After the storm

Greetings, dear readers. I trust you have been comporting yourselves well during my absence these last few days. As for myself, I have been fighting off a little stomach bug. I think my stomach was having a delayed reaction to the diet I was on during the Onething Conference (which happened to be breakfast bars, brats, the occasional PB&J sandwich, and a Frostie). But I have triumphed.

I'm still tired from the conference. (Not as tired as the bookstore people; the truck company that was supposed to provide transportation for the stacks and stacks of product never showed, so they were up until the wee hours getting everything back to IHOP from the conference center.) I feel like I just want to hibernate for the winter. So the prayer room was hard for me the last few days. At least it was pretty to look at. The PR went through some redecorating while I was gone--the Onething Conference is the only time IHOP can recarpet the PR or build stuff, because everyone, including staff, is away at the conference.

Anyway. I survived the middle of the week and met my two big deadlines. (I hate having deadlines right after vacation. Feh, I say.) Currently I am sitting and waiting for a manuscript proof to print on Tyler's dreadfully slow laserjet. The latest entry in our office's parade of printers has not been installed yet...thus the slow but reliable laserjet. I am working on another project, gnawing on stale licorice and thinking about nothing much in particular.

I think I'm going to go home early to work. My adopted family just got the prayer room webcast, so I can crank it up and listen as I work. Yes, I know, the PR is only a few steps away from my office, but the new lighting is horrible. Can't see anything. And when they rearranged the chairs, they took out a bunch of the tables. I don't feel like fighting for space with all the other people who want to spread out their laptops, massive study Bibles, and stacks of commentaries. Plus, at home there is food. I like food. After being on a diet of Saltines and water the last few days to settle my stomach, I really like food.

I promise I will do a Onething Conference infodump at some point. Here is the nutshell version to tide you over: about ten or fifteen thousand people praised Jesus for a couple days in downtown KCMO. Some cool stuff happened. Some not-so-cool stuff happened. Mostly it was exhausting. I am glad it is done.

P.S. I keep adding to the blogroll...the latest add is Ian and Jocelyn (a.k.a. Bean and Fearless Leader--Joce was my core leader during the internship). They are both amazing people. I am looking forward to reading Ian's posts. He has a ton of wisdom.