Friday, December 08, 2006
An offer I couldn't refuse
Last Saturday I finally moved into my new apartment. And it is such a great feeling--and such a great apartment! Third floor. My bedroom has a view of downtown AND the State House (of course since the leaves are off the trees around here this is, as my buddy Rob Silva called it, a Rhode Island seasonal view--but who cares, right?). My bedroom is so big, and I actually have a living room where socializing can occur. Imagine that! Just tonight my roommate Dave and I ordered a pizza and watched 'The Godfather' on the tube. Excellent.
Dave is a really cool guy. He's a missionary for Campus Crusade for Christ and an engineer. We have similar tastes but different enough to remain interesting to one another. An actual roommate unlike I've had in a long, long time. And unlike in the past, I'm taking advantage of it. After a few hours of mafia goodness Dave brought out his saudering iron and totally fixed my broken power chord for the laptop. So for the first time in a week I can turn my computer on! Yea! Also on Tuesday night we went to IKEA with Becky, to buy the one item that they turned out to be out of stock of.
This was a pretty busy week, and yet 11:30 is the latest I have been up. In fact, I've been crashing pretty early lately. 9:30, 10:00 average. Last night was different. Went over to Kristin's and we watched a warped VHS copy of Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa Claus from 1985. It was stupafying. It was awesome. It has Theo and Rudy and Punky and Cherry. And Joey Lawrence. And so many more stars. Then we watched Scrooged. It's that time of year man. Just have to love Christmas time. I love it more and more every year.
Looks like the funding will come through for my job next year. I am excited and looking forward to the challenges that await me. Assisting in planning for medical emergencies, including the pandemic flu. Good thing my first season of ER DVD's came in the mail today. Only $9.00 on Amazon. Tough to pass up.
Also this week I volunteered for a day at the Rhode Island Homeless Connect. Helping to connect the state's homeless with various social service agencies. I'm not going to get too much into that. But it needs to be mentioned that the Governor announced a 5-year plan to end homelessness in Rhode Island. Here's hoping we can succeed. Because that was a tough day. I'm still recovering.
Of course, right now it's clear and 25 outside, with a low around 19. And I'm about to climb into a warm bed. My tough experience as a volunteer was nothing compared with facing a night outside in these conditions.
Needless to say, 8 days in and it's already turning into a long December. For better and for worse. ¶ 12/08/2006 11:17:00 PM
Dave is a really cool guy. He's a missionary for Campus Crusade for Christ and an engineer. We have similar tastes but different enough to remain interesting to one another. An actual roommate unlike I've had in a long, long time. And unlike in the past, I'm taking advantage of it. After a few hours of mafia goodness Dave brought out his saudering iron and totally fixed my broken power chord for the laptop. So for the first time in a week I can turn my computer on! Yea! Also on Tuesday night we went to IKEA with Becky, to buy the one item that they turned out to be out of stock of.
This was a pretty busy week, and yet 11:30 is the latest I have been up. In fact, I've been crashing pretty early lately. 9:30, 10:00 average. Last night was different. Went over to Kristin's and we watched a warped VHS copy of Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa Claus from 1985. It was stupafying. It was awesome. It has Theo and Rudy and Punky and Cherry. And Joey Lawrence. And so many more stars. Then we watched Scrooged. It's that time of year man. Just have to love Christmas time. I love it more and more every year.
Looks like the funding will come through for my job next year. I am excited and looking forward to the challenges that await me. Assisting in planning for medical emergencies, including the pandemic flu. Good thing my first season of ER DVD's came in the mail today. Only $9.00 on Amazon. Tough to pass up.
Also this week I volunteered for a day at the Rhode Island Homeless Connect. Helping to connect the state's homeless with various social service agencies. I'm not going to get too much into that. But it needs to be mentioned that the Governor announced a 5-year plan to end homelessness in Rhode Island. Here's hoping we can succeed. Because that was a tough day. I'm still recovering.
Of course, right now it's clear and 25 outside, with a low around 19. And I'm about to climb into a warm bed. My tough experience as a volunteer was nothing compared with facing a night outside in these conditions.
Needless to say, 8 days in and it's already turning into a long December. For better and for worse. ¶ 12/08/2006 11:17:00 PM
