You may all be wondering why I haven't updated the blog in far too long- what have I been doing since August 26? Did I work myself to death? Has my computer broken? Did I suddenly get carpal tunnel syndrome? No, I have just been ridiculously busy!!! I've wanted to update the blog but have barely sat down at the computer as I've been on the run here there and everywhere. So a brief update...
Last weekend (Aug 28-31) was a Bank Holiday weekend- think like Labor Day weekend. I worked basically the entire weekend, trying desperately to catch up with the work that I've gotten behind on- I got quite a bit done (those of you on Facebook saw my to do list!) I've had a lot of appointments this week, and it's been a busy week for networking as well because I had BNI Tuesday morning, Wednesday lunch was the Cambridge Businesswomen's event, I missed the one I was going to go to Thursday night because we had an impromptu going away party for a friend who's moving to Uganda for a year, and then Friday was the Very Early Lunch Club (VELC) which is once a month and I was photographing the event...followed by a fantastic workshop about using social networking for business. It was facinating! And we ended off the day today with a huge 75th birthday party- 3 girls were turning 25. :) It was here at our house, and we had the house packed full- there were at least 30 people, if not more, and we all had a blast. Fortunately they ended the evening with a few games of Mafia, which I sometimes enjoy but only with very close friends, so I was able to clean up everything except the room they were in which made it an earlier bedtime for us all. I even went around and sanitised the door handles etc with bleach, which I try to do once a week anyway for good hygiene. There are 3 of us living in our house, and we can all track germs in from who knows where- I notice a big difference in general healthiness of Windsor House when I keep the door handles etc germ free, and we are all making sure to wash our hands well.
I haven't been out at Anglesey Abbey much this week because the head gardener is out with appendicitis, so it's been an all hands on deck for the gardening team, and my coworker who is the community warden needed to work with them all week. I definitely missed being outside, but I was able to track down a schedule for the coming 2 terms and looking forward to the first groups that will be out next week (well, that is sort of this coming week.)
In other news, we're driving to Germany at the end of this month for G's cousin's wedding, and G might be off to poland for a weekend for his coworker's wedding. I'm still determined to go to Scotland even if I have to go alone and hostel it instead of camping because I really want to photograph in the fall there. So we'll see what happens- it'll be a busy month.
The international work at StAG starts off this week- I'm shifting from the ladies study and teaching a study for ladies who aren't followers of JC but who are interested in learning more, and we'll be meeting at the same time as the ladies in hopes that eventually some will go into the women's study. Also, we've transitioned out of iBASE (language students) and into iHUB(20s-30s post graduates, mostly Asian) and iHUB starts Wednesday. Do be lifting the international work up. We had a good training day today, which was very encouraging, and we're excited about what Gd has going this year.
Thanks for pring for our relationship as well- we really appreciate it and we definitely feel the love. :) We love you all and we miss you guys! Especially in the fall we all feel a bit homesick, so know that we're thinking of home a lot these days and hoping you are all enjoying the change of seasons.
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