So I was nervous all morning long because of the pending supervisor meeting. And I was still nervous even though I prayed about it. But then I went to the office, sat down at my table, and things started to make a little bit of sense, and I actually wrote some things down. It's like, why wasn't I able to think of this before? Of course I got stuck pretty soon, but that was more than enough to get through the supervisor meeting, which lasted for about 1.5 hours, mostly trying to think of ways to get out of the stuckage. All I can think is this: how come God continues to rescue me out of my own lazyness time after time after time? I'm quite ashamed of myself, actually, but very thankful at the same time. Came back home after the meeting, and bought the ticket to Bulgaria. It had a strange twist where I found out that the flights that I was planning to go for have increased in price by about $100. I tried several other combinations (even one that requires 3 flights each way), but eventually convinced myself that two flights each way is enough and I can pay the extra $100, only to find out that the price has dropped to the original level and I bought it at this lower price. There are a lot of mysteries involving airplane ticket prices, I have to say... So I leave in the afternoon of October 6, connecting through Frankfurt, arriving at Sofia in the afternoon next day, returning on October 12, connecting through Frankfurt again, arriving back in Toronto at night. Finally, for tonight, 4 straight hours of television...and I wonder if I had gone crazy already. An hour of usual millionaire and Jeopardy, two hours of deal where a guy actually picked the $3m case but ended up with a nice $650K anyway, then an hour of Studio 60 at the command of kcs where I still don't get it. And that's the day.

Random notes...

• About the first random note from yesterday...I guess I wasn't clear on one thing, and that is I was more upset with Laura's blunt embarrassing email to all coworkers and her decision to move Forrest to another group than with Forrest saying the Bible study was boring. I was bothered by the latter, too, but not so much, and got over it fairly quickly. It took more time to get over Laura's actions. I think it was my pride acting up a bit...and I kind of like this Forrest kid anyway. In any case, I'm ok now, so that's good, and I'm thankful that God resolved it so quickly (it took about a couple of hours).
• The next supervisor meeting is in 2 weeks, and the one after that is 2 weeks after as well...I really don't want to be lazy and leave everything until the last day again, but history is definitely against me...
• I'm starting to wonder...maybe my sabbatical wasn't long enough...

I'm grateful to God for...

• rescuing me out of trouble with research again;
• the successful booking of the plane tickets;
• keeping me away from temptations today;
• the time of relaxation tonight; and
• being this incredibly merciful and loving God, a God whom I still have trouble understanding, even with the basics.