Divide and Conquer

Today was a "divide and conquer" day. In other words, how to manage being in two places at the same time.
I went to church and stayed for the budget approval meeting, and Howie took the girls to their swim meet. We are in a new league this year and some of the meets are on Sunday afternoons. I don't like it much, and don't think Howie did either, especially with it being playoff time in the NFL. Oh well, his team is out of it anyway...
After the meeting I went to the mall where I had to go back to Hollister to get the stinking security tag removed off a pair of pants Tianna bought. When I was told they could take care of me at the checkout and there were eight people on line, I resorted to begging one of the clothing folders to just help me out. It was bad enough to have to go back to have the stinking tag removed, but to wait on another long line was pushing me over the edge.
While at the mall I also went to the ATT store to investigate cell phone exchange options. It is for the cell phone we got Tianna for Christmas that we swore we wouldn't get.I got it on an upgrade with ATT, but bought it at WalMart. Without going through all the gyrations of all the ramifications of returning a phone one place and re buying at another, let's just suffice it to say I was regretting ever yielding in the first place. It just isn't as easy as you think it should be. No saved contacts, no same number, no immediate turn around...but, something was perfect about my timing.
I ran into very old friends while I was there, swimming parents from our first go round as swim coaches twenty years ago. Well, the guy has gone from former bar owner to pastor, and they invited me to speak at their Valentine sweetheart dinner. They want real, honest to goodness funny true life. I am going to do something incorporating communication and expectations and dress in my pink Jammie's with my tiara. I can hardly wait.
So, I want to do something like, "Ten things you and your spouse approach differently." Flannel vs. silkies is for sure one, asking for directions another...what are some other good ones? I can't wait, it should be great.
I am exhausted. Sleep well.

ReSurfacing...

I am adjusting to the unplugged life, but have resurfaced. We spent the last week in Virginia, where we have a lake house but no Internet. I would love to say I had survived the entire week without checking any emails at all, but by Wednesday I succumbed to the lure of knowing our neighbors had a computer, so over I went.

Most of it was junk, out of the 183 emails waiting for me, only about seven were "real". The most exciting email informed me that a book project I had proposed received a green light! I will be writing "What the Bible is All About for Moms" based on "What the Bible is All About" by Henrietta Mears published by Regal. I am honored to have this opportunity.

This week I do have access to email, albeit through the business center of the Marriott we are staying at, because I REFUSE to pay $9.95/day for Internet, so I have to wait my turn amongst adults doing real work, teens perusing inappropriate images on face book, and tweens im'ing their friends and the younger set making sure their webkins don't die.

What I don't have is reliable cell phone coverage. I have found one spot in the middle of the hallway outside our room, where if I sit on the floor and don't move my head I can actually register two bars and not have a dropped call. ATT doesn't seem to get coverage anywhere else. It's not so bad not being reachable, but it has posed it's problems in terms of following through on some things I need to be taking care of. Big sigh.

So now we are in Hilton Head, but no photos, because I forgot my photo card reader (more technology)...but after all, I am supposed to be on vacation!