The world of Barro

My mother told me there would be days like these...

Sometimes I have days that just float by and other times they kind of scream at ya. Yesterday was one of them. Started at 6.00am when Jack at I got up and spent the next 2 hours delivering pamphlets for his job, my fault I figured that was the only spare time in the week to do it. The kids off to school but that was delayed because the tree cutters were there to take down our massive pine that dominates the driveway/powerlines/shed and most of Ferntree Gully, so Ella was late, I get pretty embarrassed walking into school AFTER the bell has gone and all the other parents are walking OUT.

Bits and pieces of running around then off to Churches of Christ HQ in Fairfield for our first real get together of everyone (almost) under the churches of christ banner in vitoria who is part of a new/emerging/missional style community. A great time with some great people, wanted to spend an hour talking to each person there. Looked at some great possibilities for the future, then race back to school, via Blackburn to drop off Mark Sayers, and yep late again, DOH, twice in the one day, I must be a bad parent. Race back home check on other kids, check in with builder and tree people, who by this stage had broken their machine and had to come back another day, race to the bank, get money out for builder, race back pay builder, race Rory to cricket practise, answer some phone calls and emails, race Ella to basketball practice and arrange night at friends, then race off to Knox council for their citizenship night where Foothills does the suppers. This is a great time which I love.

Had a great chat to Jenny outgoing Mayor as she gave me a donation for our christmas day lunch, spent 2 hours preparing supper for 300 people with 6 others, cleaned up, raced at 9.00pm to a Ferntree Gully fair meeting about our fair this coming Saturday, tomorrow. Got home at 10.00, saw some family members, Helen just home from work, Rory watching TV, then off to the emails for another few hours, mainly working on UNOH's supporters dinner for Saturday night, it's amazing how mnay people are still up at 2.00 in the morning.

The night ended with the thought should I get up at 6.00 for swimming tomorrow, but I can't remember what the answer was...

posted by Barro @ 1:00 PM