31 December 2009

Up at 2 a.m.?!? It's going to be a long way to the new year, that's for sure. A good morning of quiet time and prayer. God greatly blessed our family in 2009. There was much to thank him for. We do not follow the Lord because of his blessing, we simply thank him for what he does of his own choice. We will not turn away when hard times come, nor will we complain (hopefully!). God is still God in the difficult times. We will still worship. We follow him because he has changed our heart from a heart of stone to a heart of devotion. In other words we can do nothing else but follow him. We want to do nothing else but follow him.

We will go help Tiffany feed and water the horses this morning, then lunch with Lambertini, then maybe some cross country skiing...or a nap. We shall see. Andy K. and I went cross-country skiing in the dark last night—beautiful, not to mention fun.

19 December 2009

We flew the Washington Wizards from Oakland to Phoenix last night. It was like a redeye for me—leaving at 11.45 PST and arriving at 0220 MST, which was 0420 on Laingsburg time. At least a got a whopping four hours of sleep before springing wide awake at 0715! However, it IS sunny in Phoenix and I'm not here for long, so its off to the pool for me to soak up some rays before I head for the blizzard in LGA.

18 December 2009

I got into SFO at about 9.45 pm last night...then the caliope music started. The transportation guys who were supposed to take us from SFO to OAK said that they had no record of us. I called Delta Crew Accommodations. They put me on hold. They called the transportation company. They talked. Eventually, it got sorted out. Now I'm wondering if they have room for us in the inn. I'm a little worried. Good thing. I call Crew Accommodations again. Kristie agrees to check. Oops...no record of you there either, but don't worry, it's all taken care of. Then I wonder if we have any transportation tomorrow night from the hotel to OAK to fly out the Washington Wizards. I call the transportation company. Nope. No record of you. I call Kristie again. She sorts it all out for me. Hopefully, they will be here to pick us up tonight. I'm a little skeptical.

A day off in Oakland for me before we fly OAK to PHX at 2300. I went to bed at midnight EST and was wide awake at 0410. Ugh...it's going to be a long day. I'm not a very good pilot. Good pilots can sleep 8 hours any time, anywhere. Not me...

14 December 2009

A day off!! Yippee! Off to swimming for me. Then who knows. Maybe some gift shopping. Some Bible study. Stuff like that.

Not too much else to report today. I'll try and think of something to write for later.

Kelly Off the Road!

A nasty day here yesterday. First snow, then sleet, then wind gusting to 50 mph. Wouldn't you know that BOTH Matt and Kelly had to work last night. Kelly had to brake for a deer on Alward Rd. She promptly spun out and off the road. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan came along before we could get there and helped her get the truck out. Praise the Lord for Good Samaritans.

Matt got home safely sometime around 1 a.m.

Another day on short call today. I'm off until 11 am, so I'll go swimming this morning, then be on call the rest of the day. Not as much snow today, but windy.

8 December 2009

Last day off for me. I'm so happy we're getting 3 to 5 inches of snow tonight. That should be a lot of fun since I'll probably get called into work tomorrow. I've got that going for me at least.

What a day yesterday. I did a pretty tough swim workout (for me anyway...1 x 500 free; 5 x 100 IM). I came home and did some study on 1st Peter and could not stay awake. I ended up laying down for a nap at like 11 am!?! Got up and watched a BBC thriller, then dinner, then Campus Life, then home and to bed.

Today I'm going to swim, then maybe get an X-ray of my knee, then to the library, then home. Then probably make sure I can get my snow blower running since I've got a feeling I'm going to need it tomorrow.

7 December 2009

68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor today. As Franklin Roosevelt reminded us on the 8th of December: Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy. True enough.

Sunday stuff yesterday. Morning church but we didn't go to Sunday school because Kelly was working and I had a meeting with Pat Sauer, to talk about Campus Life stuff.

Pat and I had a good meeting (hopefully). I just tried to point out the importance of his position as Campus Life club leader and the necessity to be above reproach in his actions and words. No one is perfect. No one is sinless, but due to the sensitivity of working with underage teens, he needs to have a life that leaves no room for accusation. Hopefully, he listened.