Car Repairs, Cocooning, Blood Check, and Fine Cuisine

A couple of updates since I was tired and didn't post yesterday.
Dale Barnes cleaned an air sensor and drove Evelyn's car for 10 miles and the "Check Engine" light didn't come back on. Cool.
Later yesterday evening when she was driving the car--pop!--here came that light again. :-)
I called him this morning, and he said, "Drive it next week. Drive it for a month if you want to."
"Oh really? It won't hurt the car to drive it."
"No," he said. "You don't have to worry till the 'Check Engine' light starts flashing."
OK. I'm taking it back to him Friday, and I'm guessin' the bill will be a little higher than the $39 we paid yesterday.
Update two: I wrote that column I was thinking about Tuesday when I last posted. Decided to go with the USA Today post about super cocooners and think a little about how the church might react to this trend in our culture. It will be live tomorrow (Thursday, the 21st). Not my finest work, but I was pleased to get some info from Kurt Ervin at Central Christian Church, Las Vegas, about their Internet campuses to include in my little piece.
Today I went to my rheumatoid arthritis doctor. She took blood. She always takes blood. But she said we could experiment with not taking one of the two medicines I've been taking--the more potent one with the possibly more serious side effects. So I'm glad about that. We'll see if the joint pains come back.

Larry and I usually choose fine cuisine for
these high-level meetings.

Had lunch after my doctor's appointment with Larry Collins to talk about the possibility of Christian Standard sponsoring video interviews of NACC speakers during the convention. Like all good ideas, this one is easy to pull off--if you have the money to pay for it. We'll see how this works out!

One Day in the Life of an Extrovert

When I interact with people, I feel energized, even if the situation is difficult.
When I sit alone and stew about my situation, I feel negative--either frustrated or worried or afraid, or maybe bored--depending on how negative the situation is. This is a classic description of an extrovert, and, of course, anyone who knows me knows I am a CLASSIC EXTROVERT.
Well, all I can say is that I felt both ends of the pendulum today, energized in some difficult situations and negatively stewing in at least one. If this were a real diary instead of a public one, I'd elaborate. But, once again, "it wouldn't be prudent."
Some highlights:
Spoke with Stephanie Woeste, our v.p. of marketing, about next steps for making the decision to take Christian Standard monthly.
Read two proofs (one for The Lookout and one for Christian Standard), prepared some posts for Jim Nieman to post on the web, worked with him to decide the final layout for our May 27 issue, and worked with him to choose and edit some Letters to the Editor for that issue.
Went with Bob Wallace to have lunch with Larry Collins and Abi Platt to discuss Standard's relationship with and sponsorship of the North American Christian Convention.

Unbeknownst to us, Skyline was celebrating Opening Day by offering a free coney with every order. Lucky we
got there at 11:30 ahead of the crowd. I gave my free coney to Bob Wallace.  :-)

Participated in a conference call with representatives of our printer to discuss a couple of hiccups in their mailing and distribution of our magazines.
Met with Matt Lockhart as we do most Thursdays. Discussion today included how the company will respond to revenue shortfalls and the 9-month projection for the magazines budget. I submitted the budget I had created to the finance department. Handled a bunch of e-mails that I owed, and gathered and planned work to do this weekend.
Arrived home to find Jennifer here, as we planned. Evelyn fixed us a nice dinner, and we've spent the evening visiting, looking at the disc with all of her engagement pictures, hanging out.
Now I'm relaxed and energized. I'll allow the reader to guess when I felt different during the day. When I read this a year from now, I'm sure I'll remember the answer.