Tuesday, March 22, 2005
I've Been Shot
Today I went and gotmy shot for allergies. The first needle was painless and I thought, "This isn't as bad as I remember," recognizing that this doctor gives shots to lots of people quite often. He knows what he is doing. Then I received the second shot on the other arm - "Ouch!" So much for the painless idea. Well, the doctor is not happy with me, but he is glad I have finally started getting my shots (my wife thinks that he was getting after her today while she was getting her shot, because she did not make me come in sooner). For about a month now I guess I'll be going in every Tuesday and Thursday morning (anytime between 7:30 and 9:00) for more of this torture, in hopes that I will not struggle too much during the spring thaw and the pollens that come out. Sometimes us allergy/asthma people get desperate, even to the point of being shot, just to try to escape a little of the symptoms we experience.
On a different not a group of us who have been meeting to discuss vision and work together on that process has taken the next step of writing some vision statements (I know this sounds wierd, but the idea seemed to work), that we as a congregation will then look at and use to create the vision that defines us and our direction. This is a very different process than the books tell you to do, but some of the books are thinking of purpose/mission which if you buy into the Barna stuff, is different. Vision is meant to be more specific to your individual group, location, and time period. This church has had different (unwritten) vision statements before, and some of them worked while others didn't. Now we are recognizing it and working together on it. I plan to circulate the examples before the "town hall" meeting so that people come prepared and ready to talk. It could be a lot of fun (or it could be a painful process - depending on how things go).
Tonight is the football semi-finals for my team. We have had a pretty good season and we can beat every team in our division (the team we face tonight we beat the first time and they beat us the second time). We don't play over the Easter weekend and so the finals are on Saturday April 2 somewhere between 4 & 6 for the starting time. That said, I won't be here on Saturday, my wife and I are going away that weekend and we won't be back till Sunday Morning. This will be first game I miss (if we make it there) all season. Given our injury situation (three offensive players and one defensive out) and the fact that I lead our team in touchdowns (15 for me and the next closest has 4) there is a lot of pressure for someone to step up and fill in. One of the players that is injured (our MVP from outdoor) could easily do this except that he is not walking right now (still on crutches from tearing his achilles tendon). Good luck Ringers, I plan to make up for the game by catching a lot in the semi finals (tonight at 8:30 if anyone wants to show up at the Golf Dome). We have been dubbed the most exciting division to watch by the A division teams and our team was picked by a D division team as the team to watch play because they found us exciting to watch. I think it has something to do with some of the wierd catches I make, such as two defenders colliding so neither of them catches the ball and instead it deflects behind them into my waiting arms. Ahh, but that was back in week three, and there have been other exciting plays by me and others on our team. I can't wait (but I have to) till tonights game.
On a different not a group of us who have been meeting to discuss vision and work together on that process has taken the next step of writing some vision statements (I know this sounds wierd, but the idea seemed to work), that we as a congregation will then look at and use to create the vision that defines us and our direction. This is a very different process than the books tell you to do, but some of the books are thinking of purpose/mission which if you buy into the Barna stuff, is different. Vision is meant to be more specific to your individual group, location, and time period. This church has had different (unwritten) vision statements before, and some of them worked while others didn't. Now we are recognizing it and working together on it. I plan to circulate the examples before the "town hall" meeting so that people come prepared and ready to talk. It could be a lot of fun (or it could be a painful process - depending on how things go).
Tonight is the football semi-finals for my team. We have had a pretty good season and we can beat every team in our division (the team we face tonight we beat the first time and they beat us the second time). We don't play over the Easter weekend and so the finals are on Saturday April 2 somewhere between 4 & 6 for the starting time. That said, I won't be here on Saturday, my wife and I are going away that weekend and we won't be back till Sunday Morning. This will be first game I miss (if we make it there) all season. Given our injury situation (three offensive players and one defensive out) and the fact that I lead our team in touchdowns (15 for me and the next closest has 4) there is a lot of pressure for someone to step up and fill in. One of the players that is injured (our MVP from outdoor) could easily do this except that he is not walking right now (still on crutches from tearing his achilles tendon). Good luck Ringers, I plan to make up for the game by catching a lot in the semi finals (tonight at 8:30 if anyone wants to show up at the Golf Dome). We have been dubbed the most exciting division to watch by the A division teams and our team was picked by a D division team as the team to watch play because they found us exciting to watch. I think it has something to do with some of the wierd catches I make, such as two defenders colliding so neither of them catches the ball and instead it deflects behind them into my waiting arms. Ahh, but that was back in week three, and there have been other exciting plays by me and others on our team. I can't wait (but I have to) till tonights game.
// posted by Eric @ 10:00 AM 
