A quick update

Forgive me for the blog silence. One of my big “projects” was due this past Friday, and over the past month or so, there have just been so many things that have gone somewhat sideways that focusing on the project was hard. I had planned to use the weekend two weekends ago to finish up the bulk of what needed to be done, but I ended up running around with stuff pertaining to finding a replacement for the washing machine that died. As such, I ended up putting in a good 10+ hours on the project between Thursday and Friday to have it done by Friday evening, and by that time, I was running on two and a half hours of sleep and having forgotten to eat since the early morning.

I don’t know if I mentioned what the project was over here, but it was a presentation done for a local church on St. Alexander (Schmorell) of Munich, specifically on spiritual growth as reflected in his letters. There was a lot of reading and translating that went on even before the main narrative was put together, and I wanted to have a decent amount of visuals, so there was that to construct as well. Things worked out okay – in one sense, I was glad the group was small enough that there was a quasi-discussion going on, and in the heat, I was glad to be able to sit and talk. I have no idea as far as filming, but if any of you are interested, the YouTube link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ICBCfff90.

After I was finished with that, I was just exhausted and needed Saturday to relax because on Sunday, after church, I needed to go back to cleaning in high gear in the house because there were people coming bright and early on Monday morning to repair an exterior windowsill which had deteriorated so badly, I was afraid that with another winter, the windows it held in might fall out. The guys did a fantastic job and saved me a ton of money from the people who insisted that everything in the window opening would have to be replaced. Today I went shopping, but I still feel very, very tired.