As you may remember, the local bookstore closed down last year. Today, I found out that our charming little hole-in-the-wall CD shop will be closing down in 6 weeks or so. This bites, because Steph and I try to support small local shops even if it means paying more, as long as we can get what we want there.
On the good side, they're holding a 15% off everything sale, and I was finally able to pick up a copy of Billy Idol's infamous (and very hard to find) Cyberpunk album, as well as a boxed 3-CD set of Queen's greatest hits. Still, I'd rather that they were able to stay in business.
We finally diagnosed whatever is going on with Steph's computer -- motherboard or CPU. Well, shite. I wasn't really looking to be rebuilding machines at this point, nor to be acquiring new hardware. I think we have a gameplan, but Steph will be computerless for another couple of days. Good thing she can read her email from OWA.
Oh, yeah -- chapter 4 of the DCAR ebook is kicking my ass. I just cannot find the words to put on paper. This is doubly infuriating, because there are a lot of other projects that are clamoring inside my skull for airtime. I've got a wonderful essay rattling around in there, tentatively titled "The Relationship Lens: Re-imaging the role of faith and the church." This sounds like a lot more fun to write, but it's not what has the deadline.
Got a concerned email from one of the ladies at church. Rumors are now going around that we're leaving. This wouldn't be so bad of itself, because we are going to be actively looking for a new church home. What pisses me off is that it sounds like there's already a healthy load of bullshit going around about my reasons -- lots of gossip and speculation. Mind you, nobody's bothered to ask me what the truth is.
If it weren't for the fact that we still have a great school for the kids, I'd almost be thinking it was time to seriously consider moving from Monroe.
Update: the kids are really grooving on the Queen albums. They recognize a lot of the music from the Highlander movies and TV series. Yep, they are geeks.