Dun!

I was up until 6:30am this morning finishing the rough draft of my thesis. Did it! Thank you Diet Mountain Dew. Haven't stayed up that late in a LONG time. Did you know that the sun rises in the east?! Amazing.

I'm hoping to have some relaxing down time soon... I have to do a funeral tomorrow at 2pm, but after that it's back to a slower pace of life. Maybe get some exercise, breathe some fresh air, take a walk, ahhhh....

Two-Parter

Got to preach again this weekend, as well as last weekend. My first 2-part series! I did "Hearing God's Voice"; you can listen to the audio or read the notes here. Had a good time, but felt a bit tired and repeated myself a bit too much.

I'm really beat... this was one of the most grueling months I've had in years. Replacing the clutch on my truck, fixing the house for the home tour, thesis, 2 weeks of preaching, trip to NH. Man, I just want to do *nothing* for about a month after this... maybe watch some TV or see a movie if I feel really motivated.

I'm heading to see the in-laws in Kalamazoo Sunday evening after the home tour... looking forward to a few hours of down-time, although I'll be taking the 'puter for evening thesis work.

Vacation, Car, Thesis, House

Wow, what a busy time...

Julie and I had a nice family reunion with my side last week in New Hampshire. We stayed at a Baptist Conference Center in Rumney, NH. It was a bit cramped, but enjoyed just hanging out with my dad, brother, sister, her husband and 2 kids. I finished The Waste Lands, and started a Tom Clancy novel, The Teeth of the Tiger.

We just picked up our new 2005 Toyota Matrix XR today (phantom grey pearl). I love it... lots of head room and a smooth ride, fairly affordable. Not a lot of power, but great gas milage. Nice to have a dependable vehicle now.

The thesis is coming along nicely (I'm at about 98 pages, 25,000 words, hoping to end up with about 30,000 words) ... I'm hoping to finish the rough draft by the end of the weekend. What a lot of work!

We're on the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival's home tour this year. We're trying to get everything cleaned up and fixed before Friday...

Well, that's all the time I have for this blog right now.