Multi-Directional Busyness

I'm going every which way but loose today.  Wasn't that a Clint Eastwood movie, back int he day?  I think that was the the one with the orangutan.  But I might be wrong.

This morning I am teaching a (hopefully) group--because it might be that no one shows up--of Boy Scouts what they need to know to pass their Photography Merit Badge.  I signed on this this gig before The Boy did it, and I figured I could teach his group.  Nope.  They got someone else.  I've only taught one other group, and they were all the 16 and 17 year olds. And only one young man actually finished his requirements to earn the actual badge.  It was the last one he did before getting his Eagle.  This morning I am faced with 11-18 year olds, potentially.  But I am expecting more of the 11-12 year old group.  Not because it is too hard, but because it is Homecoming weekend, and "day dates" consume the entire day before the dance date.  Yes.  It is a local tradition.  I still don't get it.

Then The Boy's football team has a game in a nearby town.  With his strep this week, he hasn't really practiced so he might not play.  And the field they are playing on today is only an 80 yard field, with no upright goal posts, so no field goals are allowed.  And he's the field goal kicker.  So, he might not play.  But he is on the starting line for kick offs.  Go figure.  And I'm going to watch the game, regardless.

Then this afternoon I get to go to lunch with some friends I haven't seen for a while.  One has a daughter getting married next week, and we thought this was a good pre-wedding-stress-reliever idea for her.  The MOB (mother of the Bride) can get pretty stresses out too.  I'm hoping she has some good stories to share.  Or just a lot of pent up irritation she could vent to us and make the afternoon worthwhile for her.

And tonight is the Holy War.  You know, the BYU vs. Utah football game.  MY trek son, the Professor, will probably play--he is a freshman for BYU, and it is always exciting to see him on TV.  ESPN even.  That is national TV.  Plus, his mom told us last night at the HS game that his mission call was sent  yesterday.  He should get it on Wednesday.  VERY exciting!

But the BIG game is complicated a bit due to it being Stake Conference weekend too.  And our Adult Session of conference begins at 7 PM.  The game kicks at 7:15.  Hmmmm.  Another reason I love DVRs.  Now if I can just keep some bozo from announcing the score during the meeting because he is secretly watching the game on his iPhone or something like that.

Unfocused, multi-directional, and a little bit scattered.  That is my day today.  But on the flip-side, at my doctor's check up yesterday, the Doc told me that my worry about loosing my mind was simply due to this same kind of busyness and suggested I slow down a bit.  Doesn't he know?!  I don't have time to slow down.