along the journey

With Christmas just around the corner we had resigned ourselves to just having a few gifts for Caleb and none for us. This is no big deal… bills still need to be paid. I know a few people who’ve forgotten about their bills for December, so they could buy gifts. I just couldn’t do this, or let Amy do this. Sunday after church we were handed an envelope with cash in it. We were greatful with this unexpected turn of events. We can have Christmas, or rather a better Christmas. We got a few more gifts for Caleb and a couple things for Amy’s brother and his wife and their son, and one for Amy’s mom. I also got some underwear, t-shirts and socks. It really has made this week so much easier to deal with. We thank God and our church family for the help that they’ve provided us.

I wish that I’d be able to have off on Friday, but I’ve long used up all my vacation and sick time. We’ve got a few plans for Christmas…. Amy’s great-aunts house for lunch, and then Amy’s mom’s house for dinner or something, maybe our house. But that’s about it. New Years Eve we’ll be joining some of our chuch friends at their house for their annual party, must be the best NYE plans we’ve had in a long time, we’ll even be dragging our son with us.

I’ve started studying for my MCSE exams… first one I’m taking is the Microsoft Windows XP Professional exam. I’m aiming to pass this test at the end of January, from there I’ll have to play things by ear as to how long I’ll need to study for each test- my guess is at least two months. So two months for 7 tests- 14 months later- hopefully I’ll have MCSE.

Been getting lots of AIM spam….. here’s one today….

Martha 1246: Hi dron321
Do you think I am pretty? You can see me live
Just click here (<-link to some porn site)
dron 321: How are you Martha
dron 321: I've missed you
dron 321: I wish you'd hang around more frequently instead of just sending me these little messages and then logging off
dron 321: It's really starting to piss me off
dron 321: I don't think we're going to be able to see each other anymore

They never ever reply.

I wrote one day last week. I removed the post. I just don’t seem to have much reason to write in here…. it’s not from lack of time, or that I know people don’t read… I just have forgotten why I started in the first place, or rather, that it’s just not important to me anymore. Even though it should be, especially since family used to get semi-daily updates about what’s going on in my life, since we’re no longer a 5 minute drive from mom and dad.

There’s the mess with Amy’s health. I just don’t know how to process my feelings about it all. Amy swears that I act like I don’t think she’s sick. I might act like that, but I don’t believe it. I just don’t know how else to act…. not to mention I don’t know what to think about it. The biggest thing I guess is that I trust that there is something higher than us dictating our moves….. and is in charge, and I can hold on to that. Of course, it’s not me that’s sick either, I’m sure that has a lot to do with it. I have complete faith, and it doesn’t feel like I’m working to apply that faith, I just have it. Good or bad, I don’t know.

I just don’t care about my blog nomore. I bet it feels neglected. I bet some readers feel neglected. I’m sorry. I’ve become semi-addicted to Yahoo Pool. I’m not good at it, and rarely sit down and play more than 2 games at a time.

We had our first small-group meeting at church last night for the 18-35 year olds. There was only one other person there than is usually at our organizational meetings, but it was great that she was there. I get really excited being around new Christians…. especially new Christians who have found a church home at Cornerstone. I’ve run into more new Christians at Cornerstone during the last year and half than I have in a very long time. I love to hear testimonies about where they’ve come from. And these are adults- it’s hard for me to realize that people come to know Christ as adults, since I’ve been a Christian most of my life. This is an awesome realization, one that has really helped me grow.

We’re looking to change cell carriers now that Cell Number Portability has gone into effect…. not to mention our corporate discount of 15% and 45% on equipment. I’m hoping to get an Ericsson T616, or the Nokia 3650. I can’t decide which one. They both have similar features,one of the biggest things about the Nokia is that it’s got a 16mb memory card included, but the buttons are laid out in the rotary style- in a circle- really odd. When I first saw the phone I didn’t realize that it was in the rotary-style, I just knew that the button layout was odd. Once I realized why they buttons are the way they are I became better with the idea. For those that have our numbers, you don’t need to do anything when we switch!