Ah Sunday. The only day I have to get up and stay up before 7 on a regular basis. This morning I was pretty awake, which was nice. Lucy is always a little confused on Sunday as to why I am waking her up to go out instead of vice versa...sometimes I even get a courtesy growl when she's extra tired. She's such a nice dog.
Church today went really well all around. First of all, I enjoyed the videos, and I especially enjoyed the annoucements video..enough about video stuff, now onto sound. On Wednesday I was a little discouraged with the sound, and I wasn't sure that I would be able to do much about it. I just counted in my head, and we had at least 28 live microphones on stage, many of which were condensers, so it was extremely hard to control feedback and also not have it sound washed out. Friday I spent a good bit of my time changing mic placements, and then I rang out the choir mics to a point where I could turn the faders all the way up without any sustained feedback. I also decided to run the center cluster 1 dB quieter than I usually do, and the stereo and sub feeds 2 dB quieter, as well as remove the monitor fills behind the choir (sorry if you couldn't hear much back row). Everything seemed to help, because I ended up getting a pretty decent sound. The only thing I couldn't figure out during the warm up rehearsal was a weird feedback loop I would get that was connected to any sibilance from Matt. I tried gating every mic I could and EQing his mic, but nothing helped that much. Right before they left the stage as he was giving last minute instructions I finally figured out that it was because of James's vocal mic, which was all the way across the stage, and not near any monitors or other mics even. I just turned his gain down a tad and notched out some 4-6k, and that solved the problem perfectly. I wouldn't say the sound was the best, but it definitely was decent, and the choir sounded great.
I have also enjoyed the messages that past few weeks, which have centered around Christ breaking into our world and then inviting us to join Him in what He is doing. The messages have been very challenging to me, which has caused me to do some thinking. I have never made New Year's resolutions before, but I think that this year I am going to write down some things that I would like to be true of me for the rest of my life and put them somewhere where I can constantly remind myself. Also, I'm going to start running the second week in January...but that is completely unrelated.
One of my closest friends, Daniel Peek, came by in the second service and invited me to his birthday lunch with his family and fiance. He lives in Charleston, so it was great to see him...especially since it was his birthday. I talked to Kristi and we decided to go. The lunch was at Miyabi's, which was even more incentive. It was great to eat lunch with him, I am really excited for him and Ellen to get married this summer...they are going to be a great couple.
After lunch Kristi and I quickly stopped by the house to load up our bags and get Oliver situated, and then we took Lucy to my parents' house to stay while we are in Hilton Head. They are keeping my sister's dog Carter for a few days too, so Lucy is in dog heaven. Not only does she love Molly and Carter, but my parents are some of the select few humans that she loves, so I don't even think she misses us that much while we're gone. She doesn't get to sleep in their bed though, so I guess there are some drawbacks.
We talked to my parents for a little bit and then started our drive to Hilton Head. I thoroughly enjoy driving on trips...something about unadulterated time listening to music and talking to my wife is just completely enjoyable. We also listened to a Piper sermon on the way. It was alright, but a little dry, and I was getting a little sleepy so I was glad when it was over and I could turn up the jams.
We got into Hilton Head around 8 and went to Giuseppi's, one of our favorite pizza places to eat. Tonight we just got some honey mustard wings and fries, and it was delicious as usual. We shopped at TJ Maxx after that and then came back to my parent's condo to relax for the rest of the night. I am excited about having nothing to do but hang out, read, and eat the next two days.
Tomorrow should be...pretty much like I just said. I think we are going to the outlets in the morning and then maybe going to Sea Pines in the afternoon to go to South Beach Marina and then end up in Harbor Town for dinner. If you've never been to Hilton Head, it is a great vaction destination. It doesn't seem super commercialized, but there are still things to do, and the beach is beautiful. When we did our "favorite place on earth" icebreaker in the worship team meeting, the other place I thought of saying other than Clemson was Hilton Head...but if you remember, I caved into the pressure of not sounding weird and said Hawaii. Too bad it's too cold to get in the ocean this time of year...or is it?
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