Excitement @ MindSay

Well dear friends I apologize for breaking my promise and not blogging an entry every night. Last night was the only night I didn't write something, and though I feel bad about it, I believe there was a good reason for it.

 

I was exhausted yesterday, even more so than earlier in the week, and when I got home from work, which was a loooooong shift or so it seemed, I took a shower and fell asleep on the couch around 8pm where I remained until this morning when I awoke at 730. Highly unusual for one who can hardly take a nap at any time of the day without being in his own bed, even more unusual for my nocturnal personality, which loves late nights. But in my quest to keep busy this week I perhaps overextended myself somewhat, this was remember my first time experimenting with so much time alone staying sober and accountable, and on this beautiful Friday morning, without tempting the enemy, I can taste VICTORY just around the corner.

 

I work today from 12-7 and have a few things to finish up tonight at home before I pick up Joyce tomorrow at Columbus airport, so the rest of my day is set, although not with too much, as I accomplished the larger tasks earlier in the ten day stretch. A little kitchen cleaning, a few loads of laundry, one more run with the sweeper, one more swiffer of the kitchen floor, clean out the car......and I think that's about it.

 

I am so excited I can hardly wait until tomorrow. I'm going to dress GQ and look my best so my lady will know how much I missed her. I don't know what the rest of tomorrow holds (well I can guess at a couple things but I'll leave it to your imagination) but I doubt I will be online over the weekend, if I am it will be brief.

 

I want to again thank all of my friends here on Mindsay for your prayers, support, sharing stories, uplifting words, videos, kindnesses, and most of all your love in reaching out to me in my time of need. I will continue to share my life with you as the struggles never end, but will also share more joys, victories and just plain old gripes and dull entries from time to time, and I hope you will continue to share your lives with me. This community of friends has been my lifeline over the past ten days, and I don't want it to end just because the ten days are up. I will still need your prayers and support, and rest assured you will continue to have the same from me as we swing through the trees in this jungle of life.

 

Everyone have a blessed day, I WILL be online tonight briefly after my work is finished (or maybe while the laundry is going).

 

Love and Peace.......Joseph

For me, the most exciting part of this upcoming election is that people are excited and engaged in the whole process of the selection of candidates. It feels to me that this is the first time this has happened in decades.

I entered two pictures in a photo contest back in November.  Both advanced to the national level of the contest and one was featured in a local newspaper last week :)

Well I could take a positive look at having a neighbor such as this one and his partner that hasn't shown themselves yet.........they are messengers from one of the Guardians of the Otherworld Gates and they are just protecting the fmaily.  OR  I can keep track of them and when Randy gets his butt home next weekend, he can hunt them down and kill them for DARING to be anywhere near MY HOUSE!

 

I blame Randy for this guy and his partner being near the house.  When he did the last weed eating of the year, he didn't weed eat that flower bed! 

 

Quite the excitement last night around here!  DeLaney takes Spud out to go potty and comes running back inside going "MOM!  There is a snake on the sidewalk!  Where is the shoval so I can kill it!"  I am so proud of my girl, I HATE snakes with a passion.  It goes back to my cousin Joe (the one that belted us our new rank last month and you can see him in last post!  He is the dark haired guy sitting straight up when sitting on the ground eating with dark brown hair) and my brother shoving snake's heads in my face and my cousin Tammy's face (Joe's sister) and trying to make us kiss them!  I won't get very clsoe to snakes unless they are being held by someone else or behind glass! 

 

This guy on the sidewalk was a small BullSnake.  But he was aggressive enough that Shadow the black fluffy kitty and Sin the orange kitty in the last picture stayed away.  Spud jumped back from investagting him and stayed back also.  The lil kitty who isn't pictured wisely realized this guy could eat her and went running inside when I came out with the camara! 

 

All snakes run in pairs, so I wasn't letting the kids near this guy at night when we didn't have very good light.  I really didn't need a trip to ER even if the snake isn't poisnous.

 

Two hours later I put Spud out to go potty again and my Puppy is off his chain and no where to be found!  I heard him up at my Auntie's house and going GREAT!  My auntie is gong to be sooooo pist lets hope her inside dogs are inside!  So I jump into my van and run up the drive.  Thankfully the indoor puff ball dogs were inside and Dooley was outside hanging with her 3 outside dogs.  I had to drive into their drive and thankfully Dooley came with very little chase or yelling.

 

Surpsingly i didn't get a call asking me what was going on last night or tonight.  So it must have been my Uncle that was up and Auntie asleep! 

...I have a job!  I have accepted the position of Worship Arts Director at Centerpoint Church here in Columbus!  This is very exciting news... Based on my experiences interviewing and auditioning there, and the conversations that I've had with the pastor and others, this is a very exciting place.  God is clearly working in this church, and I'm honored and blessed to have an opportunity to be a part of it.

God has a way of working things out for us... I applied for this job while I was still working at my last job, with no intention of leaving if I didn't get it.  Well, as often happens, things got crazy and it became clear that I needed to leave that position either way, but now... God has provided both a new source of income, and what certainly seems to be a big step up as far as the actual workplace environment goes.

I'm incredibly excited... more to come later, I'm sure.