Go Ducks!

Well, yesterday I finally reached the time that I was done with work. In reality, six weeks off sounds good, but I have to admit that leaving was more difficult than I anticipated. Mostly, I think, because I am now out of my routine, out of the ordinary and able to think more about the events of the upcoming days. It isn't like I didn't ponder things before, but I had a set distraction that was/is the chaos of IMFT. It started hitting me more yesterday, as I ate lunch, that there is definite reality to what we are doing. More time to think certainly doesn't mean that I am more focused, as I am in a thousand different places...

Last night was also our last night at Kids Club for a while. Others who have been a part of the ministry for a while now were able to run the show last night. I feel very comfortable leaving the job in their hands, as I believe that they will do a wonderful job, mostly because they do the most important thing: love the kids. I don't think the kids understand the ramifications of our picking up our kids, that this will impact the amount of time we are able to spend with the kids who have been such a large part of our lives up to this point. Hopefully they will get used to some of the impact while we are gone. I am just grateful that we have had so many others who have stepped up to spend time with the kids and to love them...it has been wonderful.

For the first time in a while, I am excited about the Oregon Ducks basketball team. They have been winning and winning well, recently, and moving up in the college basketball rankings. They have an excellent mix of senior leadership and young talent that seems to have a special cohesion to it. Usually I try to avoid any rise in expectation with this team, as their tendency is to start well and collapse later in the season (specifically in Pac10 play), but I don't really see that happening with this team...I could be wrong. Go Ducks!

There are three episodes of The Office on tv tonight, so if you have nothing better to do, you should check them out. I am pretty sure they are all re-runs, but most likely will be worthwhile anyway. See the show for one of the most exciting phenomenons to hit American television in the last few years, and for yet another British rip-off. GREAT SCOTT!

And by the way, the Shins new album is frickin' awesome. Any fans or remote fans out there should not hesitate to purchase this album. This is not a paid plug or advertisement.

I have to go walk Pakak.