All down hill from here

At this point in my week, it's all down hill from here - in two senses of the phrase!

First, I've had a sore throat for about the last day and a half.  It feels like one of those sore throats that will turn into a cold.  I started taking Zicam last night, and I've been drinking a ton of fluids - today I had 2 cups of hot chocolate and 6 glasses of water, with #7 in progress now!  The sore throat itself isn't terrible, just annoying; it's what comes after it that I'm dreading.  I tend to get tons of congestion with every cold that typically lasts 3-4 days at least.... it's all down hill from here, at least for the next week or so I'd say, though I really hope I'm wrong!

Second, the first half of this week has been very busy with meetings!  Monday I had an early lunch meeting at Steak 'n Shake with my pastor regarding my Supervised Ministry progress thus far (he's my supervisor).  Tuesday over lunch I met with the Church of God thing (which I posted about yesterday), and just grabbed a sandwich on my way back to the office.  Today my day started an hour earlier than usual, with a 7am meeting with two guys from church about small groups and how to incorporate a sense of community into my women's Bible study so it's not "just" a Bible study but instead a small group (I'm still learning the differences between the two).  This evening I met with two ladies half an hour before Bible study so we could pray together.  And then we had Bible study!  I had others do most of the reading tonight because of my sore throat, but I still did a bunch of teaching.

So, the last half of my week will involve much less meetings than the first half!  Tomorrow is my usual Thursday - work, Hebrew reading group, then Psalter & Wisdom Literature class.  Friday is just work (possibly breakfast with the guys from work beforehand - don't know yet, we've skipped it for the last 3 weeks or so due to extreme work load), and then dinner in Bowling Green with friends from Maumee in the evening.  And hopefully no cold coming on!