Extra Work

And extra pay!

One of my coworkers got sick. He called me and I was able to make it in to work for him. Saturday (12 hours at time and a half) and Sunday (12 hours at double time)! WooHoo!!

I needed the extra cash too. Jehovah Jireh!



Who was it that mentioned the book by William Young - The Shack?
I went to Borders with the intention of picking up my copies of Randy Pausch's - The Last Lecture. I had them on hold, but it was past the three days. They'd sold them to someone else. From what I read, they have printed and sold 2 million copies so far! Hopefully that will be enough to provide for his family's future after he dies.

Anyway... The Shack... I had to buy something and someone had mentioned it to me as a good book. So, I'm about halfway through it and it's pretty good so far. I won't review or provide any commentary on it right now. Maybe once I'm done.

3 more hours and I'm out of here. Then I get to come back for 4 more day shifts. Joy!

Not much going on

I guess that explains why I haven't posted often lately. It just seems that there is the routine and not much else.

One thing that I did find exciting was watching an interview on Primetime Live. Diane Sawyer interviewed Randy Pausch about his life and the reality of his impending death from pancreatic cancer. There was a link there to the interview, but I think it has been removed. I plan on buying the book to read his story.

I'm sorry to read about this man dying from this disease. I recently posted about someone else who has survived (so far) his bout with the same disease. Why does the Lord take some and not others? I'm guessing He has a plan to utilize each life in unique ways for His purposes.

I only hope that I can be such an example of strength and dedication to the Lord if I ever get diagnosed with one of these diseases.

Another Birthday

Thanks to my cyber friends for the Birthday wishes!
I appreciate that y'all remembered. I worked both the night of and the night before, so most of my day was spent sleeping and getting some lunch before work.

I haven't been too faithful in my blogging lately. Not that there is much going on aside from the usual kid stuff. Baseball and Softball seasons are kicking into high gear.

I've been sick for the last three weeks. Probably most of it is related to change of seasons and allergies. I'm getting better, though.

Work is still the same. Too many hours and little reward. I'm glad to have the job though and know that I'm fortunate that I don't have to work outside everyday like I used to.

I've been a bit down emotionally lately. I'm hoping with the coming of Spring that this condition will improve. I've also started taking a thyroid med for my underactive thyroid. Hopefully this will allow me to shed some of this excess weight and have a more optimistic outlook.

I'll try to update more often.