Sunday musings

I hadn't realized it had been over a week since my last posting (my Mom e-mailed and subtly hinted that I was overdue for some new posts). Sorry 'bout that, the time just got away from me. I've been busy this past week but I think things have evened out so I'll work on getting more frequent news to y'all.

Sundays here are the one day of the week that has a different feel. We try to have a more relaxed morning schedule and come in later to make it more of a half day of work to give folks a chance to go to church and have a little bit of a break. I really enjoy having that break in the week and making time for God in a place where I sometimes have to be very deliberate about finding Him. Tonight will also be a special time as some of us Navy guys are being hosted by my Chief to grill some steaks and drink some near-beer at his trailer. He and his roommate have really made their place homey and even have a small deck out front. Speaking of trailers, I should be moving into my new digs early this week and can really settle in for the long haul.

It was a good football weekend except for brother Chris' Tigers. Auburn can't seem to get it together this year (and for your birthday weekend too - bummer there Bro). But my Memphis Tigers won handily against Jacksonville State and Troy beat up on Oklahoma State. In case you didn't know, history was made at the Memphis-Jacksonville game where the first female official in a Bowl Subdivision (Division I) football game (Sarah Thomas, a veteran high school official in Mississippi) served as the line judge.

Finally, I just finished my latest book, "Joan of Arc" by Mark Twain. Yep, that Mark Twain. I have found it to be a wonderful read (written as a first-person observer by one of Joan's closest friends) and Twain felt it was his best work. In his words, "I like 'Joan of Arc' best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none."

Cheers, Pearl