It hasn’t been so bad. 
Something about having the thing, and seeing it on its way to loss is more difficult than its absence. 
I don’t love airport food, and I don’t love seesing loads of random people, but I enjoy meeting new people nad having conversations. And while I’m sad that I don’t get to sleep in the same bed as Abby and Roby, it’ll be nice to sleep with air conditioning, and the work in the morning will be creative, or something at least next to that.

As I’ve begun to orient my navigation of the world around the wisdom of the church, it has become even more obvious how much much of the world does the same with no knowledge whatever of their so doing.

Say that a bible verse is “a quote, I forget from who” and people nod their heads appreciatively at the wisdom, comment about the King James Bible and they laugh about how it advocates for whipping or some other sort of medieval horror. 

I don’t know, it’s interesting and kind of embarassing and playing around with it is much of the fun I’ve had on this trip so far. 

The last time I went on a work trip was to California and the person I spoke with most was Orthodox. I myself was not, then. I wasn’t even an inquirer, I was curious, sure, and I had spent years speaking with Jack and treating him with respect.

Mostly I’m just in awe of the disrespect people have for the religiously oriented. Their critique of that mode of thinking is so ignorant and so bitter and so sad and thoughtless, I don’t really know what to make of it. 

I like to think I’m kidner but maybe I’m not. 

Something to work on.