Exhausted but happy

Long day today. I was at Fargo all day... first of all, I was helping Georgia work on the synod's new web site, which I designed. All I did was the actual graphic design and conceptual work; Georgia's responsible for the hard stuff, like content, organization, and also just learning how to use this web publishing program - all of while doing a regular job! She's doing admirably, but it'll be a while yet before the synod site is ready to go live. That's just the nature of the beast. It's a lot harder to do a web site well than most people ever realize!

After that, there was the "rookies" meeting. Technically, it's a semi-monthly meeting for those of us new to the synod. (In other words, we wouldn't necessarily all be first call pastors, although I believe we are.) It's always helpful to network and to share with and learn from my colleagues, especially those who are at a similar point in their ministry as I am.

After the rookies session, I visited a parishioner in the hospital. Then I headed to Target... Sarah has been serving as a pastor lo these many months without a printer of her own, and she finally broke down and decided to get one! Since I was going in "to town" anyhow, I was glad to pick one up for her. While I was at it, I also nabbed a snow shovel and some salt... not like we're going to have any snow at all this winter, but I thought I should have one just in case. *denial*

Sarah was sweet enough to feed me for my troubles, and we enjoyed some good conversation after dinner.

And now it's ten o'clock, and I'm completely and utterly spent for the day. It's been a good day.