I've been in a period of spiritual dryness the past few days, to the point where I've been impatient, irritable, and even angry. It's been due to pretty intense sleep deprivation. Thankfully, I had an appointment with my psychiatrist yesterday, and he's switching me from Lunesta-- to which I've developed both a tolerance and a dependence-- to Ambien. I think it's sort of like crop rotation: once in awhile you need to switch what you're using.

But then this morning I listened to some missionary information a super dear friend of mine sent me, and it was both moving and re-invigorating! I'm rattling around different ideas right now: he told me they pretty much always need IT help plus project management experience abroad; also, I wonder if I could weave a Catholic flavor into things if I became an ordained deacon-- like, help with IT infrastructure, and also teach the Bible, the Catechism, do liturgical services, and so on?

On a different note, in just a couple of hours Lazio take on Juventus in a game which, if Lazio loses, any even remote chance of finishing in fourth evaporates. But even sixth place becomes a challenge! I'd like to see us finish in the Europa League spots minimally, so we have some extra funds to continue our nearly "from scratch" squad overhaul project, in which we're in year one of probably three.