meetings

[from August 21, posted late]

First off, nobody sent angry e-mails in response to the update I wrote last night. Christians are too "nice" for that, I guess. (You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice.)

Well, I take it back. We did get an e-mail from one guy who liked what we had written. But I have the sneaking suspicion it's because he thinks we should take a dose of our own medicine, and that we owe him an apology. Yeah, that was kind of not nice in its own way.

So, this week is simply crazy packed full of meetings for me. I am writing this post late because I had a meeting from 6 to 9:30 pm. And it took a half an hour to get to and from said meeting, getting me home quite late. Whew.

And somehow I walked away from that meeting having agreed to more responsibility. HOW does that happen???

Our director seemed impressed last week to hear of all the responsible positions we have been filling for various groups and organizations. I am paraphrasing, but he said something like, "Well, I guess if other people recognize your leadership potential, then you must have it…"

First of all, thanks a lot. (I'm smiling here. Didn't really take offense. Much.) ;-)

But second of all, I'm afraid availability is different than leadership ability. It just seems like we're willing to step in and fill gaps that others are too busy to fill. It doesn't hurt that we're pretty capable at a variety of things, and reasonably organized. But still… does that make us leaders? I don't know. I guess it depends on your definition of leadership.

So, the rest of the week, too, is crammed full of meetings and I'm wondering just how that happened, and is this going to be the norm from now on, or is this week just exceptional?

I hope things slow down a bit.

Oh, one exciting development, I did carve out a bit of time in my day for writing. I am nearing the end of my first short story! It was hard to stop writing and tend to other pressing tasks, but I managed it. Now that I'm so close to being finished, it's hard not to just race to the end. But bit by bit. That's the best way.

It has been fascinating watching a story take shape. I had a general idea of where I wanted to go with it when I began, but every time I sat down to write it sort of took on a life of its own, taking twists and turns that surprised even me. Kind of like, "Well, I didn't see that coming!" Very intriguing process.

It definitely keeps me coming back for more.