(heavy sigh)

Long week so far.

Tuesday, I did work, then headed straight to Nestina's soccer game. It was right down to the wire, so I ended up being late for the deacon's meeting. They won again. It's a pretty good streak they have going right now with five wins in a row. Blue is hot!!

Anyway, Tuesday was also the night we feed the carnival workers, so me being late didn't matter much as we did the meet and greet thing at the door, served coffee, cleared tables, etc. for the first hour or so. Then the actual deacon meeting, some time with pastor and one of the deacons for the meeting after the meeting, then pick up Nestina from a friend's house and head for home. We got in around 10:30PM and crashed.

Wednesday was another soccer game and another win. That is now six in a row! Go Blue, GO!! This was the Wednesday for our quarterly business meeting, so I grabbed some videos, with Courtney's help, and went out to the meeting. Normally, a business meeting is pretty boring stuff, but this one shook some people up. There has been a group of people in the church taking pot shots at the church leadership and they got nailed. Not by name, but those involved were left with no doubt that their actions have been noted and they have been warned. The next few weeks could prove interesting. Afterwards, we just hung around and talked for a while, then headed home. With an extra body, that is.

Today was Take Our Daughter's to Work day and one of Nestina's friends wanted to job shadow one of the other youth leaders that works in graphic design. It made sense for her to come stay with us and get picked up from here. Nestina went to work with me and now knows what she does not ever want to do for a living. But she thought the food was good. Her friend loved the work, but hated the food. Between them, they had a good day. After work, Nestina was supposed to volunteer for the Shady Belle. Every year during the Trout Festival, Kalkaska (the Home of the National Trout Festival) uses a building somewhere in town for local talent to show off and to sell food to raise money for the schools. Nestina and several of her friends had been recruited to help out, so I dropped her there after work, then went home to kill a few hours, then back into town to pick her up.

Tomorrow and Saturday look to be more of the same. I haven't had much time to look at anything else, so everyone gets a break today on the reading assignments.