Just Plain Busy

I've been very busy. This entire week I have worked much later than usual. (Probably been more than a week, just ask my wife she would know for sure).  My pest control schedule changed and with it a slight reduction in pay 😢. It's a good thing we are finally on a budget of sorts. This reduction will only affect the extra money coming in and not our general budget. (Less play money for me). 

The kids brought home their first progress reports of the school year, (I know the time is flying by, isn't it?) some aren't doing well others are doing fine. S I was open and honest with them and told them that those grades SUCK, and they have no excuses this early in the school year, and if they ever want me to argue to get them out of the resource room they better be getting straight A's. (I think the resource room has made things too easy and that my kids have fallen even further behind since they were put in there). I am becoming more frustrated, and thinking this school is NOT the right fit. In the resource room the teach to the lowest common denometer, meaning if one child is really slow at picking something up they slow everyone else down and teach at the lowest level. That's a terrible idea! So, if you know a school that would have small class sizes AND actually teach, let me know, its time for a change. 

I haven't worn a watch since junior high. I stopped because I hated the watch tan line. (I know that's a very vain reason).  So, I started making a keychain out of the watch band and carrying it in my pocket with my keys. (Yes I know, very ingenious). Then cellphones hit the scene, I no longer needed the watch. My cellphone was easy to pull out and see the time. It was a wonderful time. Then cellphones evolved into little handheld computers, with a lot more function than a plain old cellphone. Now we have the advent of smart watches. These are watches that connect wirelessly to your cell phone. Each brand does different things, but the gist is this, the show who is calling and display text messages. Pretty sweet. This puts an end to always fumbling for the phone to see who is calling you and to reading text messages. Now you can be working, I mean in the thick of it. Just pinned down, and with a glance to your wrist see who's calling or what someone wants from you via text. It's a problem solver. (At least for me). So I got one, its a pebble smartwatch. It has a motion sensor so with a flick of my wrist the light comes on. A vibrating motor so if my phone is in the other room I know if I am getting a call or other alert. I think battery life is the most important issue with a watch I don't want something that needs to be charged everyday that's silly. This one has a 7 day plus battery expectation. (I get about 5 or 6 days before the low battery indicator comes on). I am anxious to see what apple comes out with next year, but if the battery is like the Samsung one, only lasting 25 hours, I don't want it. 

So as I am preparing the lesson for church next week, I was struck with a crazy idea about leadership. While the lesson deals with leadership in the church, the principles are the same for leadership in any organization including government. To read more about it look for an article on my other blog site in the coming weeks. 

That's it for today!