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in answer to those curious enough to inquire about my absence in the blogging world over the past week, no i was not frozen in a block of carbonite and held for ransom on a desert planet by an alien mob boss. i was not busy evading a rampaging t-rex in a jeep. i was not in england trying to survive the sudden transformation of an entire population into agile flesh-eating zombies. i was recruiting for faulkner in arkansas for a few days, and then hanging in atlanta with my girlfriend's brother, now a proud daddy of 3 awesome boys i will someday call nephews (fingers crossed).
the admissions folks were all tied up, so they asked me last minute if i would go to a youth rally in el dorado, arkansas to recruit for them, which i happily obliged to. can we say american express? i did get the corporate credit card, but i actually was a good guy and barely used the thing. no trips to red lobster, no fat steaks at the sizzler, just me enjoying copious amounts of propel. that stuff is like ambrosia, i love it so. especially peach. a lifetime supply of peach propel would make for an excellent contest prize in my book. but anyway, the youth rally: i really got a whole lot out of it, it was so encouraging. i had a distinct sense that God was teaching me some things very relevant to the earlier situation, and i left arkansas with a smile on my face and some hard questions to think on.
after the 8-hour drive back to montgomery from el dorado i found out that jen's sister-in-law was having the baby, so i drove us 2.5 hours to atlanta to hang with them and see the other 2 boys. those kids are so cool. i think i made jen a little jealous when gentry (the 2-year old) kept wanting to sit with me and have me hold him. that's a boy for ya, though; girls = yuck!, even if they're your sweet aunt jen. good times.
so after all of that travel and funtime i am back, but working my tail off. 2 of the math teachers at work are leaving us, which is pretty cruddy, but now i get more hours so i don't know whether to be happy or sad. i love my co-workers (except the evil sideburns lady i work with, j/k). they are great to work alongside, we get along so well, but i guess it's time for one to move on and the other is having health issues, so God bless them wherever they go.
also, i am moving again, now that my old building is renovated and better than ever. i booked it to the apartment supervisor as soon as reservations for the building were available to snatch up a nice apartamente en el piso primo (on the 1st floor). i'm smack in the middle of moving right now, so in summation i am uber-busy with work and getting settled in.
this friday, jen and i celebrate a year together. it gives me great joy to write that. to think, we are so happy together and it just keeps getting better each day. she has some nice surprises coming to her, which shall not be ruined here (maybe a reveal post on saturday? i don't know!), but suffice it to say it will be a good way to herald in an even better future. so much to look ahead to!
read the naked Christian. good book. if you're tired of church games, it is good to cheer up your spirits. it doesn't answer all of your questions; actually, it gives you even more to ponder. but it is good stuff. i got to look at a few chapters in books-a-million the other night and it spoke volumes to my heart. hasta.
check it out - 01.20.07
vapor - 11.15.06
can't complain - 11.10.06
turn the page - 11.09.06
who invented the word "me-maw"? - 09.28.06