For a little bit too long, our schedule has been more defined by commitments than spontaneity or rest. Now, before it sounds like I'm complaining, I need to point out that, for the most part, these are commitments we have chosen ... NOBTS events and classes, Dunwoody interim, family trip, and so on. But every now and then, it's nice to have a day where the alarm isn't your wake-up jolt and the day isn't dictated by appointments and deadlines.
Today wasn't supposed to be an unstructured day. A month or so ago, Allen was invited to join DBC friends at the LSU-SC game to be played in Columbia. It's been a while since we've seen an LSU game in person AND I've never been to one on the road. I was working up a bit of excitement over the prospect of getting to know new friends a little better while seeing my Tigers play.Fast forward to last weekend, when news of the devastating floods in SC started hitting the news. When Allen called from Atlanta to talk about plans, I asked, "Is anyone concerned about how the flooding might affect the game?" His weekend had been tied up with a young couple's wedding details and he had missed the extent of the disaster. Next thing we knew the location of the game was up in the air and, then, came the change of venue.
Really? The game was moved to Baton Rouge? What irony! Of course, it was the right thing to do; it just didn't make sense why THIS game had to come on the weekend after the totally unexpected "thousand-year" flooding. In the big picture, not getting to go to a football game is small, small stuff compared to what South Carolinians are dealing with. Believe me, I can empathize.
And, so, because of this change of plans, we gained a totally unexpected, unstructured day. And on this totally unexpected, unstructured day, we put a bid on a house. Maybe we should schedule in these kinds of days more often.
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