Today, after worship, my Summer vacation begins. We aren’t going anywhere this year, which is actually stressing me out, so I’ve decided to take dramatic action to create the buffer from work which is normally formed by physical distance. I’m logging out of Slack. For those who don’t know, Slack is a wonderful communications tool. The…
Tag: Vacation
Break
As I write this its currently 5:02 PM Easter Sunday and I’ve been on vacation for just about five hours. Easter worship was wonderful, even if I got up over two hours before dawn 1 and got to church to discover a stomach bug is running through the congregation 2. But it was time for…
Season’s End
Last night we had some neighbors over for a cookout. It was fantastic time, which included some amazing burgers topped with melted hot-pepper blue cheese and buffalo sauce 1. The kids played, the adults told stories, and a good time was had by all. Then the party broke up, and it felt like time had…
A vacation retrospective
I have my blog scheduled through Wednesday, but as we’ve just returned from vacation I wanted to share some reflections before I get back to my more “normal” grind. As folks who read Painfully Hopeful may have surmised, this second week of vacation took our family up to Massachusetts. During this trip we got to…
Finding the time, blogging on vacation
I must admit, I was quite concerned my Summer vacation would derail my “blog every day” commitment for 2015. Two weeks “off schedule,” and much of it traveling, caused me to ponder two problems. First was finding the actual time to write and post entries for each day I was away. Second was keeping track…
By way of the train
I hate driving. In fact, if I could convince my family, I’d happily skip every interstate possible when we are traveling on vacation1. I don’t care about “getting there fast.” I care about “getting there non-stressed.” What good is rushing around if I’m a basket case when I arrive? I will tolerate flying. I don’t…
