January 30 – “Loading”

Well, we walked a mile yesterday.  All bundled up against the frigid temperatures.  Hey, it was in the 50’s.  You are just not supposed to walk around outside when it’s less than 60 degrees.  We made the mile, though.  And I for one am not too sore as a result.  My aches and pains today are more the result of the even colder weather this morning (40’s).  Where have all the 70’s gone?

We had some houseguests in the afternoon.  Christina brought her brood over after a trip to the library so they could hang out and wait for their Dad to get off work.  That meant pizza for supper and an array of games.  Micah taught Chris how to play one called War.  Not to be confused with the card game of similar moniker.  This one was more like Battleship.  All you need is a piece of paper and a pencil.  Fold the paper over and each side draws in ten characters or ships.  Then you take turns bombing by drawing a small circle on your own side of the paper.  Then fold the paper over and scratch over the circle you just drew.  The graphite will transfer to your opponent’s game board.  If it touches one of his characters, it’s a hit.  The best part about this game was seeing what characters each one drew.  I saw aliens of all kinds, tie fighters, and even Yoda after Kel arrived. I got smoked by everybody at Connect 4 Classic, but when we pulled out the 3-D version, all bets were off.  In fact, all game rules were suspended and we started flipping discs onto straws in cups.  Finally a game I could be successful at.  Speaking of waiving rules, Jachin was dominating the Operation game, so some changes were instituted.  Several times.  He was still the master surgeon, but everybody else got a chance to be the surgical residents. 

At one point Christina asked Noa if it was Bible story time.  That’s one of Noa’s favorite things to do.  Not listen to a Bible story, mind you.  No, she tells the story.  From behind a pulpit.  I was excited to hear what she had in store.  I was thinking she might fill in for me at Seaside sometime.  Well, Noa agreed that it was Bible story time, but then she started walking, then running around and around in circles.  Even Christina was puzzled.  Mom finally couldn’t stand it any longer, so she had to ask, “What are you doing?”  And Noa’s response?  “It’s loading.”  Ah, a true child of the technological generation.  We never did get to hear the story.  She got distracted by some other crucial activity.  And once again we were plagued by the evil computer error code.  Sigh. 

Psalms 29:3 says, “The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.”

Father, thank you for pizza and games and family.  Amen.