Always Running, Never Catching…

George Fox University welcomes the class of 2023 tomorrow, and this week has been full of various trainings for me – student leader training, pedagogical trainings, etc. Meetings upon meetings. And today, the day before all the new student arrive, was the busiest of them all. I put in a twelve hour day and felt for much of it that I was chasing the next thing, never quite catching it though continuing to feel like it was just in reach.

Kind of like the EFL standings. I don’t know what needs to happen, but this whole “never gain but never lose” game is getting old! Where is the excitement?

The Wolverine owner regaled us with his own excitement from last night, but I honestly didn’t get too excited about Muncy’s day. Can you blame me? But now that the standings are posted (sorry for the delay) I can see why he was excited. Though the Tornadoes are unable to gain on the Rosebuds, the Wolverines are quietly (or maybe not so quietly) moving closer to both of us. He’s like the middle school kid who is awkwardly inching closer to his crush while hoping no one notices until he is able to put his arm around us and kiss us on the cheek (after asking permission, of course).

Except we notice, Ron! And we don’t give you permission to crash what has been a very fun run for all Johnsons born in 1979 or later. We don’t want you coming anywhere near us. You’ve been warned.