Overwhelmed
After last weekend's winter storm in the northeast, I saw this video... and honestly, I felt this describes my life so far in 2013. It feels like there has been so much going on and there is no way I can stay on top of everything that needs done. For me, that means that those things that are low priority (read: can get put off), simply don't happen, and they all pile up. This coming weekend is my first Saturday off of the year, and I am only getting it off because an event was canceled. Retreat is over. Sub sale is complete. Youth Sunday was a success. When youth group was over Sunday night, I felt like I could breathe for the first time this year. So as you have to do after a big snow storm, I started digging out. Yesterday I was able to finally clean my bathroom and bedroom, and today I started on my office. It is my hope that I can dig out enough to catch up, and maybe even get a little bit ahead before I go out of town for a youth leaders retreat next week (