Bad Jobs
I could never do
market research. I wouldn't even know how. Probably after many poor attempts to gather data I would end up just asking 5 people around me what they thought and then expounding that out to represent all of america. I just don't have the knack for it. I could write up the report really well and it would sound great, but it would be totally inaccurate. Maybe that doesn't matter. For all I know that is exactly how market research is done. In that case I might be a natural, who knows. I don't intend to find out really. If you take a shot, let me know how it goes.
Wireless
I may be done with
network cables soon. My wife now has a laptop with a wireless modem which gives me the excuse to buy a wireless router. That will be pretty nice for us as we typically are both trying to be on the internet at once in the evenings. (that will happen when you don't have cable). I'm hoping that the laptop's connection will be pretty fast, so that we can both surf happily at the same time. The laptop isn't a super computer but it will be nice for my wife to have a computer that she can keep everything on for church. Hopefully this will all turn out to be a success.
Cheap Is Better
Isn't it amazing sometimes how cheap things can sometimes outlast quality things? Take
cheap pens for instance. I have bic on my desk that I have had forever. Why would I ever spend the money to buy a really nice pen when these last this long? As it is, I intend to give the cheaper option more of my attention from now on. I'm going to take the risk that it won't last with the knowledge that even if it doesn't, I can buy 5 for the price of the quality item. The long lasting quality excuse is one for rich people to justify buying expensive things that they will get rid of in a year anyway. At least it seems that way for some things.
Movies
I love watching movies although I don't get to go as often as I used to. I enjoy watching dvd's at home too although I miss the
theater seating as well as the guarantee that I can watch a movie from start to finish. Having kids sometimes makes that hard, but I wouldn't trade them for all the movies in the world. As it is, movies and video games (two of my bigger hobbies in the past) have taken a back seat to them. I don't really mind, because I still get to enjoy both from time to time but I have always wanted to be a Dad and love just hanging out with my tikes. It's just funny how quickly your priorities can change. :)
The House Saga Continues
We decided to lower the price of our house. At this point we are going to make $0 on it if it sells, but we can't see how we are going to get moved any other way. It would be nice to have some equity to show for the 5 years we have lived here but it just isn't going to happen. So basically I'm starting over at 30 where I was at 25 except maybe a tad smarter. It stinks to have wasted all the time and money that I have but I can't go back and change it now. So hopefully we will be checking out the listings soon. These are nice if you live in the mountains (
blue ridge real estate) but I think I'm going to have to stick to realtor.com for my needs.
6th grade?
So what were you doing in 6th grade? Can you remember back that far? All I can remember is sitting with people who I didn't like and didn't like me and feeling rather insecure and annoyed most of the time. With the girl on my left talking about nothing but
def leppard concert tickets and the guy across from me just trying to think of anything he could to make fun of me and get me angry, I'd have to say it wasn't the most fun I've ever had. Why do I bring this up? The odd thing is, I still think about my childhood as being awesome. I give credit for being way better than the sum of it's parts. I think mostly because of the way I felt about being a kid and enjoying things. It just seems special when I look back on it. Despite not being popular or anything like that, I'd have to say that being a kid was cool. Which is probably why I couldn't wait to have kids of my own.
Drained
Without going into any detail, I can tell you that yesterday was draining. The first part of the day was really good, but the last part was a doozy. It wasn't fun and I am really tired. An
Energy Boost would be helpful right now, but I don't need tons of caffeine as much as I just need to have a good day today to make up for yesterday. I'm hoping to just go home, and go about my business and hug on my little girls and my wife and just feel happy. I think after a day like yesterday that that is about the best prescription that I could give myself. I think sometimes the Lord uses days like yesterday to remind of how good we really have it.
Gone
Well the house that we really wanted has sold. Unfortunately, ours hasn't so things are still totally up in the air, except that we have no idea what we are going to do at this point if our house does sell. I figure it will sell this week, since we have our first showing in weeks and the house we wanted is so recently gone. I know the Lord has a plan, but that doesn't rule out a sense of humor. So for now we can put our dreams of new
discount furniture on the back burner. As well as the possibility of using the church yard as part of our own. I doubt we will ever find an option like that again. Oh well.....
