fast times

the first training week is a officially over and everyone feels good after a week of early mornings and twelve hour days.  a professional video crew came out to the course this week, so hopefully in the near future we'll have a cool movie of the course to show off.  there wasn't time for much else besides work this week, but we did manage to lock ourselves out of our house one night, witness an awesome xyla-tie solo from an old man downtown who knew how to rock on another night, and discover the hoppin-est mexican restaurant this side of the mississippi.  also, we made some good friends this week that will most likely be our closest friends for the next 7 or 8 months.  now it's monday and things have suddenly slowed down, scattered storms and spring rain have replaced the sunny days, and today we have no agenda, other than maybe grocery shopping at a place called Ingles.  we might be working tomorrow, and we might be picking up some furniture today from a friend of ours in the middle of a move, he says he is trying to get back to that place in life where he can fit everything he owns into his truck, which works for us, now making the opposite transition.

if you have a day's worth

and a good word

and a night's rest

after keeping the company of your friends

and a woman

to greet the morning with

then you are blessed

you are blessed above all men

if you have a garden

or a houseplant

if there is an old man

who gets by

from the toil of your hands

cause you're the only one

who buys his floral prints

then you are blessed

you are blessed above all men

if you have a minute

to get it

its so simple

if you let it

cause we are blessed

lest we forget

we are blessed

we are blessed above all men

J Tillman - Above All Men