Jesse and I met up with Ian for lunch then went on an extensive dry run of the missions in preparation for the teams coming next week.

We pretended we were a Greyhound sized bus and made all the twists and turns to see if the logistics I set up are ok.

No matter how much thought you put into something like that, the only way to REALLY see if it’ll work is to physically go in a car and drive the route. Sometimes multiple times, just to make sure.

There are some difficult parameters to deal with, primarily that big buses don’t make right turns well–they need lots of space.

I think we should be good to go now.

Ian feels comfortable with being able to drive with the team leaders and the bus driver so they can get to their locations safely.

J and I also went over the third bus with another five teams that I’ll be working with. So we covered 18 locations today.

I had some great conversation with the managers. It’s always good to physically go and shake hands with people and look them in the eye. I try to use the phone most of the time just because logistically it’s hard to go there.

It was another super hot day. My car thermometer said over 100 again. We pray for clouds!

Also went over to meet with a manager about a huge service project my team from Salado, Texas is going to work on. Holy Moley what a job that’s going to be!

These guys are real go getters so I’m expecting the best from them.

This evening I’ve been working on my financial report. Just about got that all done.

Also been setting up my iPhone and iPad to make sure it syncs correctly with “the cloud” of computers where all my contacts and calendars are stored.

I have precious few days left with Jesse to be able to come and work on this stuff for me.

I’m pretty good with computers. I think of myself as a technogeek. But compared with my son, I feel like a retard. Thank God for the beta version of myself!

J will be heading to New Hampshire on Friday morning. Sad. But I’m happy for him!

I thought this was funny.