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* This is in NO WAY a Sunday Night Decompress (Saturday Edition) and similarity to any such a fore mentioned typical post by John Donahue, is PURELY coincidental.  In other words, I have been too busy to post and I wanted to let everyone know what I have been up to.

It has been a wild weekend.  I have not been able to post as much as I had wanted this week, so this is the result.  Pleas enjoy another bulletted list…

• Monday, Tuesday, and Wedesday were all 12+ hour days.  Thursday, however was JUST a lousy 10 hour day.
• So, I’ve been busy.  It’s been GOOD busy, but the hours have just seemed to disappear.  I LOVE my new job, and it’s never the same day twice.

MONDAY

• All Day Planning meeting with Scott.  We discussed many key issues and how to move forward.  There will be a lot of team meetings, emails, and discussions based on what Scott and I worked on this past Monday.
• We bought a dry erase board, so you know there was a TON of ideas flying around that office.
• We started to go through Nelson Searcy “Breaking Growth Barriers,” and we only listened to the first 15 minutes, and then the rest of the day was launched.

TUESDAY

• Getting caught up on the Assimilation Stuff (Emails, Cards and Letters) to 1st time guests and other leaders.
• I think that I will be doing videos for a while.  I got the Baptism Video from last Sunday to edit and get ready for the upcoming weekend.
• I started working out at lunch with SID and some friends who own a gym.  I am out of shape.
• Dinner at a potential new leader’s home-Scott and I had a great time, and we were out a little later than we thought.
• Filming and editing a new Home Team Leaders Video Email.

WEDNESDAY

• Crunch day.  Video editing (with NEW, UNTRIED, UNFAMILIAR editing software).
• Another lunch work out.  Feeling better about it.
• Finished the Home Team Leaders Video.
• Nex Video Project begins…a 1 minute complilation of Baptism Videos…how long can this take?

THURSDAY

• From 9am-12noon, Nelson Searcy “Financial Strategy Webinar.”  It was great, but there were some real technical issues.
• While THAT was happening, I was writing a new post at IWant2Change.com. You can read it HERE.
• Went to work out, but I was feeling the past 2 days.  I was sore, but I went and got the hour in.
• I finished the video….5 hours later.  It was insane.  See if you approve HERE.
• Sarah and I had dinner with 2 Home Team leaders.  It was cool.  We went to one of our favorite Mexican places.  Yeah, steak tacos!

FRIDAY

• The offices are closed on Friday, so I got to sleep in.  Since I have been working so much, I slept in until about 11:30.  Had breakfast and then…
• Went to the gym to work out with Sarah.  If I follow their scales, I lost 7 pounds.  I also didn’t have my shoes on THAT time, so factor whatever a pair of New Balance 706′s weigh and that’s what I lost.
• AFTER the gym, I came home and did NOTHING.  I watched TV, played on the internet, and did very little.  I loved every second of it.
• Sarah and I drove to Atlanta to have dinner with some family that had come in for the weekend.  It was cool, we went to a place called the Midtown Pub and we shared some Trailer Park Salsa.  Imagine a really chunky salsa with a cut up hot dog in it, with a side of Fritos.  They ACTUALLY tasted better than they sound.

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SATURDAY

• It was the Ashley Park Summer Celebration today and we took about 15 people from StonePoint Church to help them out.
• I got there at 9:45 and was put to work in the SAND AREA.  Imagine a beach scene will sand, mini sand buckets and shovels.
• Imagine an Easter Egg hunt with small and large clear plastic balls.  Every hour on the hour, we would bury a ton of prizes and have a treasure hunt.  It was cool, I mean, great, becasue it was NOT cool.  I think that I lost 20 pounds just from water loss.  It was in the 90′s all day.
• One thing I almost forgot – ACROSS the walkway from the “beach” there was a display of animals: birds and reptiles.  So, periodically, the “Snake Man” would take up 2 or 3 snakes and DANCE in the street…We were next to the DJ.  It was CRAZY.  And then….He dropped a “few” snakes in the Freakin’ SAND!!  Some of the kids didn’t seem to mind, but some of parents didn’t appreciate it very much.  Neither did I.  He was a nice guy, but then one of the snakes got away from him….He got it back, and I about passed out.
• I left around 2:00 and completely missed my (Sarah’s) grandmother’s 90th birthday bash in Marietta.
• Sarah got home around 5:00 and the evening is still young…so WHO KNOWS.

That pretty much sums up my week.  It was fun and busy, and I am so blessed to be here in Newnan.

** UPDATE **

Sarah and I had a little dinner at Hooters.  Yes, Hooters.  And then Wal-Mart and some UFC 84 Ill Will – replay on SPIKE TV.