That’s a question I’ve been asked, and have asked myself, a lot lately. Where the hell is Ben? No blogging in 2 weeks or more? Well, lots of stuff has been going on, and frankly, this is what I foresaw when I switched — permanently — from an essay style of blogging to a tumblelog style of blogging. One style takes decidedly less effort and time to maintain. I digress. Indeed, where the hell has Ben been?
Several weeks ago our church had Vacation Bible School which is another way of saying, “I put a lot of work, stress and time into an event that by definition has very little return.” I then had five days off. I say “off” when really I was in the office every day getting ready for our summer mission trip. I took the youth group to Greenville, South Carolina (beautiful city) for a nine day mission trip. We put roofs on homes, and I even remodeled a horse stable. Very tiring work. In fact, it made Vacation Bible School seem like an evening on the couch watching baseball (Cubs are still in 1st place, BTW).
After The mission trip I came back and had 5 days off. I say “off” but I was coming to the office every day preparing for being out of town for 10 days on vacation. I went on vacation, had a wonderful, picture perfect week with my family in Chicago (well, Lombard, but no one really knows where that is, so I say Chicago) and then came back home. I had 2 days off. I say “off” but really I was dog sick and couldn’t find the will to get out of my computer chair. Then, yesterday I took the youth to Six Flags Over Georgia. We had a great 13 hours together, I really love those kids. And now here I am.
So, that’s where the hell Ben has been. Any questions?
