Since the last post, we have been busy busy busy! Portions of this post have blatantly been plagiarized from some emails I have sent. I figure that is better than no post at all. ha ha!
We had dinner at our friends’, Ken and LeighAnn’s house. A couple of days later, I was in Oklahoma City for the latest round of Leadership training. I am now in Level 3. There is a level 4, supposedly, but I not know anyone who has done it. Anyway, in OKC, we were joined by the Colonels (they run our districts) and the senior leaders at our Division office in Dallas and our Districts (Little Rock, Fort Worth, Galveston and Tulsa). The entire three and a half days was exhausting but worth every minute! On Thursday, I interviewed for the opportunity to go to the National Senior Leaders Conference. Really, the three days leading up to the formal interview were taken in to consideration too, so it is no wonder I was exhausted!
I was not selected, but in the debrief the next Monday, Col Funkhouser told me what I had suspected all along– I was not selected because I have already been exposed to a lot, due to the assignments I have taken, and others in the program are further behind and have more to gain by going. It was hard to hear that I was too experienced, but at the same time, I anticipated this would happen going in. I told him that I am not upset, and I am not. They are trying to get me in by volunteering me for a “task” and if one of those selected cannot go, I will fill in for them. The Col gave me a lot of great feedback about my interview in general, mostly positive, because I told him that I made my own list of improvements, read them to him, and he told me all those things were minor, but the “meat” was there. Sorry to bore you with the details, but LDP is taking up a lot of my time! I am also our group’s project manager, so there are those duties to keep up with too.
Of course, missing four days of work put me way behind, so I worked an extra hour the next Friday and then came in Saturday, but I wanted to do that so I could start the next week on schedule instead of behind and rushed!
And I think the most exciting and humbling thing to happen was the morning of my interview Kevin called to tell me I had a letter from the church. I had been nominated to become a Deacon! I went to that meeting last night and after a weekend of reflection and prayer plus the information from last night, I am accepting that calling in my life.
The week before last, I also added to my plate chairing the membership committee for the Lettermen’s Association, so I have spent some time doing research on marketing and outreach. This is not an area where I am incredibly talented or knowledgeable, but someone needed to step up. I have a great committee to work with, so hopefully it will go smoothly. I know the current President and our incoming President quite well, so that is also helpful.
Last Friday through Sunday, I did a lot of work on the house– staining the deck and yard work (mostly planting flowers, though they are not done yet). I also planted some of our container garden, though I wish I had more garden space! I am considering adding a small bed garden to our back yard to grow some additional food. It is no wonder our freezer is full by fall and empty by spring! It saves us a lot of money though!
This upcoming week, I will be traveling to DC to teach a section of a training class. I am excited to see some of my coworkers and friends out east again, though it will be a short trip (leaving Wed night, returning Friday afternoon).
The Boy has been rocking soccer. His blog will get updated again soon too.
Kevin is busy working out and trying to help at home and with The Boy. They really are adorable together.
I am sure I am missing something…it’ll give me something to write about next time. ha ha!
