We had to go to El Paso to pick up our mentors that are here for a visit yesterday, so we decided to make a day of it. After church yesterday we had lunch, changed, and hit the road. First stop, of course, was Costco--I won the checkout line contest of "predict how much our cart full will cost" (was within $25!). Had a phenomenally yummy dinner at Olive Garden (gotta hit those restaurants we don't have here!). Then checked in to our hotel (mentors' flight didn't get in until late). We had a little pool/hot tub time and just had a relaxing evening. So nice to get away from "life" and spend some time with my husband.
We've had a great day with our mentors so far. Drove back from El Paso, stopped at the corps to fix a glitch, stopped at the Christian bookstore while the boys fussed with one of the vehicles, had a lovely lunch, went to the thrift store, rested a bit, and had a great supper. Tomorrow we're spending a "business" day with our mentors as there's a few things we couldn't reschedule around their visit, but we're very eager to have some input on some of the meetings of tomorrow. Then in the afternoon we'll have a little individual time (wife/wife, husband/husband) and get back together for the evening.
For those that don't know, The Salvation Army has a pretty awesome program where during your first five years of officership, you chose mentors (other officers with experience) that you visit with twice a year to learn, vent, fellowship, etc. Our mentors are wonderful retired officers that my husband worked with for several years. We have blast together! We've really had to make our meetings a priority, as we've been officers almost 2 years and this is only our second visit. We've gotten better--we figured out that we need to schedule our visits for the year about six-eight months in advance to make dates line up with our schedules.
Anyway, that's all going on in life today...back to laundry and getting ready for tomorrow!
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