Life's a Beach

Week 2 on the beach begins. I'm off to a great start. I think I'm going to be able to truly wrap up the last project, and offer my assistance to some proposal or research work. The frantic calls and emails have stopped (knock on wood) and I'm only getting the occasional questions - so far only 3 today. That's impressive. I've been able to just hammer away at my transition list to hand off the last of the documents and notes.

Great weekend. It was so nice to live a weekend like a 'normal' person! I went out on Thursday for the first time in I don't know how long. Had dinner with a friend, took in a concert by The Transcenders at the Granada, had a few drinks and a really good time. You know how good if you read my last post.

Friday night I rallied and had dinner with a different friend, then went out to join the OU/TX masses near SMU. Out of Control. That's the only way to describe that. We had to walk several blocks to get to the bar we were trying to get to. On the way, we were following a fairly drunk group of about 5 girls and 4 guys. These 2 girls in front of us are walking along, and the one in front of me walks smack into a sign post. She doesn't slow down, doesn't but her hands up, nothing. It's like something out of a movie. If you saw Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, her reaction was like when those fly swatter things slap them in the face for the first time. She fell back and looked stunned...honestly I'm surprised her nose didn't bleed! My friend and I could hardly contain our laughter - once we saw she wasn't bleeding - but it took her friend who was walking next to her about 3 steps down the path to realize there was something amiss. She turns around and looks at us, thinking it was one of us who ran into the sign, and she starts to say "Did someone just run into..." giggling at our misfortune, when she sees her friend and realizes it wasn't us. They rush off in embarrassment and we continue after them trying not to burst out laughing. It was great. Anyway, the bar had its parking lot blocked off to act as an outdoor extension of the bar, there was live music, and lots of people. It was the first cool weekend too, so it was comfortable to be outside in a sweater or light jacket. Very nice.

Hit church on Sunday, great sermon on the sin and messiness in our lives, the fact that we often are ready to blame everyone else for the messiness, when it's often possible to trace to our own sin - Genesis 29, the story of Jacob, Leah and Racheal as the example. I'm still sorting through the application of this to my life, but I can think of times in the past where it was true, and fortunately the Lord provided and helped me to recognize my sins and get through them with His help. I'll probably have more to say on this later, but still pondering at this moment. I ran some errands after church, including going to Central Market for a little grocery shopping, and my weekend became excellent. I picked up a bunch of Honey Crisp apples. These are the very best apples you have ever tasted in your whole life. So much flavor...not too tart, not too sweet...and the perfect apple texture. Yummy. Topped it all off with a bit of Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy (so good), with a bowl of Rocky Road on the side, and got to bed in time to wake up to start fresh today!

Off to run some errands...be back later to wrap up the work!