I had an idea for a post today that I really wanted to work on, but then I realized a few important things:

   
1. The last few weeks have been almost-total-chaos busy for me.  With the start of school; preparing for two Sunday sessions in a row (lifting and teaching); planning out Christa’s b-day; the onset of Easter; going through language assessments with our company this past week; planning a two hour speech for this Saturday; managing an already floundering fantasy baseball team; planning for another teaching session for this Sunday (who signed me up for all these? oh yeah, it was me…);  and all the other odds and ends of family life…I’ve barely had a chance to remember to breathe.

   

2. A growing pile of photos that had slowly mounted due to the activity outlined in #1.

   

3. I’m tired and it was raining.  It was so amazing to walk in the misty rain today.  I can’t believe how much I’ve missed it. I almost forgot where I was for a second…and then quickly remembered when I almost got squashed by a half-truck-half-motorcycle transformer looking monstrosity.  Oh yeah…still in Xining.

   

4. I hadn’t been emailing.  All of a sudden replying to emails seemed like a novel concept instead of a way of life.  (I’m not saying I actually did this, i.e. send email responses back to people, but the thought occurred to me…)

Anyway, I have decided that my original post idea can wait.  It’s about making decisions after all.  And I’ve made one: to distract you with intriguing pictures.  (If you’re into looking at these things chronologically, scroll to the bottom and work your way up.)