Holidays for Music Ministers
PREFACE: This post is not intended for church members to read. Seriously, don't read it. I don't want you to think that I am complaining so that you will pity me. This post is meant for my fellow music ministers. Yes, it's that most wonderful time of the year and what a week! I worked 15 hours Sunday, 18 hours Monday, a mere 9 hours Tuesday, 13 hours Wednesday, only about 4 hours Thursday because it was my day off, 12 hours today, and it looks to be about 5 hours tomorrow before I start the next week with 3 worship services on Sunday followed by three surgery visits in three different cities on the three days prior to Thanksgiving. My wife told me yesterday that my crazy schedule wears HER out. I guess that no matter how quiet I am in the morning, having an alarm go off two mornings in a row at 4 AM does not help her sleep well. Not to mention the problems she has when our youngest son gets upset because I left before he was awake and was not coming home until after he wa