Definitely worked. I know it seems like a long time ago, but thank you all for your prayers from the last post. I'm feeling better than I have in a long time (except for the fact that I just woke up), and things are going better in a lot of ways.
Got a big next couple months up ahead. I'll be living like a rockstar for a little while, right out of a suitcase. Starting next week:
November 25-29 - Thanksgiving in Amarillo
December 8-12 - Finals
December 18-22 - Cruise to Cozumel
December 23/24-January 2 - Christmas in Amarillo
January 5-24 - Trip to Philippines with Shane, Zach Fisk, Zach Olsen, Matt Perez, Jim, and Jim's grandkid.
Pretty jazzed about it all coming up. I'll tell you what I'm not excited about at all though, is the song that I had to write and now perform in a couple hours in front of my guitar class. It's about how much I hate my guitar class. Should get an A.
I'll leave you with something that happened earlier this week that made me want to go out and get my conceal and carry. Kyle and I were going to visit some people and he told me we should go visit this dude that wrote in to the Loop in response to his newspaper articles, only calling himself "the New Testament Believer." This guy was iiiiiiintense, and had just told us about ten minutes before that he had a problem with his temper. The following is an excerpt from the conversation.
NTB - "I tell you what, I don't like them methodists. I went to their singles nights last christmas, and they had these parties where everyone got to pick a gift from the tree. But then they started STEALING from each other!! I don't wanna be associated with ANYONE who steals from people...pack of thieves."
Kyle - "Yea those parties can get kinda out of hand. We don't believe the church is for that, definitely not to have christmas parties."
Brady - "Especially not white elephant gift parties."
NTB - "Well I don't like white elephant gift parties either!! I don't want their cheap junk they pass off as gifts! Everytime I get one I just wanna throw it back and them and hit them in the face!!!"
Brady - *mild chuckle*
NTB - (Looks straight at Brady, slowly, dead in the eyes) "I also don't like it when people laugh at things I don't think are funny."
That's awesome! Way to come out of that awkward situation alive. Hopefully he's not stalking you. ...and if coming to Amarillo makes you feel like a rockstar then I need your attitude.
haha, you told that story beautifully. had me laughing. We'll see Kyle and his family on Sunday. I think he's going to be preaching for us. We're looking forward to it.
well to start with it involves football, not baseball. secondly, for a rivalry to be good it has to be fairly even. no one is rivals with the Minnesota Golden Gophers because they win only about as often as Mr. Hailey's comet is seen. like it or not, that dooms the Yanks-Red Sox rivalry. it isn't even. I hate that because I hate the Yanks but the Yanks, historically, own the Red Sox. they've won a bajillion world titles. the Sox? two. they've beat down the Sox in the division and playoffs so many times I can never tell if I'm watching a replay or a live feed of yet another Yankees win. truly - except for the last five years this hasn't been much to watch. for those of you who aren't math majors five years does not equal 105. however, it does have this going for it: there may be no more annoying fans in all of sport than Red Sox and Yankees fans. put them together and you've got a great rivalry and a lot of really annoying people.
My pride usually gets in the way of me doing this, but this time I know I need it. There are a lot of things in my life that I'm struggling with, have been struggling with for a long time, and its really starting to take a hold on me more than usual. I need your prayers for strength and encouragement, those are the things I'm really lacking right now. There was a time in my life where I used to believe that everything I was fighting with could be handled myself, but now I'm starting to learn the hard way just how untrue that idea is.
ok cool. I'll have to see how far I get with my studying. I have an exam on Wed. so i have some work to do on that but if I can pull ahead and get most of it done this afternoon I'll definitely be there
sweet! just let me know whats going on while you are in town, i know Bekah and i have plans after the game and on sunday benchley is having a potluck after morning services, besides that and the football game...i think we are free. you need a place to stay?
Looking through some old Gospel Anchors that my parents got back in the 80's, I found an article talking about how you should never work alone. The story to illustrate it I thought was pretty wild. Definitely an honorable mention for the darwin awards if I've ever seen one. Kinda long, but I doubt once you get into it you'll be able to stop reading. Just can't believe how many things happen to this dude.
Dear Sir:
I am writing in response to your request for additional information. In block number 3 of the accident report form, I put trying to do the job alone as the cause of the accident. You said in your letter that I should explain more fully, and I trust the following details will be sufficient.
