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| So, it has been well over a year since I have done this. Not that I plan on making this happen too frequently. So what I have done in the last year, and what a cliff hanger I left people with... Quit my job and go to london and move and something else is where I left off. London was amazing (also went to amsterdam) and God definitely taught me a lot. Being in a foreign country is not my cup of tea, much less one as freaky as the dutch and all they have going on, but it was good. Visited the London mosque, a Hindu temple, conversed with a Mormom, was at a pro-palestinian/death to israel rally, watched the next week as a several thousand people march took place against Bush and the US and Israel. I went to speakers corner and got into what seemed endless debates with a few Muslims. It was an amazing trip. Got back, moved and all, started looking for a job, and got engaged July 16th. Unemployed and engaged did not make future in-laws thrilled. But God provided and I am now at a job I love, as a code monkey. Flexible environment, only about 45 employees, blessed pay (it meets our needs), though definitely an environment where I am the idiot. Some brilliant guys here, and therefore a lot of lost people here. So definitely could use some prayer for that. Got married at the end of May, went on a fun honeymoon (Alaskan cruise, thats right, be jealous !), and am now about to have completed enjoying 4 months of marriage. I have an amazing wife. Just finished building a house, thanks to generous help from parents, and are in the process of moving in. We got a puppy, Max, who is sweet and yet annoying at the same time. Some random thoughts:
Al Sharpton should be in jail. First Tawana Bradley, then the duke boys, and now he taints what I feel may be a legitimate Jenna 6 claim with his showmanship and arrogance. Transformers is amazing, and I am in high anticipation of Halo 3 (though it would be more fun if I actually had an XBox 360). I have a great HOPE group, and I am glad to be a part of it. I also want to voice my awe for my cousin Scott and his wife, and their 4 boys. I think his wife is an excellent personification of the noble wife and their 4 boys are proof of it. We just spent the weekend with them at a family wedding and I was amazed at how well behaved the boys are (between age 12-4) and how each one handled responsibility quite well. Rather than invitro every Christian should adopt. I know I am one to talk as I am not in that position (at least not yet), and I understand the desire to have an offspring from you, but rather than force it make a difference in a child who has been abandoned's life. And if you are willing to go trans-racial it is relatively cheap. Only 5k for a minority kid above the age of 3 months, as opposed to 27k for a caucasian kid above the age of 3 months. Kind of sick, but supply and demand I guess. Anyway, if you are struggling to have kids consider adoption. And if your wife has had all the kids she wants (birthing is no fun I hear, quite painful) consider adopting. That is all for my soap box. Everyone have a good day. | | |
| K, So we have established I am a home body. I just figured it has been a long time since anyone has heard anything from me. So quick update. I am unemployed as of about 2 weeks ago. I am in Europe on a mission/self discovery trip with by good friend Trey, and thankfully he is still able to put up with me! I am engaged to the beautiful miss Monica Moeller. She is the best. Amsterdam and London are wonderful, but I still prefer Texas. Hope everyone is doing well!
Andy | | |
| Leave my job on the 21st.
Go to London with my boy Trey on the 24th.
Return Aug 7 and move all my junk.
And plenty more.
Going to be a roller coaster in the next month. Yay roller coaster. | | |
| So it has been over a month since i posted, sorry. Not that I feel anyone really cares. My first "shout out" goes to Ethan, who is now 1 years old, cute as can be, though disturbingly starting to look like his father. This pains me. My next one goes to Dope Fiend Dave Holland, who is now 24, and handsome as always. I got to give a salute to Trey Arbuckle, the beast that he is, who by my best calculations is 25 on Saturday. Thanks to all of you for being the studs you are.
I am getting fat, and I now have proof. I have a bit of a gut and am definitely weighing in now about 160lbs. I need to trim down, and work on my conditioning. I had a few youngsters wear me out on the playground. Granted, there were 3 of them, and I wore them out just as much as they wore me out, and I dont fit in those tubes like I used to, but come on?!
So, still pondering the corn farmer/hockey GM dilemma. I dont think either are gonna happen. Though it was cool to have my buddy Adam mock me about corn growing not being a legitimate need, only to have him call me and say "Dude, I am on my way to Kanakuk Colorado, and all the fields that used to be cotton, are CORN!" That will pump up the ego. Hey, at this point, willing to take anything.
I miss my girl, she is in Ft. Worth for the summer. The long distance thing, though we are working fine, is wearing me down, mostly cause I really miss her. You all knew I was the sentimental mushy type, so make fun of me all you want, but what did you really expect from me? I think she is getting annoyed by my incessant "I miss you". Her responses started "I miss you too" then became "I know, you have told me" and then "STOP SAYING THAT" Ok, so I slightly exaggerate the last, but only slightly!
Roomies are gone, cept for Bo, and we hardly see eachother, he works nights, I work days, it makes for a lonely house. Oh well.
There are a lot of people I miss, a lot of relationships I wish hadnt dissolved. At this point I have to accept it as life, I cant maintain them all, and some I dont even want any more because of the nature of the relationship must change and it would just be awkward. Well, I dont want to resume them where they were, and it is hard to just start over blank with someone you know? Oh well. Later | | |
| So here are my 2 career choices I am considering:
1) Go to A&M grad school, get an MBA or MS in Management, go be a scout for the Dallas Stars and eventually work my way up to GM of the Dallas Stars (or realistically maybe only Assistant GM)
2) Go become a corn farmer and bank on Ethanol becoming a demanded fuel source in an effort to break away from our dependance on foreign oil.
I dont know how to farm and I am from Texas, so on paper it doesnt look good for me being a hockey scout.
I do know my girl is the best though. And that last night, playing 42, I made a 4 mark bid. We were losing 4-3, and my partner went 2 marks. Bobby raised him to 3 marks, and started to play, I told him I wanted to go 4 marks and that he shouldnt play so fast. I had 6-6, 6-5, 6-4, 6-0, 4-4, 4-3, and 2-0. I knew 4-3 had a good chance of walking cause the only higher 4 I did not have was the 4-5 which did come out when I played the 4-4. I then proceeded to play 2 of my sixes, ran everyone else out, my 2 4's, then back to my other 2 sixes, counting 2's all the while to see if my 2-0 would walk or if I would need help from my partner. On the 2nd to last trick, my 6-0 led, there are 3 2's out there, counting my 2-0, Ben throws the 2-3, all I have to worry about is the 2-2, and EJ throws that one, Bobby plays junk. My 2-0 walks on the last trick and we have just made 4 marks. All the while my girl waited patiently for me back at my house cause I told her I would be home in 30-40 mins (so she decided rather than go back to her dorm she would just wait there and read) and instead I was home in 1hr and 50 mins. She was sweet and patient and didnt even get mad at me, even though I told her she had every right to be upset. She is the best! | | |
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