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 ."