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I have a credibility issue.  I keep telling people that I was born lazy, but no one believes me!  I just don’t know what I can do to get people to believe me.  And along comes August with its worship theme of PLAY!  Now play is something I really work hard at, but can I be lazy about play?  Oh well, I’ll just have to muddle forward, pretending to be working hard.

There was a lot of work to be done at the Justice GA in June, and I worked hard as a delegate by attending all of the plenaries, and I worked hard in helping a legal permanent resident complete his application for naturalization.  But I also considered the trip to Phoenix to be vacation time, and vacation time means play time.  So that means I worked hard and played at the same time.  Darn, still can’t get away from my conundrum.

Later this month I will be a delegate to the biennial convention of the National Association of Postal Supervisors.  Like GA, the NAPS convention is a working convention.  The deliberations can be very intense.  In a hotly contested race for national secretary-treasurer only 8 votes separated the two candidates in 2006.  There were charges of voting irregularities that rivaled Bush v Gore.  That was a time!  This year we’re meeting in Reno, so you know that means play time.  Once again I am confronted with working hard to be lazy.

Between now and the time you read this column I will spend a few days at my brother’s cabin at Silver Lake in the Sierra.  THAT will be pure lazy time.  Yea!!  Then a week later I will be attending the National Stereoscopic Association convention down in Orange County.  More lazy time!  But also know that in between I will be right back at UUCB to chair the July Board of Trustees meeting.  I can never stray too far before I’m back working hard for you.

What this all means is to find the right balance between work and play.  I think, all in all, that I do a pretty decent job of striking that balance.  In the meantime, I will be working hard to convince you that I was born lazy.

It’s always a great time to be a UU!

Stephanie Ann Blythe,
President, UUCB Board of Trustees