Where to start?

Um… the boy, yeah married to him.  Moved west, we both found work and he recently found an even better job.  We have a church we love, a small group that is growing together, although I still miss my XIX peeps.  And we are happy, and blessed, and in love, and of one faith.

I hope God has been as good to you as well.

Remember that the Holiday is all about a little boy, born in a manager who, while his life was short, did more to change the world than any other person ever has or will.

May God bless you and yours this Christmas Day.

To my XIX and Newsong peeps:  I love you and miss you.  Thank you for so many years of love, friendship, and adopted family.

I love board games, card games, games in general.  Saturday night we (the boy -who was in town for the weekend, and I ) had dinner and game night at a friend’s house.  Those of us there that night decided to make it a monthly thing.  Food, drinks, friends, and games.  I mean really how can it get any better right?

The food was gourmet, the friends were top notch and the games were cut throat.  An ideal night…

Which has left me trolling the review sights and web pages of board game makers.  And not the cheep kind either, the 50-100 a pop kind.

I have a problem and it is going to get fed monthly from now on…. but if I buy more games I have to move them…. le sigh.

OCR

PS: things with the boy are going very well.  There will be meeting of the family soon.  It will mean more than two or three days together.  I’ll either do him bodily harm or we’ll do great and I’ll add him to the long term list.  Wish me luck all!

Turns out I had an inflamed tendon.  Been in “The Boot” since early October.  So no working out for almost two full months.    The six pack is not there- nor will it be for a while.

I have gotten out more.  I am hanging out with a grad student quite a bit and with people from my church too.

Got set up with a boy.  Really like the boy. The boy assures me the feeling is mutual.  The boy will be here this weekend.  Can’t wait to spend another weekend with the boy.

Church stuff is going well.

Need to get on that whole looking for a job thing.  The grading is killing me this year and I really hate grading papers.  I can do tests no problem (well writing them sucks since they need to be challenging but not impossible) and don’t mind grading them really at all, but the lab reports suck my will to live from my body.  Yeah that bad.  Did I mention I have 4 days of lab next quarter?

Time to look for that job…..

How are all of you?

Well lets see in the last two weeks I have learned that I have two bones in my foot where most people have one, and that your foot can hurt so bad that even the weight of a sheet on it causes EXTREME pain when they are irritated.  Yes it was as fun as it sounds.

I now have therapy to do for my foot- yeah PT for my tootsie, and another appointment in 3 weeks.  I also came down with a horrible head cold the day before my birthday which just let up today.  Yep out of commission for two whole weeks 

So, I have not worked out for two weeks due to my foot and my health, and I have not gone out for two weeks due to the same causes.  Not doing so well on those objectives, but as soon as I am fully healthy I will begin the attack again.

<3, OCR

Since I am still teaching it seems only fitting that I make mine at the start of the school year.  So here they are posted in public so you can hold me accountable.

1) Get fit, as in six pack proud to show off my midriff fit
2) Get out more, way too much staying in last year
3) Go to Ireland
4) Date more, use internet and friends to do this, heck even student to set me up with older siblings
5) Find a job that will bring me back out west
6) Stay involved with the young adult’s group at church

Those are them for now- thoughts?  Any additions you think I should make?

So I will be staying where I am now for at least another year.  God didn’t say “go” so I am taking that as a “stay”.

I am getting more involved in church, activities, and with friends.  I still miss XIX, Newsong, and the activities I could only do in sunny SoCal, but I am enjoying things here more too.  I think having finished my first year of the job helps.  I know what to expect, and I know when I can enjoy some free time and when I need to soldier through now too.

How are all of you?

Where do I want to be? What do I want to be doing?

More importantly where does God want me to be and what am I supposed to be doing with the talents He gave me?

Prayer gladly accepted.

Today, at 9:30 Pacific Time I will be giving my presentation.  Please pray for me today, I am really excited about this opportunity and would greatly appreciate the prayer support.

Thank you all!
 OCR

Yeah, not so fun.

That is all.