Wednesdays are long days. The computer (and everyone else in my time zone) thinks that it's already Thursday. It can't be because Wednesday is still going.
The alarm went off at 6:25 this morning. By 6:40 I was at the church setting up for SonRisers. SonRisers ended as I pulled out of the church parking lot at 8:02 to take the kids to school.
Once back at the church I visited with Tamara and Sarah. Donna stopped by to get the key to the church for the nurses group then Tamara went home to get me some checks from the checkbook.
Meanwhile, the HVAC repair man was working on the furnace. He left just as Joyce Meyer was signing off at 10:00. From there it was home for a quick shower followed by getting started on a middle school/high school mailing.
By 11:15 I was back at the church. The nursing student group was working in the front room. A nursing student from a different group came to interview me at 11:30.
Once that was over and I had a visit with Donna (who asked if I was done with work for the day), I locked up the church and went home for a 1:30 lunch. I finished the mailing and headed out to the post office at 3:00 after stopping back at the church to pick up some things I'd left there.
Naturally, USPS 21223 only had 100 postcard stamps when I wanted 200. I only needed 63 today so I bought the 100, affixed the 63 on the postcards in my hand, and dropped them in the mail.
I picked up Onalee from extended care at her school at 3:45 then waited for Bryce got out of after school band at 4:00. I got them home and started on their homework after they changed clothes so we could run a load of uniform pants/skorts. Vonceil and I had a quick review of the kids' interim report cards at 4:35 then I was off to the church to set up for the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting.
While waiting for the NA group I visited on the phone with a friend in Missouri. I got home at 5:30 in time for supper.
After almost finishing the dishes it was back to the church at 6:20 to shut down for NA and set up for the 7:00 Mid-Week Service. Afterward I took home the communion cloths that had gotten stained on Sunday.
I arrived home around 8:15. That lead to finishing the filling of the dishwasher, fighting (and claiming victory) over stains in the communion cloths, and quizzing Bryce for Thursday's vocabulary quiz.
At our house the world stops at 9:00 each Wednesday evening for Glee. At 10:00 the TV was off and it was time for attendance tracking work and miscellaneous email.
I started typing this post at midnight.
Somehow in there I also registered for a conference in California in February, booked plane tickets, reserved a rental car, and selected a hotel. I also reserved a rental car for World Conference, visited my mother-in-law on the phone, sent out a bunch of emails, fielded phone calls, updated Facebook, developed a shopping list for this weekend's Homecoming, and started putting together an agenda for this Sunday's priesthood meeting. Did I mention the planning for Mid-Week Service and previewing the crafts for Sunday's Kids' Church?
Wednesdays are long. But not long enough to get everything done. I have to take some of what others call Thursday to wind up the work of the day. Tomorrow (or later today to most of you) I'll have a couple of hours at St. Mary's Seminary library and chapel to let the spirit and the flesh catch up with each other again.
Thanks for reading,
Jeff
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