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I saw a fox this morning.
"You can’t live in London without spotting an urban fox (or three)." So says Metro's Harriet Williamson.
I guess I can claim to live here now. It's a nice feeling.
In mid-December, Kendall & I left Mount Pleasant and traveled to London. I'm to take a six month "spiritual growth" leave, to stop living from deadline to deadline, to cease being a maintenance machine / on-call repairman, to start reclaiming my primary identity as a child of God.
So far, it's been mostly deadlines. Mostly happy deadlines: we're going to a show, we're going to dinner, we're going to the zoo, we're going to meet people, we're going to Italy. A few less-happy ones: can I get everything Wesley-related done by January 1 (no), can I get the internet working from across the sea before the users are unhappy (no), can I get everything needed done so they can have worship without me on January 12 (yes!). There have been occasional days of rest, but no extended "free" time.
Until now.
I saw a fox this morning. Its primary interests were finding things to eat, eating them, not being eaten, and sleeping.* Sounds like a good plan for the next few months.
/charlie
I expect the next post will either be about Becca's house, or the insane and delightful vacationing we've done over Christmas.
*...and possibly finding someone to make baby foxes with; red foxes "might or might not be monogamous," according to animals.mom.me. I am monogamous and have already taken care of this responsibility.
"You can’t live in London without spotting an urban fox (or three)." So says Metro's Harriet Williamson.
I guess I can claim to live here now. It's a nice feeling.
In mid-December, Kendall & I left Mount Pleasant and traveled to London. I'm to take a six month "spiritual growth" leave, to stop living from deadline to deadline, to cease being a maintenance machine / on-call repairman, to start reclaiming my primary identity as a child of God.
So far, it's been mostly deadlines. Mostly happy deadlines: we're going to a show, we're going to dinner, we're going to the zoo, we're going to meet people, we're going to Italy. A few less-happy ones: can I get everything Wesley-related done by January 1 (no), can I get the internet working from across the sea before the users are unhappy (no), can I get everything needed done so they can have worship without me on January 12 (yes!). There have been occasional days of rest, but no extended "free" time.
Until now.
I saw a fox this morning. Its primary interests were finding things to eat, eating them, not being eaten, and sleeping.* Sounds like a good plan for the next few months.
/charlie
I expect the next post will either be about Becca's house, or the insane and delightful vacationing we've done over Christmas.
*...and possibly finding someone to make baby foxes with; red foxes "might or might not be monogamous," according to animals.mom.me. I am monogamous and have already taken care of this responsibility.
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