Taking Off

I need a break! Where's my Kit Kat? Haha, just kidding.

Honestly, though, I wanted to take a few minutes to breathe a little. Life is starting to get busy; things are beginning to happen, and my plate is getting filled up rapidly. I somewhat saw this coming before going back to Edmonton, but I didn't know it would come on so fast! Things are flying at me left and right, some predicted and some that weren't. So after going nonstop this week, I thought I'd take a breather just to slow down for a minute.

I'm definitely excited that things are starting to take off - overwhelmed, slightly. So I'm sort of looking at the next couple months laughing, saying to myself, "yup, I'm definitely a pastor now." Since I started preaching, I would get weeks, if not months, to prepare one sermon. Now, I've got to do it in a week, and on top of everything else that I have to do. My preparations are definitely taking a toll, and I don't like how under prepared I always feel.

So with the upcoming weeks, I think I'm going to see the time fly by as I'm really engaging in a lot of activities. I just worry occasionally that I don't get any "me" time in a day when there's so much going on. The challenge is going to be, am I willing to squeeze an hour or two, even if it means pushing my sleep later, to get some time where I can do my own things that I like and none of that church stuff. We'll have to see.

I'll be preaching three times within the span of Sunday to Sunday. I've also got company coming over once a week in the next 3 weeks. Maybe I was a little ambitious when I set it all up because this doesn't even cover everything else I have to do. I'll be needing to finish up my monthly report and 2015 plan for the elders meeting on Tuesday, which, the meeting just should not be happening on Remembrance Day anyway.

I give up on listing my to-do list, because talking about how much I have to do is just boring and annoying. So I'll leave it here. With some great help, my place is almost finished! I am just a few pieces away and I'll be able to say that my place is truly mine.

Anyhow, this blog post was just to give me a few minutes; and now the time has expired.

Happy November.