Here Was My Day

Since I have posted an unusually small number of posts this month and since January has all but slipped away, I am making an unapologetic attempt at making my posting numbers look better but writing about nothing.

Well, it worked for Jerry Seinfeld!

I have some well planned excuses for not being so consistent with my blog posts:

• I was tired.
• I felt that I should spend more time with my family.
• My computer was sort of acting up.
• I posted a lot more stuff than I usually do in December - call it balance.
• I finally accepted an invitation to join Facebook, so I have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to come up with cute and snappy things to say to people I haven't seen in years.

January was rather foreboding this year. I began the month with something planned for nearly every weekend. . . some people like that. I don't.
Saturdays are meant to be left open to serendipity.

If I have my Saturday planned out ahead of time - it can take the wind right out of my sails by mid-morning on Monday.

Plan out the majority of my Saturdays for a month and I could go catatonic!

Well despite the severe deficit of free Saturdays, the month turned out to be okay.

Our first weekend was spent on a retreat that was so on time! It literally pumped some life back into this "warped, frustrated old man..."

The Lock-in that was planned for the following weekend was converted into a Friday night only event! For probably twenty years now, I have loathed Lock-Ins.

These all night affairs are an exquisitely designed form of torture for everyone but the kids.

I seldom remember getting any sleep during a Lock-In. If the kids happen to sleep (which is rare), I end up lying awake and listening to the other adults rattle the windows with their snoring. I also always seem to associate the aroma of a middle school boys' locker room with lock-ins.

The Lock-In that had been planned was with AA's scout Pack; but temperatures took a nosedive and cooler heads prevailed. Okay, so I dodged that bullet.

My wife - precious thing that she is - made it light on me when Ab's birthday rolled around the next weekend.... we didn't have a party. But we did celebrate in a variety of ways and it too was a refreshing weekend.

This weekend's event was a retreat for the office group with which I work. We always have a good time at these things - but we have them on Saturday!

Today's retreat was a Banning Mills near Newnan, Georgia. It was really great. The facilities there are fantastic - with the one exception being that they had gas logs instead of an authentic fireplace. The team-building sessions were fun and instructive (including the fact that we got to careen over the gorge on a zip-line!), and we got free stuff... you know, coffee mugs, sports bags and teeny weeny Etch-A-Sketches - important stuff!

So, while my Saturday was a wash as far as my family is concerned, it was somewhat profitable.

There - if you are still with me then you have just seen an example of what one can come up with when he really has nothing to say.

Thanks for stopping by!