This Tuesday I spent the morning working on a research paper and then was occupied with kid duty in the afternoon.

At school pickup time  I couldn't find my keys and I thought that my wife had forgotten to give them to me.  I had to deliberately resist getting angry.  I had to pray in order to do this effectively.  This gave me the wherewithal to take the needed actions to call my wife several times and to call my mom to pick them up.  It turned out that the keys were at home and I found them just in time.  I rushed out the door and called my mom on the way out.   I made it in time to pick up the kids but realized later when my wife came home that I had forgotten to tell her.  She got very mad at me and said some rude things.  I had to resist anger and pray hard and apologize for my part.

I thought a lot this day about the lack of reflection on step 2 in the Daily Reflections book.  I thought again of my desire to write my own set of reflections.  

I got to talk to a sponsee today for about an hour.  I was grateful for the opportunity even though there doesn't appear to be an active commitment to the program.

I learned that my son was picked by a highly competitive coach on a very good team that we used to play with.  I was happy for my son but also a little worried about the expectations for my son.  I am also worried about the conflict with my moral philosophy of competition.   I resolved to set this aside and join my son in basking in the joy of the moment.  We went shopping for gear in the evening and that set me way back at bedtime.  I didn't get to do my evening review.

Thanks be to God.