I think I should probably start on my Christmas shopping. I can be a remarkably efficient shopper when I want to be. I predict that if I sit down for half and hour and ruminate solely on what to get people (i.e. not simply working the train of thought into another activity), I can put together a basic list, and with three or four hours of judiciously picked shopping time, can have presents bought for most everybody. That’s the plan, at least.<\/p>\n
Thank you all for the kind comments. I tend to lapse into that state whenever the small things pile up to such a degree that I can’t help but be overwhelmed as my mind jumps incessantly from one thing to another, and I don’t deal with tasks individually… Well, between that state and words spilling out before the things I know about myself had a chance to catch them. Things are never quite as dire as I think, and often not even close.<\/p>\n
At this point the only two people going to Kansas City for New Year’s are myself and Matthew Everson, a younger guy in the church (I feel ancient when I say stuff like that). I don’t know him all that well, but I suppose I will after a day and a half in the car with the guy. Heh. I love roadtrips in any shape or form, I’ve decided, and the drive out to Kitty Hawk last Saturday only whetted my appetite. I just wish some of you were more directly in our line of travel. We’re leaving from KC on the 1st, it takes 16 hours to get back, and I have to be at work on the 2nd, so… Not much time for a detour of any significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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