It Really Did Feel Like 143,000 Children

Well, well, well. We've been busy. Many things have happened since my "non-laboring-BBQ-eating-dove-shooting" Labor Day weekend. A lot of busy stuff.

- Someone failed to mention to me that 4th Grade is college prep. I mean we are buried in the homework, folks. And the boy could write a book on "Worrying About Your Backpack Being Properly Packed for the Next Day."

- I had a luncheon to attend. For the spouses of deployed chaplains. We had good food and great company.

- The boy had soccer practice.

- The boy had guitar lessons. (And practiced relentlessly... plink, plink, plink.)

- I had a coffee meeting where I enjoyed my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season. Yum.

- We had dinner with our friends. Twice. I had BBQ... again.

- I had a day I PLANNED to do some "registration renewal" of the boy at our "Children & Youth Services" center. Let me explain. This happy occasion is a blog-worthy event... all by itself.
I was PREPARED folks. PREPARED. But no.
As I type this... he remains "unregistered."
"Why," you ask?
Here's a bit of insight into Army life:

1. You must fill out 348,999.9 forms for everything you do.
2. You must provide proof of EVERYTHING. I walked in there with a briefcase of information. I'm wondering when they're gonna start asking for stool samples and vials of blood.
3. A physical is required to even think of participating in an event. A separate physical and another form for each event.
4. When you call to get the appointment for this physical, you will be put on hold... and then told you can have an appointment sometime in the year 2025.
5. When all this is said and done, they will invent a new regulation or form. And you get to do it all over again.

But I'm not bitter.

Let's continue...

- The boy had his soccer game.



- We had the Fall Sunday School Kick-Off.

- We had no air-conditioning in our chapel on Sunday morning. I was on the verge of fainting several times, and it had nothing to do with the Holy Spirit.

- We had a chapel lunch picnic. I ate... more BBQ.

- We had the first night of AWANAS. Bible Clubs for boys and girls. It's really a wonderful program, and the kids love it. I was volunteering in the 3rd and 4th grade girls' group. An email from our leader said we had 143 children attending. Honestly, it felt like 143,000. I am so thankful they all came, and they are precious. I'm just not certain that Bible club should cause me to consider using street drugs.

I must go attend to some homework, and I know there's a form I should be filling out.

Oh. And I was just informed that our elderly obese cat went "poopie" in the floor. Again.
That really is another post for another day.


P.S. We are NOT having BBQ for dinner.