work

I started my new job on tuesday.  I am now a buffet cook at the Flying J.  I'm cooking!  WOOT!  It's aggravating sometimes, but what job isn't?  The people are cool and I know that I'm there for  a reason.  So, I'm working eight hours straight and then some.  I should be able to get it down to JUST eight hours though here in the next week.  Once I get my pattern down for breaking down the buffet.

Grandpa's doing okay.  He's got hernia surgery coming up here in a few weeks.  They don't have a specific date set yet though.  And my mom and step dad came out to visit this weekend so that's pretty cool.  My mom is gonna help me organize some cupboards.  YAY!

I'm still reading alot.  I'll be finishing up Don't Waste Your Life this week and I'm about 2/3 through the Psalms.  Next up on my list is The Great Divorce.  And speaking of, I need to update my book list over there on the left.  So I'm gonna go do that now and then do some reading.  YAY!  I'll talk at y'all later.

Kingman 03

So I've signed myself up with a temp agency. That means that I should be getting SOMETHING in the next week or so. We'll see if that actually happens. Grandpa's fine, I'm fine, the dog's fine. And fine is really the only way to describe us. None of us are outstanding but none of us are really crappy either. We're just........okay.

I started thinking today about why I came out here. I was in the back room falling into a funk and I started thinking to myself, "Do I really have a good, legitimate reason to be out here?" I started going over everything that I had told myself and everything that I had told others.
I'm helping my grandpa out.
I'm getting away from distractions to really get close to God.
I can get a job easier.
The change of pace will help me get a better grip on life.
I'll find a mentor in my grandpa.
And others that I know I had that I don't remember right now.
Are any of these true? Am I doing any of these things out here? Right now, no. Of course this is only the first month, right? It'll get better right? These things will start happening, right? I don't know. And no one else on earth knows either. God only knows what's gonna happen in my life.

But there is one thing that I know for sure. One good reason for me to be out here. It's good that I'm away from that person. If I wasn't, I don't know how well I'd be doing right now. I'd probably be doing a LOT worse. So it's good even though it sucks. Kind of like doing situps. Or running the mile. Or something like that. So I at least have this sort of mental trainging happening. WOOT.

I'm having to re-learn a lot of stuff out here. Stuff like, trusting God and His provision. Trusting His plan. So we'll see how that goes too. I've gotta go read so I'll see y'all later.