Day 89 -- another first!

Started early so I would be ready for the class -- my first time to do a whole 6 hour day with the DSP course.  Had about 12 there, and Anna came to handle the administrative side.  She was a real blessing -- very quietly and discreetly handling the details of registration, form completion, money collecting, etc., etc., all of which is really part of the course.  She enabled me to concentrate on getting the message of the course across.  Most of the participants were repeats -- they had taken the course several times before ( in the case of 4 or 5 of them).  They were very gracious at the end and complimented me on the quality of my presentation
Anna left at noon -- and I asked her to send me the information about her next class, so I could get some practice with the administrative stuff, and return the favor she did for me today.  He work really made my task easier and a lot more plesant.  AND, for all the obsessing I did about making the time line -- I was 30 minutes early for the lunch break, started every until on time, and noticed it was 3:00 when I was walking out of the room for the last time.
Went to the Church Office to thank the folks that were both interested in how things had gone, and graciously accepted my thanks for their contribution to the success of the day.  As I left, the secretary called out "see ya in a couple of months".  That was really nice.
As I was driving home, I noticed that the back window had decided it did not want to stay in the up position.  It was the same window (on the car) that I had trouble on the way back from Coral Springs.  So I called Tony at Century to see if anything could be done.  He invited me to come right down, took the car, knew what the problem was, and invited me to make myself at home while he fixed it.  I left the dealership about 5:30 or so.
When I walked in the house, it smelled so good!  Nancy was here today, and she always leaves the house smelling so clear and fresh!  I realized that today was the first day in a very long time that I was gone all day!  For all the times that I have gone out for a short period of time and then dreaded coming back to an empty house -- this was not one of those.  I couldn't wait to get into my lightweight house clothes and just sit in the quite for a few minutes.  Then it was back to work -- still have to make a call tomorrow to finish up the paperwork from today -- have two appointments tomorrow, and will most likely finally hear from Bernie at Hyde Park UMC. 
The day ended with a call from Lee.  The major reason for this call was to tell me that the blog announced they had listed their house today.  We talked a long time -- it seemed that neither of us wanted the call to end.  We did make plans for a nice long face to face on either Wed or Fri.  That man has been carrying a really heavy load, and I am in awe of how he is managing.  If the only thing he was facing was selling his house -- that would be one thing.  But the whole panoply of issues he is currently carrying -- financial, professional, family, personal is such that can only show the great, unseen strength of character he has.  He is my hero!