Catchup

Written by cycleguy on July 28th, 2014

Growing up in Pennsylvania “Catchup” was the red condiment you put on fries. I never could understand why people called it Catsup or Ketchup. I eventually realized my Pittsburgh-ese, as it was called, put a curious slant on some words. Tami still gets on me for pronouncing it “warsh” instead of “wash.” “There is no ‘r’ in wash dad,” she will say. What does she know?

Anyway, catch-up is what I am doing today. I got caught up on the mail at home last night after we got home. Today it will be office mail. Calendar update. Sermon work. Staff meeting. Cutting my field which is normally known as grass. And somewhere…somewhere…my head and body will catch-up with each other and say, “Hey! Get busy! You aren’t on vacation any more.” When I went to bed late last night (after catching up on some laundry, putting things away and other miscellaneous stuff) I knew it was going to be a short night. I hate being right!! When that alarm went off at 3:45 this morning after 10 days of no alarm, it was not a fun picture. I have this sneaking suspicion not much of today will be. 🙂 I won’t bore you with all I have to catch up on today or what is new, but suffice it to say it is going to be a long day. No make that lo-o-o-o-ng day.

1798 miles of driving…

10 days of no timetable/alarm…

10 of those days spent with Jo…

7 days spent with Janna and my 7 1/2 year old grandson…

3 of those days included Tami…

4 chances to ride my bike on flat terrain…

8 of the 10 days spent without a computer…

1 morning spent visiting with Larry the Deuce…

2 Sundays missed at home and not preaching…

2 unread Bicycling magazines which came while I was gone…

98 unread blogs…

0 blogs written…

CATCH-UP BEGINS.

It may take me a couple of days so hang in there with me please. I’ll get back to reading and commenting.  Thanks. It is “good” to be back (I think).

 

 

12 Comments so far ↓

  1. Daniel says:

    I like the “I think” at the end. It will take a couple of days to get back into the routine I am sure. Hope that you make the best of it. Welcome back.

  2. floyd says:

    It’s nice to be back in the saddle, isn’t it? Go slow, you’ll catch up eventually… we’re not riding that fast!

  3. Rick Dawson says:

    It is good to see you back “live” and in color (showing my age? Yep!); you’ll re-acclimate well. Welcome home 🙂

    • cycleguy says:

      Thanks Rick. The old scheduling thing was a way to keep tabs but very ineffective. I will re-acclimate. Sort of like the weather.

  4. Dan Erickson says:

    What matters is that you’ve enjoyed life for a couple of weeks. Catsup will always be there.

  5. Desert Jim says:

    Welcome back Bill! It sounds like a great vacation.

    Enjoy your catchup time.

  6. So good to meet you in living color last week.