In my 6 years as a student council advisor I have been fortunate enough to work with an incredible group of people. This year was another great example and has truly shown me what a bright future we have. The young people I get to work with in Student Council at Fort really make my life much fuller.
This was a little recap video I put together from our track meet yesterday. This is actually the first video I have tried since getting my new camera....I think it went well.
I come across sayings and images that speak to me at times. This is something I think we need to hear from time to time.
Lent starts on Wednesday of this week. While many think this is a Catholic tradition it is practiced by all sorts and I've always liked a little challenge very year to help me keep things in perspective. My mom always challenged us to participate and I've always thought it was a worthwhile practice.
During Lent you are invited to give something up or make a change for 40 days/nights. Whether you are religious or not it is always a good time to try to better yourself or better the world a bit or at least challenge yourself. In the past I have given up sweets or soda or caffeine. One year I gave up bullfighting and heroine....this was a bit of a joke but I did avoid both for all 40 days and have since.
This year I will be simplifying my world a little bit. I will giving away, selling, or throwing away 40 possessions during Lent. This is an idea I saw earlier this year from the happy family movement. I am also going to make an active effort to reach out to people everyday that I wouldn't otherwise have contact with. I will try to call, email or send a card to someone every day.
This is what I am doing.
Join me?
How will you change things up for 40 days?
Pam and I have been on quite a weekend streak these past couple months. With the start of school and all that craziness we also began a streak of weddings and wedding-related weekends that was truly a blast... and a bit exhausting.
In the span of 7 weeks we attended 5 weddings, 1 bachelor party (that one was more me than her, but she made the trip) and 1 homecoming weekend. All these events took place in the St. Louis region of the state (mostly Washington, MO). Homecoming was, oddly enough, the relaxing weekend. It didn't include the 7ish hours of drive time that the other six weekends contained. If you are unaware, I am a Student Council advisor so this wasn't punishment or anything.... just a long, fun weekend.
All good things come to an end. This weekend we will be staying in the Kansas City region and I don't think either of us have ever been so excited to do nothing. I had a lot of fun but that driving really takes it out of you. Wedding season is almost over. I am shooting one in a couple weeks and then the wedding shoes are getting put away for the winter. These shoes are, of course, metaphorical. I'm not THAT fancy.
It may seem odd that I am typing this so late. Nope. We just took an accidental 4.5 hour nap. That number may be a little off.... i just took a huge nap. It really was about that long, though. That's just an example of the symptoms of constant road-tripping.
Sometimes it is worth losing if you get to play words like this.
