Our church just had its first holiday bazaar today. The new member that suggested it and her fiancee are great people. But even though she handed off most of her day to day planning org duties to my wife who is on staff, and REALLY only put in hard work for 2 hours of an evening Thurs/Fri and then the actual event today for 8* hours, they both said "ugh. We're done. We wont be at church tomorrow. We're sleeping in." Dude! You could have easily checked out/slept starting at 5p and been recharged for church tomorrow easily. Trust me, I Know. I was so exhausted after devouring the carryout pizza tonight, I tried to nap at 5 but my wife was screaming at the TV watching the Buckeyes. I did get some intermittent rest. (obviously, since I'm posting at 11:45... now on my way to bed.)
And I KNOW they havent been run as ragged as me. Multiple long shifts this week, including a 13 hour work shift Thursday where I texted Mrs Monkey at 8pm to tell her I was on my way home only to get a call saying "you ARE coming to the church, RIGHT?!?!? RIGHT?!?! We need help planning." Which pushed my 7am start to 10:30p. Yet I was able to rest and recuperate to work yesterday, and then the same time these "kids" did today.
And its not like we are asking them to work hard labor tomorrow at church. They just have to sit quietly in the pew and stay awake. Is it so hard to sit peacefully and listen? Its not like they are workers who have to switch "on" to wrangle kids in the nursery or other active tasks. Just show up and stay awake. Is that so hard? If so, do what I do.. take a nap afterward if its that hard.
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And I KNOW they havent been run as ragged as me. Multiple long shifts this week, including a 13 hour work shift Thursday where I texted Mrs Monkey at 8pm to tell her I was on my way home only to get a call saying "you ARE coming to the church, RIGHT?!?!? RIGHT?!?! We need help planning." Which pushed my 7am start to 10:30p. Yet I was able to rest and recuperate to work yesterday, and then the same time these "kids" did today.
And its not like we are asking them to work hard labor tomorrow at church. They just have to sit quietly in the pew and stay awake. Is it so hard to sit peacefully and listen? Its not like they are workers who have to switch "on" to wrangle kids in the nursery or other active tasks. Just show up and stay awake. Is that so hard? If so, do what I do.. take a nap afterward if its that hard.
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