The End

Well technically that is not normally the way to begin anything but I title this Blog "The End" at the beginning since I usually quote at the end not say "The End" at the end. I know that was a little confusing but I just wanted to pass on a little insight from a phenomenal little book I just read. "The End" is the end of The Series of Unfortunate Events Triskaidecology (13 books bet you didn't know that's what it was called just a side note a 13 sided polygon is a triskaidecagon).
In this book he talks about how we as people react to good and bad situations, and it really got me thinking. He points out that when we eat say a strawberry milkshake for the first time we are over come with this combination of milk and strawberry ice cream and just can't get enough. But does that feeling get better with every milkshake or does it slowly degrade over time? On the flipside what about a bad situation, say having something stolen. It doesn't become a run of the mill everyday event. In fact we tend to get more excited, angry and frustrated with every occurrence. This to me is one reason we stray so far from God. He gives us good things and good things and we just accept them and move on like it's what's supposed to happen but everytime something bad happens its a monumental let down from the Big Guy. I felt this especially this weekend while trudging down I-85 after my car broke down. I felt myself led to prayer over my predicament and realized I had rarely stopped and thanked God the 173 other times I had driven to and from Auburn without incident. I am not trying to read to much into Mr. Snicket's story but the idea he puts forward is a good one. We need to celebrate the times when things go right, ALWAYS.

"Eet mor chiken"

Day 16

of work in a row. And I believe it's the first time since I started blogging that I didn't wait a month between posts. We are finishing up our fall outage here at the paper mill. I am worn out and tired but unbelievably happy that during this month I will become a home owner. A married couple, friends of mine and Laura's, that live in Baltimore found out they were unexpectedly expecting. And we had the most interesting argument about what makes you more grown up? Having a baby or buying a house? We had a sound argument that involved post event. It takes a lot more time and responsibility to take care of and raise a child than it does to live in a house. Their argument was more on the front end, there are not many true pre-requisites to having a baby other than puberty :) But a house takes planning and saving. That got me thinking, I don't feel much more mature than I did when I hit puberty so what makes me so certain that I can move on in this house thing and become an "adult". I will tell you what I think it is...

FAITH

I have faith that my wife will be there, God will support me and so will the rest of my family. I am not trying to preach to anyone but my wife and I were discussing it last night and she said, "How can you just say it will all work out? Don't you worry about this or that?" and I reply "No, I don't." and I mean it. I don't just run through life willy nilly not thinking out my decisions or the future but there is one thing about life that is certain and that's uncertainty. I will leave you with a statement that will leave you pondering. A 64 year old control room operator said this too me yesterday.

"You never know what life brings, that's why I never buy unripe bananas ."

Love is a very special thing...

I have just experienced marriage in a light that I thought impossible. Some of you that know me were at my wedding almost one year ago. Which means my one year wedding anniversary is right around the corner, October 15th to be exact. This caused quite a conundrum for me because the 15th falls on a Sunday. Any date would generally come on Saturday afternoon/evening the 14th. If you're not an Auburn fan that date really means nothing to you and you're saying, "Yeah, that's what I would do to." I was willing to do this and had planned on it despite the fact that two top 5 teams would be playing at Jordan-Hare that very afternoon. Thats right as of right now No.2 Auburn will be playing No.5 Florida at home next Saturday. I had not really persued tickets for that game or anything other than a celebratory date with my lovely wife. The surprise came to me this morning around 7:30 AM when my wife called me at work because she couldn't stand it anymore. My anniversary present (BTW first anniversary is paper according to the list of anniversary themes) my wife got us two FIFTY yard line SIXTH row tickets to what could be the biggest home game for the rest of the season.

Here we come to a point where good is rewarded with good. I planned a romantic dinner so I get football tickets.

"Can life get any better than this, I submit that it cannot!"