@ Home - with new hope

There is a new hope that a Kidney donation to my dad will become reality. It is stage 1 in the coming, but it still brings hope. Basically my dad was contacted by the local Mayo clinic about Kidney stuff, so we'll see where this goes. But here is to hoping

@ Home - Digressing from a long day

Two important things happened today. I worked and it was the most memorable day today because my coworker Jonilynn and I had a laughing fit for about 10 minutes straight. We literally couldn't stop laughing long enough to take an order or call out the drink that we just made. It started by myself seeing Jonni lean forward and ask a guest if they wanted Whip on their drink; she didn't just ask, she yelled. I kept making the drinks that were in line and I thought to myself "I think she just yelled at that lady.... hmmm... I'm going to ask her if she just did what I thought she did." So I asked her and she said "no," then a short pause, and she busts up laughing. I immediately start laughing hysterically because she is laughing. We are laughing so hard we go into silent mode, and then she tries to tell me, whilst still laughing, "Stop it or I’m going to pee." LOL. Oh well, it continues further for another 10 minutes while we joke about it and we can't even keep a straight face... I felt really bad because it felt unprofessional, but I really could not stop laughing so hard. It was a great memorable day at work.


The second thing was my Grandma Ryan died today, and I found out from one of my cousin status’ on Facebook. I also found out before my dad knew... it was his mom. Albeit my uncle tried to call him and he wasn't home, so it really wasn't my uncles fault... but still it just rubbed me so wrongly.


Wow, today was a long day. It was a day full of laughter and good times, yet also a hugely sad one as well.

@ Home - After work

At work today there was a lady that I met named Stormy. That is the coolest girl name I have ever heard of. That is all.

@ Home - Grinning

So I am grinning because at work today, apparently two ladies thought I was really cute. They didn't say it to my face, but one of the ladies that worked with me was in line to buy something and she overheard the two ladies behind her say that I was really cute. I just shake my head because I think it's funny.

Today Drew and I took another set of brotherly photos together. So we are going to use those as Christmas gifts this year.

It is so hard to find the time to look for an IT job when you are working about 40 hours a week. I will request that my hours come down soon here so I can take a stinkin break.

Otherwise I'm just living my new life

@ Home - Listening to what is next

This past week has been a long one for my family. Monday I had a repeat EKG and met the surgeon who was going to be performing the surgery. Tuesday my dad met with a whole group of people involved and things didn't go well. Wednesday everything was put on hold because of the meetings that my dad had. Finally Thursday, everything was officially put on hold and everything was canceled until my dad satisfied Banner's wishes. Friday my dad sent a nasty letter to the people at Banner that burned every bridge for possibly having surgery in the future. I am so at a loss for words, I have no idea what to do. Barb Marshall told me on Sunday that all these complications were supposed to happen, and the surgery isn't supposed to happen right now, if at all. I was so frustrated with this sound of that, but it is something that I needed to hear. So it is official, the surgery is off and may not even happen.

@ Home - Thinking about a career

Tonight after I went running with my brother, I laid out in the back yard to cool off. I starred up at the sky and thought about my future, then I remembered my coursework and what I liked. I took some Geographic Information Systems classes and liked them so much that I got A's in the classes. I then thought I might need to find a niche market to go toward in the computer field. I am now going to start looking for jobs within this field to see if that Is where I can get my foot in the door. ESRI is the leading GIS software company and I have experience using their products, which I enjoyed using. I will see if I am a fit to the company :)

@ Home - Life insurance & Surgery Date

I finally got life insurance. Everything worked out better than expected and I got the Super Preferred rate so my monthly payment is well below what I was expecting. Praise God

My dad and I also scheduled the surgery date for December 1st. Everything came together really quickly that day with planning the final tests and meeting dates. We'll see what happens from here.