In the last two weeks things continue to be hectic, unpredictable and have made me just sit back and watch what God has in store for this ride. At one moment I'm completely bored with my job (and that's standard) but then I'm excited to pursue the MBA and apply it at the company I work for. Obviously I wouldn't have the same job I do now and probably not even the same career. That's kind of exciting and scary at the same time. Went to the open house today and it felt very intimidating to be around very successful, driven, aspirant minded people. "What the heck am I doing here?" Good thing Eddy believes in my potential. I know I have some but this program would stretch me and leave marks. Is that a good thing? ;)

And there are other things that have happened but I don't want to mumble on and on about minutiae. Suffice it to say I get to go see my best friend in two short but oh so slow weeks.

Went to a memorial service for a great lady, Barbara Szydlowski, who reminded me much of my own mother. The pastor had a verse that blew me away with it's pertinence Proverbs 30:31 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Redirecting Thoughts

For those of you who know me 2008 was a really tough year. I was lamenting with my best friend the rough times of the year. Before long I felt like we were just spiraling down the pity hole so we challenged each other to come up with a list of the good things that happened to us in 2008. We took a day or two to come up with the list. It was a rather short list but I think it's more that we couldn't remember the year as a whole through the haze of what could easily be called the worst year of my life.

That got me thinking about this year. I've started a personal journal just so I could look back at the year and more easily remember what the heck did happen without the filters of a poor memory. As a by-product of that I thought I'd blog at least once a month to highlight the top event(s) of the month. I'm looking forward to a mighty fine 2009.