As I began thinking about the next step for the Thursday posts it was obvious that I'd need a new title. This won't be so much about the job search (although the new job will be featured here). Every time I thought about it the opening of the original "Star Wars" movie kept coming back... Continue Reading →
Time to Get Real – Week of June 2
Well, that was every bit as bad as I feared. But not as bad as it might have been. Too much travel, too much eating out, too little exercise, too much stress. So some give back was inevitable. Sigh. So the question becomes "What do we do next?". The primary answer to that question is... Continue Reading →
Looking Back
Earlier today my wife said "Our last full day in Chautauqua County". I hadn't thought of it in those terms but it's true. After 30 years we are moving on. A lot has changed in three decades. There are the obvious things. 30 years of living with its attendant gray hair and lines. I'm a... Continue Reading →
Life Among the **Employed May 29
Today is the day. The moving company arrives this morning. We move out tomorrow. The furniture arrives at the new place on Saturday. I begin my new job/ministry on Sunday. People have been asking me how I feel. My answer has been "Mostly excited with a side order of terrified". Today the side order has... Continue Reading →
Time to Get Real – Week of May 25
Next week the weigh ins will resume. I promise. I am truly NOT looking forward to that event. The last several weeks have been stressful. The job related stress is one thing, then you add in the pain that comes from saying goodbye to people and places that have been a huge part of my... Continue Reading →
Life Among the **Employed May 23
Sorry I'm running late. But that's pretty much the story of my life right now. There are a bazillion details (no, really. A bazillion, I counted them) that are demanding my attention. We've been going round and round trying to figure out how we going to get moved. Finding the moving company turned out to... Continue Reading →
Time to Get Real – Week of May 20
It's been a couple weeks away from these posts. There's been a lot going on and my focus has been on other things. As noted elsewhere on this blog, I am in the middle of a job change. Last week I spent 5 days on the road. My eating has been sketchy at best, my... Continue Reading →
Life Among the **Employed May 15
Now comes the hard part. Not the packing. Not the finding a new place to live. Not the deciding what is coming and what we're letting go. It's the saying good bye part. It's the "The last time I'll..." part. I had a feeling last summer that I wouldn't be back to our summer camps.... Continue Reading →
Life Among the **Employed May 8
Stunning. This was supposed to be a longer process. There was another job that I had agreed to do a face to face interview with this past weekend. Then we would weigh the issues and make a decision. The problem was that the longer my lady wife and I talked the more we realized we... Continue Reading →
Life Among the Unemployed May 1
Well, that was an amazing experience. We spent last weekend visiting with a congregation in southern Virginia. They did a great job of highlighting their region, their church and the job. It was a truly eye-opening, exhilarating experience. So decision is coming very soon. A decision that would represent the single largest change in our... Continue Reading →
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