Happy
SEPTEMBER! The ber months have arrived, and while there are things about
fall I enjoy, I’m not quite ready to let go of summer just yet.
Today I want to tell you about
our staff retreat adventures, and I confess this feels like 100 years ago now.
In reality, it was just a couple of weeks ago. Last week I told you about last year,
when Ryan didn’t go with me to this, and I ended up having a panic attack in
the middle of the night when I couldn’t reach him. So this year he went with
me, and life was much happier.
We stayed at a retreat center in
Ohio, and I was so excited to introduce him to this place I experienced last
year!
Ryan didn’t come to (most of) our
staff meetings. He used that time to rest and do some things that were
life-giving to him. One of our meetings took place outside, and I kept catching
a glimpse of someone out of the corner of my eye. I kept thinking it was Ryan
eavesdropping on us (ha!) but it was just a statue. I did get their picture
together the next day to show I wasn’t crazy!
The first night we went out to
eat at a place Ryan and I have been before and liked – CJ Highmarks. We were
seated next to a louddddddddddd party, but once they left, it was an enjoyable
evening. We even got ice cream on the way home!
We stopped to look at another retreat
center and the sunset on the cross there was GORGEOUS.
Ryan and I hoped to sit outside
when we came back from dinner, but it was raining, so we sat on a covered porch
until the mosquitoes got the best of me. Then we had to give up.
Ryan got up early the next
morning and went out to see the cross in the fog. Cool picture!
We had some free time that
afternoon, so we went for walks on the prayer trails. After that, we found a
coffee shop down the road and enjoyed a little coffee date.
That night we had dinner
together (and it was all staff and all spouses!) at one of the restaurants we’ve
come to really enjoy in the last year – Do Good!
After dinner, we had time for
one more walk and then everyone played games – except me. I had a lot to catch
up on, and I didn’t feel like losing games. (I always lose.)
The next morning we packed up to
come home, stopping for groceries on the way.
I was so glad Ryan could come
with me! I slept so much better when I wasn’t worried about him!
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