Uno or Dos?

My wife and two older sons are currently touring through Europe. She had a chance to go back to Switzerland and visit her family and friends so we decided to have our two oldest boys go with her. They are also going up through Denmark. I hope to have lots of fun pictures to put online once they are back.

So during my stint as a single parent I am finding new empathy for those who do this full time. I thought at first I would have all this spare time on my hands and once I put my two youngest boys to bed after a full day I would be working on all these projects I had in mind. Well...it seems the only thing I had time to do before falling down on my sofa was to wash the dishes, do laundry, get their clothes and chocolate milk ready for the next day, etc. I have just been so drained, and on top of that have had a hard time falling asleep without my cute wife next to me and I have to wake up early.

Okay, this is starting to sound like a whine session but I better get it out now before my wife comes back so she doesn't have to hear about it. :)

Reach out and touch someone

I don't know what it is about connecting with people but it can get contagious. Every now and then I have the desire to seek out old friends. I have done this recently with Facebook and my mission web site. I remembered that there was one and so I ran through the list of people I spent time with while in Berlin and emailed some of them. One of my buddies, Karl Harwood, emailed me back and it was really good to touch base with him.