The last week has been super busy around these parts, mostly with work. This whole not-teaching-anymore thing has meant there’s a lot more time to do what I want and figure out what I like. In the course of getting back to our regular life after all the disruption of this year, we’ve gotten back into the routine of church every Sunday and me singing in the choir again. We sort of went underground this spring and summer and stopped going because there were a lot of things I just didn’t want to deal with. Like questions.
So, one of the things we’ve noticed is how crappy our church website is. I’d link to it but it’s best that no one see it. It’s that bad. It was originally designed in 1999 and it deserves to be dead and buried. On Sunday, I started talking to our pastor about some of the things we’ve noticed and some concerns we had. The week previous I’d created a Facebook page for the church because let’s face it. If you’re going to have a web presence, it should include facebook. But I digress.
In the course of our conversation, I pitched re-designing the website and was met with a lot of approval. We went home, started investigating software and what other churches are doing online. To say I was inspired would be an understatement. By 9pm that night, we had a functional comp to share with our pastor. We met with him on Monday to show our ideas and he was enthusiastic. I was feeling more confident with what we were proposing and everything has just fallen into place.
This last week has been a huge blur of learning software, how to code, design elements, and writing copy. I was so keyed up that I didn’t sleep more than about an hour on Thursday night. It’s this huge puzzle to get all the pieces working together and making something look fabulous. I am surprised at how much I’m loving doing this project. I’ve had a few hurdles to overcome this week but the pieces are coming together.
I get to work with my husband at home. I’m doing something new, interesting, and challenging. Life is so very good.
That is awesome!