Back To Normal, Well Almost!

Today we made an effort to bring our lives back into some sort of schedule.  It is an interesting challenge trying to do all the things you do at home in a different place and still call it home!  I took the morning to catch up with work in NJ via email and phone while Christine made an effort to school the kids!  She is wonderful and is doing quite an amazing job with this being relocated to the sticks in Texas for a month!  The kids were altogether well responsive to the idea of school here, although I think the challenge for them is that this seems like a vacation time, but indeed it is not.
In the afternoon, I left for a bit to meet with the Tough Mudder guys at the event site.  We left from there and, believe it or not, Rick and I did the food shopping!  The grocery store is about 20 miles from home.  Quite a difference for a bunch of people that have 5 grocery stores within 5 miles of home in NJ!
I was glad that we were able to bring our evening focus back on the Lord with family devotions.  The last few days of travel threw us all out of whack.  Jesus is faithful to comfort the downcast, displaced, disorganized and frustrated!  I thank the Lord that He meets us, He has been our only source of sanity and peace at times as we have been challenged in many ways.
The cabin is about 6 miles into the woods between two state parks.  We have NO neighbors.  Dense woodland surrounds us.  It is quite freaky at times, but serene and peaceful at others!  The sinks drain into the backyard, as well as the laundry water, HA, I wanna see you get away with that in NJ!
They voted in a burn ban for Bastrop County today, this means that no outdoor fires are allowed at all.  A little bummer for the family, we will have to make smores over the wood stove I guess.  I little more challenging for Tough Mudder.  Their signature obstacle is the Firewalker, 2,000 bales of hay burning up in two days as people "courageously" run through it.  They asked if I can design something special in it's place.  I have some ideas.  I pray that God would grant me wisdom and the capability to complete such a task as the coming days are already jammed with intense demands!
Oh, and by the way, it is Rickey's birthday!  24!  YEEEHAW!  Enjoy this clip as we celebrate the day.