Florida is so hot... and not in the paris hilton way

Writing from GA, and over the next 2 weeks or so I plan on catching you up on what all has been happening with work and life, but briefly:
my son has recovered fully from the car wreck;
Boone was canceled due to lack of registrations - much more on that later;
spent last week as Guest Cook at Unistar and had a marvelous time;
currently at GA in Fort Lauderdale and going on vacation after that for a week.

It is excessively (read unnecessarily) HOT and HUMID down here and the convention center is right next to the sewage treatment plant. Despite these downfalls, I am having a good time, seeing and meeting lots of people, and looking forward to the Service of the Living Tradition tomorrow night which features our own (PSD) Reverend Victoria Safford. I am excited about this for a couple of reasons.... 1) because I got to go to White Bear UU Church (with Dee and Alice Smith) when I was on my way to Unistar and it is so beautiful and they are such a cool congregation, and 2) because I want to give this service a second chance after last year's SLT that was definitely note-worthy, but not for the right reasons. 'nuff said on that.

I plan to get my pics from my trip to Unistar up somewhere soon... some of this technology moves faster than me and I need to determine how and where to put the pics. The water in Des Moines was lapping at the edge of the interstate but I don't think my pics will do the flooding justice regarding how severe it was.

Lots of workshops I want to attend and it looks like plenty of room to get into them - unlike last year. I will try for regular updates and comments about what I attend! I am having lunch with Nick Allen tomorrow to talk about the future of youth ministry in PSD and beyond.