28th September 2008, 04:40 pm
Wow,
So here’s a huge recap of the month entitled ‘Blessed By God’. First off, we sold our house. Yes, actually sold it in a slow market in roughly three months. (as Craig Ferguson would say, ” I KNOWWWW!!”) Then, I sold my car. Yes, the same one posted long ago with the odometer reading 177,777.7, except I had just 200k on it and could no longer put money into it. Consequently, I’ve lost roughly 20-25 pounds riding my bike to and from work.
And then, the big deal. I interviewed for a job in town and totally nailed it. Got called for the second interview and nailed that. Then about 5 hours later told I need to come in and sign the paperwork the next day for a 20% increase in pay! So, in a week I will be loading up the ducks and moving about 8 blocks north and working as a Data Analyst for Sun Healthcare. It will be nice to a) get out of contract work and b) actually be able to pay down all the other mistakes and stupid tax.
So here I am in rental that’s bigger than the house I was chained to, biking to work, rocking the suburbs, praising the God that made me and saved me. There’s a few people I will miss, but I look forward to the new opportunities. Ducks are packed and no looking back!
1st February 2008, 06:14 am
Yay! Happy February and Happy Birthday to Brian!
“Now these points of data form a beautiful line…”
23rd December 2007, 07:55 pm
26th November 2007, 01:59 pm
The family and I drove down to Phoenix Wednesday night to spend time with our friends. All in all, I had a great time and the highlight was the zoo down there. I snapped a bunch of pictures of the animals and hands down they have the coolest carousel I’ve ever seen. (The overweight, tatooed, shirtless guy who was riding said carousel at the time we happened by was the piece de resistance {fr. sp?} for me. I wish I had a picture of that!) Got some squished pennies out of the deal as well, which I am a HUGE sucker for. On the way out of town, we visited where Nick was buried, and I found comfort in this: while I do not understand why Nick was taken out of this world, I know I will see him in the next.
We got back Sunday night to the remnants of snow around the house. I’m glad it usually doesn’t stick around. What I am glad for is that once we take our sins to the cross, Jesus makes us whiter than snow in the eyes of God. How amazing that is as I see what I once was: covered in the stain of sin. Please, reach out and ask Jesus to come in. The joy is indeed unspeakable.
P.S. My apologies on the ducks…I blew my picture order and need to bring the camera in tomorrow to fix it.
