Wow I am lame

Lot going on - let's try to break it down into personal stuff, house stuff and job stuff

First - Job Stuff

Still working at the RV through next Friday. My interview with LexisNexs went well but apparently not well enough. They wanted someone with more coding experience. Understandable I guess... I've never really considered myself a coder, and I had really been out of it for 2 years or so while working at JC. Unfortunately for me, it's not like the whole "riding a bike" thing... I definitely do forget a lot of it. But I have a follow-up phone interview for another position with the same company -- less money, but a job none-the-less. Let's see how it works out. I also have an interview with another recruiter sometime this week or next -- I applied for a number of positions online for this same company, so I'm not sure exactly what they are interested in me for... but hopefully it's something good. (duh!)

Next - House Stuff

Had to go back to Maryland last week to finish packing up... left on a Tuesday and came back on a Friday. Lots of box-packing with Mom in the meantime. She came down to help out and ended up staying way later than originally anticipated CAUSE SHE ROCKS. The best Mom ever! I don't care what the rest of you say! :-)

We packed a ton of boxes and unfortunately I had to give in about 4pm on Friday without finishing CAU... and because I have the best friends in the world, I had 4 people volunteer to come by and help finish packing while I was back in OH. I need to mention them here because they are SUPER AWESOME. Thanks to Jen C, April A, April R and Angie F. You are the bestest ever!

Had to find a moving company while I was there to handle the move - we were originally planning on having someone come while we were there, but since there was no way to get it done in time, we decided to get a company to come in for us and move the items without us being there (apparently this is done often enough that they didn't sound surprised when I asked). The original company we wanted to do it for us quoted us one rate and then said it would be about $2500 more when they did a walk through. UNACCEPTABLE. We found another company and they gave us a NTE price, plus they're storing items for 1 month for free. This is superb since we don't have a place to put things yet -- there's no way it's fitting in Sarah's mom's place that's for sure! Closing is still scheduled for Monday the 9th, and it's on track. There's still a lot to do by then, but we are praying and hopeful that everything will happen as it should and we will be done with the MD house. Hurray!

Finally - Personal Stuff...

There's a wedding this weekend in Illinois -- looking forward to meeting more of Sarah's family and catching up with my brother and sister in law, Benji and Liz. Besides the wedding, we're supposed to attend a church service in the park (Benji is leading worship) and afterwards we'll be going to a concert. Benji's band is opening up for a band called Building 426 (?) or something like that and it should be a good time. Sarah, Debbie and Ethan are staying through Thursday, although I'llbe leaving to heard back around dinnertime Sunday cause I have to work. Gotta pay the bills ya know.

I'm feeling slightly anxious yet also invigorated these past few days seeing things line up in anticipation of Friday (job) and Mon (house). Mom and Dad have been a great shoulder to lean on as have other family members (Debbie and Aunt Robin) and have kept me encouraged. It's difficult to be struggling so much right now -- I've never had to really worry about finding a job before (they've always found me), and honestly it's been a bit of a blow to my self-ego. I know there's a job out there for me, but I feel like I don't even have the time to wait for it cause I need money NOW. We have been blessed by financial gifts from friends and family, have had some unexpected windfalls in the way of tax returns, etc., plus I had some client billings that came in... so we have had money to live on. I know that God will provide... but it's been a trying time to say the least.

Church out here is way cool. Sarah and I are meeting with the Creative Arts pastor of Vineyard Cincinnati next Friday and hopefully can start to get plugged in -- either band, tech or something. We really feel comfortable here and seems to be a natural extension of our time at JC without the pressure. It's a great place to worship and is really outreach focused... check their site and learn all about the recent Sumnmer of Service they hosted for teens!

Ok -- that's all for now...

"Our house... in the middle of our street..."