Pomp and Circumstance
Wow, has it really been almost 5 months since I’ve posted anything? At least you won’t have high expectations for my next post!
So why “Pomp and Circumstance”? I just finished my LAST CLASS to complete my Business Management degree!! What next? New job, soon as I can find one. I’d ask y’all to keep your eyes open, but since half of you are not in NC, it won’t help much.
I hope to post more in the future, now that I’ll have SO much free time (yeah, right). Perhaps I’ll start posting about our trip down the path to adoption….we finished our homestudy on Sunday and should be getting our family profile seen by the end of September if all goes well.
I’d love to hear from you….
1 comment August 27, 2008
singa2n
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da…
….life goes on. Right?
So by now you’ve probably figured out that I haven’t heard any good news about the job I wanted. This week Jamie found out someone else was hired, which is what I’d figured for the last two weeks but kept waiting for that letter in the mail. Situations at work that caused me to start looking have only worsened, so now I really have to start looking hard for something that makes sense….closer to home, minus the huge corporation attitude, hopefully still decent money…. good luck, right?
On to brighter topics. I’m not much of a basketball fan, but UNC’s men are headed for the final four. That makes the two males in my family happy. My daughter is a Duke fan (right now) so she doesn’t care to watch. I like to watch Tyler Hansbrough play, so right now I’m a UNC fan. Hoping to watch UNC win the tournament next weekend.
Any comments from anyone on Idol, Season whatever? I’m glad to see Amanda Overmyer gone, finally, and more and more leaning toward either Archuleta or David Cook as the final winner. Archuleta’s cute and fun to watch, and an amazing singer, but David Cook really has done some amazing songs in ways I didn’t expect them to be performed. should be an interesting season.
Anythings else you want to hear about or talk about?
3 comments March 30, 2008
singa2n
Come on, BE STILL.
Yes, I’ve been a slacker. Last night as I sat in class I considered writing an entry, but the fact that I couldn’t keep an internet connection long enough to look at the weather discouraged me. Tell me if it makes sense that a student attending ground courses at a school known for its ON-LINE courses can’t get a good connection at the campus?
In my last post I mentioned that I struggle with being still. The last month or so has been filled with good examples of this fact. It’s been a flurry of activity around here, and one of the things I’ve been up to is sending out a few resumés. I sent a few and just stumbled on a job opening 4 miles from my home. I applied for this job also, and used every avenue I knew of to try to get myself an interview. Tuesday I went for an interview, and spent the rest of the day fretting off and on about what I would do if I got a job offer from that company before getting an interview just down the road. I kept reminding myself to be still, do not be anxious, don’t worry, be patient…all that stuff, but if I let my mind wander I was back on “what to do, what to do?” Finally I just asked God (for about the 10th time) to shut the doors that needed to be shut and open the door He wants me to go through. And at 4:45 Tuesday afternoon I received the call I’d been waiting for, asking for an interview on Monday morning.
God is good, all the time…….even when I can’t be still to realize it. Prayer warriors, please pray that God will open this door that would lead to really great things for our family!
3 comments February 27, 2008
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Be Still…and Not Anxious
Last night I was mulling over this phrase that just kept running around in my head. “Be still…” I couldn’t quite get my thoughts down in a way I thought anyone else would understand. It struck me that the verse I knew with much familiarity was “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him,” (Psalm 37:7a), but that there are others that include the phrase “be still and…” I kept thinking to myself…how am I ever going to get to the promise portion of the verse when I can’t even accomplish the first two words? The fact that I’m sitting here writing this at midnight while working on a middle school band fundraiser is evidence of this struggle. It hit me that the patience and the blessings that are promised would only be available to me in my sleep at the rate I’m going – and then I can’t enjoy them!
But seriously, the phrase just kept sticking with me, and today I found out why. The day was hectic as usual, but I just had this awareness that God has been blessing us lately, helping us get some things in order that have seemed a little haphazard lately, helping us make decisions and confirming those decisions… Late this morning (Wed) my better half called and asked me to send my resume’ over, his boss was going to hand deliver it to another department and put in a good word for me. Then about 2-1/2 hours later I got a call from another company I recently sent my resume’ to, asking me to come for an interview. And all the blessings of the past few weeks became crystal clear.
Unfortunately, along with this second call for an interview came a sense of overwhelming….panic. I don’t particularly want the job, it’s as far away as my current job (although in the opposite direction of traffic headaches), but the pay would be decent and I’d be able to get out from under a job/place I’m becoming increasingly disenchanted with. I really want the job where J works, 4 miles from the house with great pay and less responsibility, but have no idea when I might get a call from them. So I was freaking out, trying to figure out what was going on, what God was trying to do to me, should I go for the interview, etc.
I finally caught J at a moment when he could offer a piece of advice. He said “Be anxious for nothing…” and I finished the verse as well as I could in my head. Since I don’t have any strangers visiting yet, it won’t be a surprise to anyone that this is a tough verse for me. I want control of all situations at all times. Everything planned out and planned for. But within an hour or so God settled my frantic mind and reminded me that if I would just let Him have control, He’d work it all together for good.
I just looked up the rest of that passage J hit me with on Bible Gateway (http://www.biblegateway.com/). Philippians 4:4-7 says: 4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Be still…..do not be anxious about anything…present your requests with thanksgiving (I love the promise in that)…and the PEACE of GOD will…….Amen!
4 comments February 21, 2008
singa2n
Tags: Bible, Christianity, Religion
Idol Chatter II – the women
What did you think of the girls? Any standouts? Syesha, Ramiele, Amanda, Brooke…. someone else impressed with their energy, but it’s late and the name has left me. I’m sure some of you love Amanda, but I’m already sick of her. She’s not sung a song yet to which I knew all the words when the song started, and she doesn’t help me learn them. Can you say ENUNCIATION? Maybe it’s supposed to be part of her “rocker” charm, but it sounds to me as if she needs to glue her dentures in a little tighter…
Add comment February 20, 2008
singa2n
Tags: American Idol, Music, TV
Idol chatter
Are you an American Idol fan? I didn’t start watching until Season 4, but now I’m hooked. Worn out as I was when I arrived home from school tonight, I had to pull up the first round of semi-finals on the DVR and see what the men had to offer. Any early favorites? I haven’t seen them all yet, but I’m loving David Archuleta. What an amazing voice, especially for a 17 year-old!
Speaking of Idol, have you heard the Toby Mac song, “Lose My Soul” ? Joined by former Idol finalist Mandisa and gospel artist Kirk Franklin, it includes the lyrics “Tell me what’s your title, America has no more stars, now we call them idols….I don’t want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul.” Intentional irony? Definitely. My impression is that Mandisa ultimately made the choice to stay in the Christian genre when secular options were open. What do you think – good choice, or should she have taken the secular contract and tried to have a broader influence?
3 comments February 19, 2008
singa2n
Tags: Christianity, Music
My First Blog
Welcome to my first blog! I’ve been inspired by some posts I’ve read recently and thought I’d try to get in on the act.
“When will she find the time?” you might ask if you know me well. Well, once a week I sit in a college course, usually bored to tears. Tonight I happen to be sitting in a Computer Information Systems class, bored to tears as I said, so I thought this would be as good a time as any to make my first post.
What topics would you like to discuss that you can’t find elsewhere? What’s bothering you today? Our dogs barked all night last night, so my typical acerbic humor has abandoned me.
Thanks for visiting, come back soon…
3 comments February 19, 2008
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