1 post tagged “solar car”
The day started out very strange and discouraging today. Traffic into town on the H-1 Viaduct was horrendous. No accidents or stalls so either the bright sun rising or mis-programming of the traffic signals caused the over twenty minute delay.
Back at my little cubicle I notice 3 meetings today in Outlook - what a waste I tell myself, but they didn't turn out too bad. Distracted nonetheless, I found it difficult to get back into the groove of the "real" work that needed to get done. Some of the work today involved prepping workshop solar car kits for the Lacy Veach Day of Discovery at Punahou this coming Saturday. Much of my day, in fact, revolved around this. Crunch time, hah! As I worked on the kits, grumpy thoughts kept popping into my head: "Aaaah, those rotten kids will probably break these things before they even get them home - there goes $10 worth of material and a lot of hard work down the drain!" But when I sit back and think about it I realize that the kids will have fun and probably enjoy learning about solar power and gear ratios... Well they'll have fun anyway, hah!
So after work I went to 24-Hr. Fitness downtown to work out before trekking back home. While on the treadmill I start thinking about Lifegroup, and then how God blesses me (especially given the fact that I couldn't even be on the treadmill a little over a month ago). Then my thoughts turn to my family and how I take them for granted sometimes and how Shari bravely just hung in there, keeping vigil with her family over her Dad. I think about my Mom and how she is getting very forgetful as well. Yes, I think, I need to spend more time with her until... well until she too leaves us to be with my Dad. Soon I am off the treadmill and concentrating on the rest of my workout and worrying about making it to Lifegroup on time.
I make the 6:10 shuttle back to Ward to grab my car - plenty of time to make it back to PC in time for Lifegroup IF traffic cooperates. Hah! Traffic at 6:25 is backed up to Moanalua Gardens! On Red Hill, I'm in the right lane and a guy signals to let him cut in from the far right. Should I be a nice guy and let him in? Yeah, what the hey... And he flashes me a "shaka". Hmmm WWJD in rush hour traffic? Would He leave a huge space in front of Him so everybody can cut in and the guy in back starts honking his horn? Haha, what a worldy thought - bleh, I'm so bad.
Needless to say I'm late to pick up the kids for Lifegroup. No time to bocha; just enough time to gulp down a plate of leftovers (God Bless my wife). She has to work on her lesson plans so she can't go. I grab my guitar for the one praise song that we usually do. The kids grab my Bible and the snacks we usually contribute to the fellowship time - meaning stuffing ourselves with ono desserts and talking story,
So we get there about 15 minutes late and they're discussing the topic already, having skipped praise time. Oh well. Tonight our discussion is based on John 17:13-26. This is where Jesus is praying to the Father for the sanctificaton of His disciples before He is taken into custody. He asks that they come to know the love of the Father as He knows. It's a difficult passage to understand. We begin discussing our own personal trials of how the world gets in the way of having a fellowship with God and each other. My daughter brings up her unwillingness to go to a private school because her friends from 8th grade won't be there. Wow! I don't have to say anything because Uncle Jerry and Uncle Van begin to encourage her to seize the opportunity. This goes on for several minutes with me finally joining in. I start to feel bad because maybe she's thinking we're ganging up on her. But on the way home I feel out her thoughts and she seems to be OK with it. It's a touchy subject in our house.
So that's basically my Tuesday. Somewhat discouraging but I think God is trying to teach me something here. Be the person He wants me to be even when it's a meh kind of day? Find the joy He brings? I dunno, it's late and time for bed, so maybe I'll think and pray about it.. Goodnight. :-)
