It's Over

VBS is finally over.  I don't really do anything, at least not teaching like the ladies do, and I am tired.  It's just two hours and I feel beat today.  There's something about the pews at our church that just mess my back up quicker than anything else.  I am stiff and sore and moving slowly.  K does a tremendous job with VBS, she is every talented in that regard, but she is worn out too.  We skipped the picnic that was planned afterward and cleaned up and put things way so we wouldn't have to come back tomorrow to do it.  It is rewarding work and we are glad to volunteer but we are both getting long in the tooth.  It is time for those younger than us to take over.  We were taking a step back this year and it didn't happen.  K was supposed to just be a helper instead of a teacher.  The teacher thing was thrust on her unawares the very first day.  She handled it beautifully without complaint, without any preparation.  

The landscape here is getting crunchy.  Lack of rain and high heat will do that down here on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert.  It is expected and yes we still complain.  However, we have hope for some significant amounts of rain starting Saturday and increasing into next week.  While this is unusual for this time of year it isn't unheard of.  We even get some flooding at times with these events.  Flooding is never wanted but we have come to rely on these events due to our water source coming from one aquifer and nothing else.  We are on stage 2 water restrictions.  This will remain in effect until we get significant amounts of rainfall in the right places to recharge this underground aquifer.  If we get enough rain the restrictions can be eased 10 days after the levels stay at or above the set marker.  I am hopeful but it is tempered with the reality it will only be temporary and we will be back to restrictions again.  We are hopeful though.

I traded emails with a friend I worked with recently.  It seems he has gone back to work in the consulting market.  It turns out that there are two others we worked with also at the same firm.  Good for them.  He was supposed to work just 25-30 hours a week.  It turned into a full time job which probably means overtime also in that field.  Me, I am staying retired, I don't want to go back to anything remotely like working a schedule after being out this long.  Uh-uh, not even.  

Father's Day is this weekend.  We have no plans.  VBS being this week hinders having much in the way of any plans.  So I don't know if we will see our kids or not.  Son #1 has in-laws here so they may have plans with them. Son#2 has gone over to my Dad's in the past, but that was before he got married.  These sort of holidays are sometimes harder to deal with when there are sooo many people to consider.  These things usually get planned at the last minute, like Saturday evening.  Whatever you have planned, I hope your Father's Day is a good one.

Happy Trails