I've been living beyond Washington for the last eleven days, voyaging through Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania...and before the trip concludes, I'll be in North Carolina.
What in the world! All of this while my job title is being a missionary to Pacific Northwest youth!
The third of the four Youth Specialties' conventions was last weekend in Cincinnati, and it was by far our most productive convention in gathering leads for staff. Our biggest draw to the booth was Baby Caedmon Rider (Jade's son whom I blogged about last month.) All the booths around us were using sign-ups for "Win an iPod" to get people to their booths...so we stuck a sign on Caedmon's stroller that said, "Sign Up to Win a Baby." People would giggle and ask us baby-related questions, and then we could tell them about the ministry...I have pictures...but my cable to upload them is in Washington, so you must wait in suspense.
Sarah and I's adventure of sharing a hotel with Jade and 8-week-old Baby Barth proved to be pretty fun. He slept through the night all week and only cried as Jade strapped him into his carseat for our drive to Muncie, Indiana after the convention. I'm praying right now for God to gift me such mellow/non-crying babies (since I know I was colicky and fussy myself.)
After the convention was a three-day excursion through Indiana to visit friends in Muncie and at Taylor. It was so fantastic to trudge across TU's campus, visit chapel, hang out in the Union, talk with Prof's, visit Admissions, and miss my community in Upland...
And for the past four days, I've been bumming around C-town with the family, enjoying a hearty Thanksgiving dinner, family football (in competition for the "Casey Cup"--photos also pending), and lots of good hang-out time watching football and putting up Christmas decorations.
Wednesday I fly to North Carolina for YS Convention #4, thus ending my fall travels.
Yesterday I was talking to Heidi and homesick for Washington. I miss my bed and my books and my car and Heidi and I's house.
Blogging will probably be not happening much until I return to Washington the first week of December. If you're missing me, please visit Homestar Runner and watch Teen Girl Squad. It's essentially what I would write if I were posting blogs anyways.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Life on the Road
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3 comments:
Homestar Runner is THE BEST! I can't tell you how warm the cockles of my heart are now that I know you're a fellow fan.
And is "Heidi and I's..." proper grammar??
Drew, thank you for introducing me (and others?) to the phrase "warm the cockles of my heart." Being the nerd that I am, I just consulted M-W on "cockles" since I'd never heard it before (and because, despite positive context clues, it sounded just a little bit dirty).
BTW, I am a HSR fan, too!
heather! i miss you terribly! i'm glas you're having fun. my thanksgiving weekend was less than stellar, it was full of all work and no snowboarding. i'll tell you my scary black friday stories when i get back. and, tis true that most of our dialogue comes from teen girl squad. i have a crush on every boy!
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