I've been having that kind of a week.
On Monday, I had to drive my truck, because my son's car was getting its smashed bumper replaced. I usually keep the truck for farm use only--it's a quad-cab dually, and I've gotten it stuck in drive-throughs before.
Since I was going to be driving the truck, and I had some extra time, I decided to be virtuous and get new tires for my horse trailer. This has been on my to-do list forever.
I drove the rig across town to the tire place, where they happily informed me that my trailer tires were practically brand-new. I'd bought new ones last spring.
I'd forgotten.
Nothing says Welcome to Monday like driving your rig around town for an hour for no reason at all.
Yesterday I told my son to take the trash down to the curb. This is a big job since our driveway is about a quarter mile long. My son did it without complaint, then said, "You know tomorrow's not trash day, right?"
Ah, no. I knew Thursday was trash day. I just didn't know which day yesterday was.
This morning, in a burst of super-efficiency, I took the dog to the groomer's half an hour before it opened.
I think I made hotel reservations for my son's graduation for the wrong weekend.
I also seen to have forgotten to order graduation announcements at all.
I may go back to bed. Until Friday.
Meanwhile, over at Faith in Action, we're making big plans. Real, strategic, big plans. We're about to move into our brand-spanking-new building (fully paid for and furnished by an amazingly generous, doggedly anonymous donor). We'll be able to see more clients. We plan to hire a part-time social worker, to try to move more people into more sustainable situations. We've got a classroom to use however we wish.
We can do more now: the question is, what? The Board is going to sit down and really think about how best to serve the people of Bristol.
So--help me out here (I'm clearly not having my best week). What do YOU think we should offer? How to you think we can do the most good?
On Monday, I had to drive my truck, because my son's car was getting its smashed bumper replaced. I usually keep the truck for farm use only--it's a quad-cab dually, and I've gotten it stuck in drive-throughs before.
Since I was going to be driving the truck, and I had some extra time, I decided to be virtuous and get new tires for my horse trailer. This has been on my to-do list forever.
I drove the rig across town to the tire place, where they happily informed me that my trailer tires were practically brand-new. I'd bought new ones last spring.
I'd forgotten.
Nothing says Welcome to Monday like driving your rig around town for an hour for no reason at all.
Yesterday I told my son to take the trash down to the curb. This is a big job since our driveway is about a quarter mile long. My son did it without complaint, then said, "You know tomorrow's not trash day, right?"
Ah, no. I knew Thursday was trash day. I just didn't know which day yesterday was.
This morning, in a burst of super-efficiency, I took the dog to the groomer's half an hour before it opened.
I think I made hotel reservations for my son's graduation for the wrong weekend.
I also seen to have forgotten to order graduation announcements at all.
I may go back to bed. Until Friday.
Meanwhile, over at Faith in Action, we're making big plans. Real, strategic, big plans. We're about to move into our brand-spanking-new building (fully paid for and furnished by an amazingly generous, doggedly anonymous donor). We'll be able to see more clients. We plan to hire a part-time social worker, to try to move more people into more sustainable situations. We've got a classroom to use however we wish.
We can do more now: the question is, what? The Board is going to sit down and really think about how best to serve the people of Bristol.
So--help me out here (I'm clearly not having my best week). What do YOU think we should offer? How to you think we can do the most good?
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