The RichWood Complex

the weekend that was: Friday night, my friend Kevin and I went to Cedar Ridge High School to see one of our youth play in his last regular season lacrosse match. I don’t know much about lacrosse, other than seeing it played on TV a couple of times, but I got really into the game on Friday night. I wished they would have had this sport available at my high school when I was there.

Saturday, I spent most of the day around the house working on church stuff and other stuff around the house. That evening, Beth and I went to Maggiano’s for dinner and ran a few errands.

Sunday was church, a quick lunch, errands, back to church for Bible study, supper then watching the Hurricanes. All in all, not much happened this weekend.

where I am at the moment: My office at Preferred Communications.

on my to-do list this week: Testing equipment at work, work on Graduate Sunday stuff, get my new website ready to launch.

procrastinating about: Getting my new personal website ready to launch.

book(s) i’m in the midst of: Same as last week.

next trip(s): Nothing that I can think of right now.

how i’m feeling about this week: Eh…

the weekend that was: I’ve been on vacation all week in St. Maarten, a small island in the Caribbean that is the only island controlled by two sovereign states, The Netherlands and France.  On Friday, we flew back from St. Maarten to Charlotte, then from Charlotte to Raleigh, and pulled in our driveway at 11:45 PM.  I’ll blog more about our trip later on, including an iRant.

This weekend was super busy.  On Saturday morning, one of my youth Sunday school teachers and I went to White Plains United Methodist Church in Cary for YSOneDay, a one day training session put on by Youth Specialties.  Duffy Robbins was the speaker for the day.  I’ve heard him a couple of times before, and he did an excellent job leading our sessions for the day.  After a trip back home to finish unpacking, Beth and I met up with our pastor and his wife as we went to go see Jordan High School’s production of Beauty and the Beast.  Several of our youth were in the production, and they did an excellent job.  My only complaint is that it was about 40 degrees in the auditorium.

Sunday was church stuff.  That afternoon, I went to Cresset Christian Academy to see their production of Les Miserables, which several more of our youth were in.  In contrast to the night before, it felt like it was 100 degrees in their family life center.  Nevertheless, all of our youth there did a marvelous job.  From there, it was back to church for our Sunday evening Bible study, followed by a quick trip to the grocery store, supper, and crashing for the rest of the evening.

where I am at the moment: My office at Preferred Communications.

on my to-do list this week: Getting caught up and organized, both work and church stuff.  Youth Ministry Team meeting tonight, working on M-Fuge stuff, several webinars this week.

procrastinating about: Don’t know yet, still trying to figure out what I need to do this week.

book(s) i’m in the midst of: I made progress on Surprised by Hope, but still not done with it yet.

music that seemed to catch my attention this past week:  Since I went to see Les Miserables yesterday, the music has been stuck in my head.

next trip(s): Nothing that I can think of right now.

how i’m feeling about this week: Pretty good, it was nice to have a week off to help me put some things in perspective.

the weekend that was: Friday evening Beth and I went to Seagrove and spent the night with her grandparents.  I spent the evening catching up on church stuff and some reading, along with hitting the sack pretty early.  Too much drama at the office this week for my taste.  Saturday, after breakfast, Beth and I headed to Asheboro to get haircuts, then off to do some shopping to get last minute stuff for our upcoming vacation.  Saturday evening was spent catching up on some stuff around the house and packing.

On Sunday, Beth led our Sunday School class while I led in the call to worship at Yates.  After lunch, I finished up some church stuff then headed back to Yates for youth Bible study.  Several of us went out to eat at Torero’s afterward, then I came home to finish packing and watch the Canes game.

where I am at the moment: At RDU, ready to go on vacation.

on my to-do list this week: I’m on vacation, so to get as much rest as possible.

procrastinating about: Nothing I care enough to think about at the moment..

book(s) i’m in the midst of: Same as last week.  Hoping to finish them all this week.

next trip(s): I don’t know and I don’t care..

how i’m feeling about this week: I don’t know and I don’t care..

the weekend that was: Friday evening was spent around the house watching TV and resting.  It had been a long frustrating week at work so an evening where I didn’t do much of anything was nice.  Saturday, Beth and I spent part the day out running errands.  I went to pick up my sister a birthday present, then hung out in Best Buy (my favorite store) while she did some shopping at The Streets at Southpoint.  We had lunch at the food court before coming back by Lowe’s to pick up some flowers to plant around the house.  Saturday evening, we went to see the Durham Bulls play the Norfolk Tides at the DBAP.  Beth’s sister and her fiancée met us there.  David Price, who pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series last year, was the starting pitcher for the Bulls.  After the game, we hung around for the autograph session, were we got a signed baseball by him.

Sunday, we celebrated Easter at church, then took off to Seagrove and had lunch with Beth’s extended family.  After lunch, most of us sat around and watched The Masters.  Yesterday was also my father-in-law’s 60th birthday, so we all took him out to eat at Mayflower in Asheboro.  Since I have to work today, I drove back to Durham and spent the rest of the evening watching the Cubs game on ESPN.

where I am at the moment: My office at Preferred Communications.

on my to-do list this week: Work-wise, doing some odds and ends around the office that I’ve been meaning to do for the past couple of weeks.  Church-wise, planning the summer and getting our M-Fuge trip together, along with getting ready for our upcoming Youth Ministry Team meeting in the next couple of weeks.

procrastinating about: Getting the rest of my stuff together in planning our vacation for next week, along with a couple of other personal projects.

book(s) i’m in the midst of: Same as last week.  Hoping to get a lot of reading accomplished while on vacation.

music that seemed to catch my attention this past week: Hymns about Holy Week, Easter, and Resurrection.

next trip(s): Leaving to go on vacation one week from today..

how i’m feeling about this week: Let’s just say I’m ready for a vacation.