Busy Weekend

I am coming off a busy weekend. Friday night I passed up my usual dinner with the family for ‘game night’ with my new circle of friends (a.k.a. my small group Bible study people). It was fun. We went to dinner, then off to play games. I learned a new game called ‘Spinners’, which is a variation on dominos (no, not the pizza chain). I didn’t get home until almost 1am, which made Saturday morning that much more of a challenge.
I showed up at the designated meeting place at 7:30am; yes on a Saturday morning. We eventually made our way down to this school and got there a little before 9. At one point during the drive the person that got us all organized was telling us who we would be working with. She said she left a voicemail for this guy named “Greg Krueger, or is it Kreuger”. Some of you know him. I haven’t seen Greg in quite a few years. I didn’t immediately recognize him without hair.
We got started on our service project a little after 9am. We worked pretty much straight through noon. I started out by taping off borders and trim and doors; much of that time spent on my knees. I then went to work painting in one of two hallways we were working on; a lot of my time was spent painting above my head. When we got there the place was dingy and dark, and kind of depressing. I could hardly believe it was actually a working school. It’s amazing what some cleaning and a fresh coat of paint can do to a place.
We found out that this school is one of a handful of Lutheran schools in the city of Detroit currently. It was mentioned to us also that nearly a half dozen of those that are open are likely to close in very near future due to shrinking enrollments. It was a really good day, being able to contribute and ‘give back’ as they say.

Sunday the family celebrated my nephews third birthday. That was fun. The kids all had fun playing with the new toys. Predictably the shirts I gave him were quickly discarded for the new collection of toys, even though the shirts were pretty cool.
Bowling went about as well as I expected. We were facing the best team in the league (not the first place team, but no doubt the best bowlers). We went into each game with a 200 pin margin in handicap. The first game was kind of close, we lost by about 30 pins. The second game was our best, winning that by about 20 or so. The third game we fell apart. Once again all three games, as a team we finished between 775 and 800, which is pretty solid. We just got very few breaks. There are three nights of bowling left, two for score. I think I’m ready for the season to end.
This has already been a long week and it’s only Wednesday. Both Monday and Tuesday I have had stuff going in the evenings, right after work. I got home both nights after 9:30. Tonight looks no better. Maybe Thursday I can go home and relax. We’ll see, I’m sure something will pop up.