So my sister (Amy) got married this past Friday.  Dad, Grandma, and I got in a rental car and traveled down to Destin Florida to be there for the festive occasion . . . and it was actually quite fun.  The car was a nice size, but still . . . after 8 hours any vehicle is gonna feel cramped. 

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The rush before the calm before the storm

It’s the story of my life.  I live from one big project to the next, but I guess that’s the way it is for most people nowadays. 

What’s the next big project you ask ?

Here in Dickson we have what’s called Old Timers Day.  It’s a day celebrating the ‘Old Timers’ and remembering the past of our county and city.  There’s a big parade (which shuts down several miles of roads around downtown for an entire day) and then afterwards there’s like a kind of carnival set up with all kinds of celebrations in the downtown area.  Old Timers Day is this coming Saturday.

This year they are having a ‘Gospel Stage’ where several church’s choirs and bands are going to sing.  Our church has been invited to sing and Pastor wants this to sound good.  The problem is that there are several church’s singing (one right after the other) using a hodgepodge of systems . . . which has the potential to NOT sound good. This means that we’ll be bringing our entire portable sound system to Old Timers Day.  Don’t let the word ‘portable’ fool you into thinking it’s small in any way, this is a job and a half.  Having just gotten SOME of the needed details today (like how many KWatts the generator will be, where specifically the stage is going to be set up) but still need to know what everyone else is bringing to the event and . . . if we are sharing all the equipment to make a community sound system.  And if so, who’s running sound for the community system ?

Getting ready for this has consumed most of my time this week.

Also next week I’ll be on vacation !  Last June was my 5 year anniversary working at the church so this year I get three weeks of vacation.  The first full week of which I’ll be taking next week. Matt and Mel are moving to a new apartment (well, a duplex) and I’m heading to Arkansas to help them.  I’ll be leaving Monday afternoon sometime so as to arrive Monday evening.  Tuesday we’ll do all the heavy moving and Wednesday we’ll finish up whatever is left and then christen the new place with a nice gaming session (including, gasp, board games !).  I’ll head back home either Wednesday or Thursday and spend the rest of the long weekend doing nothing in particular.  So prepping for vacation, on top of Old Timers Day, is going to make this week a fun fun one !