Sunday, April 22, 2007

4 teeth lighter

That's right, no more wisdom. I had oral surgery on Friday afternoon to remove all four of my wisdom teeth. Getting knocked out was a pretty wild experience. I snapped out of it pretty quickly though and Nathan drove me home along with 2 of the 6 movies I've watched in the last couple days. Recovery is going quite well and I'm learning how to manage the pain and encourage the healing.

Work continues to improve. A bit more pressure than I was expecting for the first couple weeks at my new position but the rewards in experience and boosted paychecks are very helpful. It's good that I had been making enough money to start out with so that I dont have to rearrange my finances. I'll just increase my stage 12 payments and create a small "professional" category to pay for things like work lunches and the maintenance of a less hole-ly wardrobe.

Next big item on the schedule: Naomi's college graduation. I'll be flying to Portland on May 4th and staying out there til the 10th. Looking forward to it.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Bleary-eyed and smiling

Not quite like those famous Irish eyes, but you get the idea.

On to my daily update: Here's what's been happening since yesterday(here "yesterday" means "approximately 1-2 months ago when I actually wrote a decent-sized update on this here blog thing"): (editor's note, we have now been double-coloned. I'm not sure what that means for the future of English punctuation) (also, too many parentheses) (way too many) I got that new job title!
and worked lots of hours!
and Easter!
and saw a bunch of cool people at Jack and Teresa's wedding like Sean Connolly and Debbie Mixell and the Murphys and Slatterys and Reinhards and Pingels and many more!
and I did my taxes early!
and we have a lawnmower that works!
and I'm out of good update material but expect more in future as my hours begin to shrink down to sub-60 hour weeks and leave more time in the evening!
God bless you all

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Quick progress update

I've gotten into the habit of working ridiculous hours at FedEx. Strictly speaking, this is not a habit but rather something I have defined as a necessity due to my strong desire to see to it that everything gets done right as soon as a possible. To accomplish that goal I must work 10-12 hours per day (sometimes more, unfortunately) during my Tuesday-Saturday week. This week, has thus far been particularly hectic.

However, and this is an enormouse "however", I got the new position that I have been looking for! If you were to run into someone today and say "Hey, close friend or acquaintance, do you know anyone who is a Service Manager at FedEx Home Delivery in Shreveport?" it is likely that they will say, "Why no, close friend or person I dont remember meeting, I don't know anyone who is a Service Manager at FedEx Home Delivery in Shreveport, especially if you're refering to the Shreveport in Louisiana." And then you could say, "Well let me enlighten you to the service managerial positions at FedEx HD in S'port, LA. This dude, Josh, my bud and long time homie, is currently the numero uno fulltime salaried getting paid a thoroughly decent wage guy there in Shreveport, LAlaland" and you would not be lying.

Praise God! He's blessed my work, given HD a great overall manager in Tim, my boss, and kept me sane throughout the trying month of March. Now we just need to get someone to fill my position in the week or so to get things back to normal.