinals! :)
Anyway.....Sunny days ahead.....
