Great question-- What am I doing?!?

Currently, I'm sitting in a cushy chair at 12:41 am in Lexington, Massachusetts contemplating three things...
1) Do I really want to put myself out there with a blog seeing as there is the risk of experiencing both dis-interest and rejection from readers?
2) Should I have another little cup of Ooey, Gooey, Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream?
3) What should my first blog say?

Now, a fourth... since I seem to have answered the first three (yes, no, and here it is.)

4) How is it even remotely possible that I am up this late and still functioning?
A partial answer...
I am so very excited about the work of my new job, it is on my heart and mind steadily. (For those of you who don't know, I'm now a formal youth minister... as if teaching isn't youth ministry!) I have a perfect job for me, for now! My task is to uplift youth while inspiring, enlivening, and strengthening people. I pray. I read. I visit with people. I listen and talk over meals, the telephone, and e-mail. We laugh. I experience joy, hope, love, and peace and strive to be JUST THAT, no more, no less, in the world. Sometimes, I get so excited and hopeful, I even get up the nerve to do something I would never have done before... like set up a blog at 12:30 am.

The clock just turned to 12:57. If I go now, I'll be asleep by 1 am. That includes brushing my teeth and going from the living room to the bedroom. I fall asleep SUPER-FAST. I think it is my super-hero ability.

But the freezer (ice cream) is between me and the bed... Good Night!

PS... What are You doing?!? Let me know by "commenting" if you want.