Hey. My name’s Lance. You come here often?

• In the past few weeks, I’ve been blessed to stumble upon quite a few new friends here in the ‘Nati. It’s been fun, slowly and cautiously sticking my foot in the door while trying to maintain the delicate balance of time and margin that my sanity desires. Through the process, my heart has been pricked more than once … and I’m already thankful for what I think might develop out of this subtle new spreading-of-the-proverbial-wings. Good stuff, it is.
• I’m sending my stock 18-70mm lens, which was damaged in China, back to Nikon for repair tomorrow. I shouldn’t have waited this long, because in a day and a half I’m traveling yet again to a beautiful country where beautiful things are bound to happen. To compensate, I stopped at a photography store on the way home today and purchased a nice little 18-200mm lens … I was hoping not to drop so many bones, but if it works out, it would actually replace both of my current lenses, a total high-five when it comes to traveling. We’ll put it through its paces next week … in a small way, I’m a little excited to get back behind the lens again!
• “Indeed” seems to be my latest word. I guess that means that the people around me have been saying a lot of smart things lately.
• Nothing new is really happening on the house/lancelord scene … I replaced a doorknob this week and have been keeping ahead of the shoveling needs, and the bills all seem to be getting paid on time. In a way, the winter is nice … it’s a great excuse to put off things like shingle repair and wall painting.
  
• I think that being able to “read people” is sometimes a curse.
• At school, my classes have been going fairly well, but getting behind. Two and a half snow days so far, and it’s looking like tomorrow could potentially be yet another tomorrow is yet another! But I don’t mind … we can roll with it, and I’ve been thankful to be able to have a few lazy mornings lately. Teaching (and its related activity) can really be draining, especially in the winter time!
• Soon enough, track season will be starting … and I’m getting excited. I designed some new uniforms today, and the schedule seems to be coming together as well. It’s gonna be great to get out there again … both for the kids and for my health. It’s been too long!

Well, that’s enough for now. I hope you guys have a great week … I’m off to Mexico to chill with some of my kiddos and watch God move on their hearts. I’ll see you on the flip-side!

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