Moving Time.

Well, on Monday I move. I found a house with 3 other dudes. Two live upstairs and rarely come down. Two of us live downstairs. I have never met the other guy who lives downstairs. The landlord told me he is in his 50s, is somewhat hard of hearing, and rarely leaves his room. He and I share a bathroom, living room, and kitchen. I am not super excited about the move. I like my current roommate and apartment. But this was open, and I think it is better than the other place I was looking at. Unfortunately, it isn't any closer to work and it will be more expensive than my current location. So all in all, it seems like backwards progress. The one good thing about this is it's month-to-month, so if something better comes up I can move in April. And who knows, maybe God wants me to get to know this mysterious apartment mate with a "Private Property, Do Not Disturb" sign on his door.

Good day

It feels kind of weird having a rough day and a good day back-to-back, especially since most of the things that went wrong yesterday were still wrong today. Today, though, I had a lot more peace. My run was frustrating until I realized that I had run farther than I thought, so I'm not as out of shape as it seemed. I found a number of radio stations that might possibly consider hosting me and sent them emails to that effect. I wasted at least an hour on the ebay mess but I learned a lot of useful things about spam and feel like I have closure on it, as long as my shoes arrive in the mail when they are supposed to. My training sessions went well. The mother of one of my trainees called for help on homework and then told me that she loves my photos and wants to buy one. And I had another unexpected blessing drop in my lap. More details will probably be posted here soon. Plus one of my coworkers made a huge, delicious cake for her culinary arts class (she is in cooking school) and brought it to work.

Rough Day

Today was a long day. I was really frustrated and irritated when I got done with my run this morning, which is a bad sign. Normally that is my happiest point of the day. I ranted to God for half an hour or so, and then spent the next hour or two praying. By the end of that time, I had a lot more peace and also a couple of ideas.
I almost missed my session with my first trainee at work because I haven't yet adjusted completely to the schedule and I was thinking that I meet with him an hour later than I do. Fortunately God popped the idea into my head that maybe I was wrong, so I managed to leave the apartment in not too much of hurry. At work, one of my trainees had a meltdown. Kicking and screaming and all kinds of stuff. Fortunately I have seen most of that before, so it didn't phase me too much. Still, it puts a damper on life.
And then I won an ebay auction, paying $26 for shoes (including shipping) that normally cost 70 or 80 in a store. So that was pretty sweet. But then the company sent me an email saying that if I hadn't already paid through ebay I could pay on their own website. I fortunately had the intelligence to pay through ebay rather than trusting them, but I am still nervous about it. The ebay site says to ignore any email telling you to buy elsewhere because the whole thing is against ebay policy and may be a fraud. So now I am praying that it really is all above board, and if it isn't that I don't have to deal with it. I notified ebay, so they are conducting an independent investigation and won't contact me about it unless they need more info.
End of the day analysis: Life is hard, but God is faithful. Get a helmet, be thankful.