It's been three days since I've posted -- I'm still recovering from the trip. Near the end of the immersion, people started to fall prey to various ailments. I was feeling fine (and feeling a bit smug about it) until Friday night. Mike Feely had gotten a stomach bug on Thursday and I came down with it on Friday. It was not fun.
Friday night was an eleven-hour endless night. I went to bed early, because I felt so miserable, but was never able to actually sleep. By the time I gave up at 6:30 Saturday morning, I think I'd managed to get about three hours of fitful sleep.
So, with just a few hours sleep -- and still feeling a bit dodgy -- I got in the car for the marathon drive home. I dropped Linda Morton off at the airport and went to Mike Feely's house to pick up my passenger, Jeanet. She hails from Mexico and does not drive, so it was all me!
We left Chattanooga at nine o'clock in the morning. I dropped Jeanet off at Wesley at eight o'clock that evening. We pretty much drove straight through, making only brief stops for necessities. I managed to stay awake and alert through the lively conversation of Bill Moyers' Genesis: A Living Conversation. I've had the ten-tape audiobook of this awesome PBS series for years and have listened to it often. It's like being a fly on the wall at the best Bible study ever. It kept us on the road all day!
So, I've had a few nights in my own bed and am feeling like myself again.
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