I'm in the UP fishing

Sorry I don't think they've heard of the internet up there.

Here's the reading schedule

Monday Numbers 29:24-33:2
Tuesday 33:3- Deuteronomy 1:2
Wednesday 1:3-4:22
Thursday 4:23-8:20
Friday 9:1-13:17
Saturday 13:18-19:15

More on the car saga

We took the car to another mechanic yesterday. This is the third. This time he acknowledged that something was wrong but he couldn't figure out what it was. His advice was to drive it until it ran hot consistently or sell it. He seemed to favor selling it. I can't bring myself to sell a broken car. That's not fair. I can't trade it in because I still owe money on it. So I guess I have to drive it until it breaks more. I hope that isn't this weekend when Steph drives it to Ann Arbor while I'm in the Upper Peninsula.

I read two books while on vacation.

I read two fiction books while we were down in South Carolina. I love reading on the beach. That's very relaxing. The first book was ok. "Thank you for smoking" was funny at times and I really did find myself rooting for the bad guy. The book is about a guy who is the public face of a group that encourages smoking. I think I found myself cheering for him because everyone else was against him and everything went wrong for him.

The second book was much better. "Velocity" by Dean Koontz. It was very suspenseful and almost scary. It was about a guy who got a note under his windshield wiper. The note basically said that if the guy didn't get the police involved a pretty young teacher would be killed; if the guy went to the police an elderly woman heavily involved in charity would be killed. The book went on with choices like that while the hero tried to find out who was behind it all.

Reading schedule

It's ten to 1 in the morning and I've just finished driving eight hours. But you're going to want the reading schedule. Well at least someone is.

Monday - Numbers 6:18-9:7
Tuesday- 9:8-13:29
Wednesday - 13:30-16:2
Thursday - 16:43-21:27
Friday - 21:28-26:10
Saturday - 26:11-29:23

Here's a picture

Played golf on a par 3 course today. Played better the back 9. 36. So a picture for you. Hopefully there will be more later.

Anybody know anything about cars?

Well we made it down here to Myrtle Beach. I haven't been outside yet but it looks beautiful. The sun is out and I'm sure it'll be in the 70's. The car developed a problem on the way down. It makes a very weird clunking noise like someone is under my hood trying to tell me to let him out. When the clunking starts the heat guage goes up. It doesn't overheat but runs hotter than it should. Then the clunking will stop and it will cool down. I knew hiring that guy to fan the motor was a bad idea. We took it to a dealer in West Virginia and they changed the thermostat. Which did nothing. So I'll probably take it to another one today. Hopefully I'll make it to the beach too.

Vacation starts today

We head south later this afternoon. If I have internet access down there I will try to update the blog and possibly post some pictures as well. Have a good week!

Reading schedule

Monday - Lev. 11:30-14:47
Tuesday - 14:48 - 19:9
Wednesday - 19:10 - 23:19
Thursday - 23:20 - 26:29
Friday - 26:30 - Numbers 3:17
Saturday - Numbers 3:18 - 6:17

Wow I knew there was a reason I hated those Geico commercials. Lev. 11:30

Cold and rainy

Yesterday's run stunk. I'm sure today's will too. It's 50 and raining. The good news? It's 77 and mostly sunny in Myrtle Beach.

Good day

I got work done today. It was great. I also got some reading done today. Hopefully this trend continues. Just a few more days and I'm heading south.

Ugh

I've got two songs going through my head again and again. "Vacation" by the Go gos and "Going to Carolina in my mind" by James Taylor. I don't leave until Monday night and I'm frozen in a strange world where I've already left and cannot get anything accomplished. So instead I sit in my office and sing those songs over and over.

Sleepless

This morning I had to mow a guys yard before I got to church. I borrowed Steph's mp3 player and listened to the songs that I've put on it. One was Sleepless by The Waiting. One of my favorites. It's one of those songs that builds up and builds up and then the singer just unleashes his agony. I love those ones. Here's the lyrics.

Sleepless

Another night and sleep escapes me

Cling to my pillow like a bride

I pass the time closing corners of my mind

I have something there to hide

Oh sin, Oh sin

It leaves me here without and hollowed out within

Oh sin, Oh sin

Like a fool to his folly

I keep coming back again

And His children are all sleepless

Inventing their excuses why

We play the game,

Dividing up the blame

Against our Father's own reply

Oh sin, Oh sin

It leaves you all without and hollowed out within

Oh sin, Oh sin

Like a fool to his folly

You keep coming back again

And it leaves you far from home

It's a bright and burning fire that leaves you cold as stone

It makes you everybody's friend and leaves you desperately alone

It's a price too high to pay

Turn off the news and try to sleep now

Because I'm losing track of shooting sprees

And I can't abide another symptom analyzed

When it's all the same disease

Oh sin, Oh sin

It leaves us here without and hollowed out within

Oh sin, Oh sin

Like a fool to his folly we keep coming back again

written by Brad Olsen and Chris Falson

Here is a link to a sample of the song.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005UMSR/ref=ase_elyrics0f-20/102-5706009-0754500?s=music&v=glance&n=5174&tagActionCode=elyrics0f-20

It's not much but it's an idea I guess.

This weeks reading schedule

Monday - Exodus 26:2-29:32
Tuesday - Exodus 29:33-34:3
Wednesday - Exodus 34:4-37:27
Thursday - Exodus 37:28-Leviticus 2:1
Friday - Leviticus 2:2-7:15
Saturday - Leviticus 7:16-11:29

Are you guys still doing this?

Race Results

I finally found the results from that first race. I finished faster than I thought. 29:10. 65th place.

Some pictures from the first 5k

Can you tell which one was taken after the first mile and which one came after the finish? Maybe the smile gives it away.

New e-mail address

I decided not to put this out there for everyone to see. If you want my e-mail address leave a comment and I'll send it to you.

This means I have a faster internet. Hopefully that means I'll post more.

Draft weekend

This weekend we took the youth group to Sleeper State Park. It was pretty nice. They have some cabins that are off seperate from anything else and we had those to ourselves. The weather was pretty good. The only problem is that I missed the first few rounds of the draft. When I got home and got caught up I guess I'm satisfied with the Colts picks. It's hard when your picks come as late as theirs did. Hopefully Addai will be a great rb in their system.

Reading schedule

Monday May 1 Gen47:27-Ex. 2:23
Tuesday Ex. 2:24-7:24
Wednesday Ex. 7:25-12:25
Thursday Ex. 12:26-16:26
Friday Ex. 16:27-21:27
Saturday Ex. 21:18-26:1