I am a bricklayer by trade. ON the date of the accident I was working alone on the roof of a six-story building. When I had completed my work, I discovered that I had about 500 pounds of brick left over. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which, fortunately, was attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out, and loaded the brick into it. Then I went back to the ground and untied the rope. You will note in block number 2 of the accident report form that I weigh 135 pounds. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rather rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming down. This explains the fractured skull and broken collar bone. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately, by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope in spite of my pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground the bottom fell out of the barrel. Devoid of the weight of the bricks, the barrel now weighed approximately 50 pounds. I refer you again to my weight in block number 2. As you might well imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor I again met the barrel coming up. The accounts for the two fractured ankles and the lacerations of my legs and lower body. The encounter with the barrel slowed me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell onto the pile of bricks and, fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay there in pain, unable to stand, and watching the empty barrel six stories above, I again lost my presence of mind and let the rope go. The empty barrel weighed more than the rope, and it came back down on me and broke both of my legs.
I hope that I have furnished enough information as you require as to how the accident occurred. For you see, I was trying to do the job alone.
i think so but i will check onit for sure next week and either get back with you or give your contact info to them, if that is ok with you, just let me know. :) we have been out of town this week so sorry that i didn't respond sooner! :)
i talked to her yesterday and told her of your email posted on my page. i really don't think that a plan has been made yet about the next "little while" with that congregation. but she knows you are interested so the rest is between you two...and the congregation! :)
lol - I've always been a morning person! I'm ready for this work out business to start paying off.... The only difference I can tell so far is that I'm sore! And even so...I'm not THAT sore. haha I want to SEE RESULTS! What can I say...this has only been 1 week........
My brother's father-in-law, Terry Sumerlin, is a motivational speaker. He has also owned and operated a barber shop for the better part of 20 years, and has wrote a book that has little bits of wisdom he has learned from the different customers that walk in, "Barberosophy." As part of his promotion process along with an added bonus to whoever wants it, he puts out a bi-weekly newsletter with a short article taken from along the same lines of his book. It's definitely a great newsletter to get, and I always enjoy reading them, but today's issue I thought was especially good.
A Highly Effective Problem-Solving Technique
by: Terry Sumerlin
It’s amazing the differences we see in people from one day to the next. Though I certainly don’t consider myself a grump, on some days relationships come more easily for me than on others.
For instance, one morning when I had some serious issues I was trying to sort out I arrived at the fitness center at 6 A.M., and it seemed no one but losers had shown up. When I opened the shop at 7 o’clock, it began a day of customers that seemed annoying. When I got home my relationship with Sherry was strained. It was a day that was filled with trying people.
The next morning, though, was entirely different. I had a good night’s sleep and, so to speak, got up on a different side of the bed with a new perspective on my problems. I stopped at my favorite restaurant and had a very pleasant breakfast, and when I opened the shop I was privileged to serve many very kind, considerate customers.
What had really changed? Perhaps the following story will tell us.
There was once a little boy who was being quite a problem in school. Since he had already finished his work, his teacher called him to her desk and gave him a special assignment.
She took a page that had a map of the world out of a magazine. She tore it in pieces, thus creating a puzzle, and told the boy to take the pieces back to his desk and put the map back together. In no time at all he had completed the project.
The teacher couldn’t believe he’d finished so quickly. When she asked how he had done it, the boy responded, “On the other side of the page is a picture of a man. So, I figured out that when you put the man together, everything is right with the world.”
How often we discover this to be true. Others seem totally unreasonable, ill tempered, inconsiderate, and out to get us when in actuality we are the source of the problem.
Along this line I’ve discovered that on days when I feel great about myself, those are the days I’m especially considerate of Sherry and others. It makes me wonder if being especially thoughtful of others would also make me feel better about self.
BARBER-OSOPHY: When it appears everyone is a problem, perhaps number one has a problem.
I liked that article. I'll try and remember that the next time customers seem to be from satan himself. and thanks for the comment on my pleo. and just so you know, even if you are repeating someone else's comment, it makes a person feel better when more than one person says it. example: my dad tells me i just don't know how beautiful i am. he's the only one who truly tells me that. Dru does from time to time. I'll probably get in trouble for typing this out, but it always helps to hear encouraging words. even though they may be the same words. but its good to know its not just one person who thinks that. sorry for the long comment. i'll stop now :P
no i haven't read it actually. Funny that you bring it up though, because I was considering puttin his name in my post as well. I did read Dawkins' "The God Delusion"
