monday funk-iness...

it's monday, and i'm in a funk. but i'm not sure the two are related. feeling a little moody today, despite the beautiful weather, my chocolatey mocha and brand new pair of gorgeous khakis that look like they were made just for me.

but i'm still in a funk. a few things bugging me - and no, i don't want to talk about them - but it doesn't even feel like the funk is specific. i think i'm just in a funk.

thankfully (or that's what i tell myself), i have two projects slated for the afternoon, so at least i'll have work to occupy my mind.

weekend was good - but busy. spent friday evening with 5 over-sugared (sorry, parents!) kiddos, and thoroughly enjoyed their company. saturday morning, i made a few cards, prepped for sunday and started the Getting Things Done organizational methods on my work-desk in my studio. spent the evening with matt's mom and sister, and our neices. i love no-pressure family time. and she sent me home with a giant pile of white lilacs from her giant tree. so many white lilacs that i got one huge arrangement and two medium sized arrangements from them. my house smells so good.

sunday, we had 32 kids. 32. that's a new high for us. and it was chaos. structured chaos, but chaos none the less. we need more leaders, and this is something i struggle with. if i spend all of my time with the kids, i'm not really able to recruit among the adults. a constant dilemma, one that i know every other children's ministry director and children's pastor experiences on a regular basis. i guess it's growing pains.

so we celebrated mother's day in a big way at church yesterday. free portraits before and after the services for mom's and their families. such a great idea, out of our fabulous outreach team. and every woman who walked through the door (mother or not, because we believe that mentorship is a form of "mothering" as well) got a rose. i was beside myself when three of my kids brought me roses.

so now there are flowers all over my house. and flowers all over my blog.

and last night, we saw Rent. i'll just say i was disappointed. i generally prefer more comedy than drama in the things i pay to see. i had no idea how utterly depressing the show would be. the cast was great. the band, great. the dancing, the singing, great. but the plot. painful. homelessness, AIDS, death, hurt. i cried in the 2nd half, but not the way i cried when we saw Wicked or Mama Mia or Princesses. those shows made me cry because they were so good. Rent made me cry because it was so painful. and there was quite alot of other "content" that felt inappropriate... but i guess it's the culture.

so, that's it for me. hope you're having a happy, non-funk-y monday.