Well, it's back to work tomorrow after a two week vacation. I am not really upset about going back, even though I know this week is going to be super stressful. I look forward to seeing my team tomorrow and getting Billy's debrief for the past two weeks. I always enjoy the animated recounting of his time in-charge when I am gone.

Speaking of Billy, I am going to talk to him about possibly attending his church as a guest next Sunday. My primary concern is that it's a Lutheran church, and researching their core values there are a lot of little things that they do that I am not necessarily in agreement with. Feels a little bit like trying to build my house on a foundation of sand. Though Billy is in the same boat there; he was raised and tends to hold the beliefs of a Baptist, and we had a great Bible study together for a few months and I found him to be a powerful Christian brother in the short time that we studied together, so I know that he would be a good support for me (and hopefully vice-versa).

I did a massive deep-cleaning of our cat room yesterday afternoon, and Hill and I are talking about putting together a weekly chore schedule for us to follow to help get this house into a better state. Well, actually Hill laughs at me when I talk about organizing a cleaning schedule because she doesn't think that way; she tends to be more "seat of the pants" whereas I work best when I have everything laid out into a neat tidy plan. I can only imagine what will happen when I present a spreadsheet to her. I just think that if everything is broken down and we know what we're supposed to be doing on a given day that the idea of cleaning will become less overwhelming and we'll be less likely to ignore the problem. I mean, it's really not THAT bad in here, at least considering how many animals we have, but that cat room highlighted to me that we've gotten too good at ignoring clutter and dirtiness over the years.

We're going to Costco today to get more rawhides for the dogs and to get lunch together, so I guess I should start getting ready. My allergies are punching me in the face this morning and I don't want to go anywhere, but we have stuff to do and this is the last day of vacation so I should enjoy it!

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