It has been a while since the last update, so I thought it was time to pass along a little more information regarding where we are at. Largely the lack of an update reflected a pretty stable status quo. The project I was on was supposed to last for just a month. It ended up lasting for two months and two weeks. In that time, we created a pretty good rhythm. I would come back to Winnsboro on the weekends and spend time with the family. On Mondays, I would load up and head into the office, stay with friends in Wills Point through Friday, and repeat the process all over again.
It was stable and greatly appreciated, but being away during the week was beginning to wear. On everyone. By the end, even Jude was waking himself up early on Monday mornings when I would leave, and during the week he started to get to the "I want Dada" stage. So while we wanted the reliability of the paycheck to continue, we were definitely ready for something else to allow us to be together throughout the week.
I do have to say that I really loved working with Lynn Pinker. That was a great office and team to be supporting. It was a little weird to be there during their extensive renovation, but the entire experience was excellent. In that regard, I was sad to see it end.
As it has been through this entire process, it is amazing to see how things come together. Last Monday when that project ended, I got an email regarding another opportunity.
Through the last few weeks, we knew the project was likely going to end soon, and we had been praying for a smooth transition with a short break in between, so we could enjoy the time together.
That's what we got. From the initial email, I had an interview on Wednesday and would not hear affirmatively until Friday. So nearly a week's break to enjoy time together. To play with Avalyn. To get Jude to take a nap. Just to be together.
I've started the new project today. It's a higher hourly rate. It's work from home, so I'll be in Winnsboro with the family. It's training me to have greater technical experience, which will definitely be a plus for future applications. And most surprisingly, it's with two companies that I have previously applied to (including the one I got the farthest with in Washington, D.C.).
The Lord works in mysterious ways, indeed.
This project has the potential to last for a while, potentially until March. The length is one of the few unknowns. As with most project work, it could go away tomorrow. But even in that eventuality, I know there is a plan. There will be something behind it. There will be further provision.
We are still praying and hoping for that permanent position that we know will be coming. We are ready to find a new place to rent and start setting up our next home. We are still open to just where that might be. In the interim, we will simply continue to trust the Shepherd.
Whatever is next, we will keep you posted.
Showing posts with label New Experiences. Show all posts
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Friday, July 26, 2019
ROAD TRIP!
On our first day as nomads, we're off on a road trip. We're heading out with Jamie's family to end up in Pendleton, Kentucky.
Through this trip, we'll be spending time in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. We'll see new states and places we haven't been to. We'll get to catch up with friends who have recently moved. We'll have new adventures.
The trip will definitely end up as a Travelers' Report soon. But wanted to let you know we're heading out, so that you can expect a little more relaxed posting pace. I'm hoping to keep at it regularly and have some banked, but may not be as fastidious at it as I would typically be.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel. We've got four kids seven and under, so it's going to get really interesting, really fast.
But it should be a whole lot of fun. And that is a welcome treat right now.
Bon Voyage!
Through this trip, we'll be spending time in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. We'll see new states and places we haven't been to. We'll get to catch up with friends who have recently moved. We'll have new adventures.
The trip will definitely end up as a Travelers' Report soon. But wanted to let you know we're heading out, so that you can expect a little more relaxed posting pace. I'm hoping to keep at it regularly and have some banked, but may not be as fastidious at it as I would typically be.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel. We've got four kids seven and under, so it's going to get really interesting, really fast.
But it should be a whole lot of fun. And that is a welcome treat right now.
Bon Voyage!
Monday, June 18, 2018
Movie People
Jamie and I are movie people, and we're raising little movie people as well.
We bonded quickly over classic films and have sought out different experiences in movie presentation. We've watched them in 3-D (and believe it or not, one of the most impressive movies in 3D was Disney's original, hand-drawn Beauty and the Beast). We've gone to the drive-in (and love it). We've watched movies in classic movie houses like Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Egyptian, and the El Capitan. We've watched two movies in Cinerama on the Cinerama dome (How the West Was Won and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). We've done and miss the TCM Film Festival, where it was great to see great introductions and interviews before each showing. We've seen Psycho with the Dallas Symphony performing the score. And that doesn't even count the quote-alongs and movie parties at the Alamo Drafthouse (it's tough to top a pie fight busting out on Sixth Street with oncoming traffic after the Blazing Saddles quote-along).
Don't get me wrong, movies at home, on the couch are great, too. But there is something magical about seeing a movie on the big screen. As it was intended to be seen. In a shared communal experience. I cannot tell you what a difference this made for Casablanca.
This weekend, we celebrated our anniversary and Father's Day with another great movie experience. Jaws on the Water.
For this event, the Alamo Drafthouse rents out the Volente Beach water park on Lake Travis in Austin for the show. A pop-up screen is installed, visible only from the water. Meaning to watch Jaws, you have to be on your inner tube in the lake. No beach watching allowed. During the show, scuba divers are in the lake to goose you at appropriate times and there is a fireworks finale for the destruction of the Orca. Guests get to keep their inner tube and get access to the water park before the show.
The movie was fantastic, as always, and the experience of being in water definitely changes the viewing. They had the Amity signs up and a giant shark sand sculpture. There was also a tent sent up where you could get shark bite/attack body painting. My foot was grabbed once by the scuba divers and I had them surface right at my feet twice. Jamie's inner tube was bumped up twice, like a shark bumping into the boat. They had an added bit where the scuba divers would light a red light under the water, simulating I guess blood in the water. Beyond those little bits, the cordoned off section was so jam packed with people, it was truly inner tube to inner tube in the lake. We made friends really fast, especially as we had to play telephone to pass drink orders back and forth from the dock. Overall, it was a really fun night and something that would be a great amount of fun to do with a group.
We are always on the lookout for new experiences. We will be getting tickets to Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and The Little Mermaid with the symphony this year. And we'll be looking for any new experiences and locations we can find. I'd love to find a William Castle showing that pulls all his old tricks. We've even talked about trying Independence Day on Independence Day at the Stunt Ranch Cinema with fireballs and fireworks at all the appropriate explosions. (Maybe next year).
Something fun. Something exciting. Something magical.
To the movies!
We bonded quickly over classic films and have sought out different experiences in movie presentation. We've watched them in 3-D (and believe it or not, one of the most impressive movies in 3D was Disney's original, hand-drawn Beauty and the Beast). We've gone to the drive-in (and love it). We've watched movies in classic movie houses like Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Egyptian, and the El Capitan. We've watched two movies in Cinerama on the Cinerama dome (How the West Was Won and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). We've done and miss the TCM Film Festival, where it was great to see great introductions and interviews before each showing. We've seen Psycho with the Dallas Symphony performing the score. And that doesn't even count the quote-alongs and movie parties at the Alamo Drafthouse (it's tough to top a pie fight busting out on Sixth Street with oncoming traffic after the Blazing Saddles quote-along).
Don't get me wrong, movies at home, on the couch are great, too. But there is something magical about seeing a movie on the big screen. As it was intended to be seen. In a shared communal experience. I cannot tell you what a difference this made for Casablanca.
This weekend, we celebrated our anniversary and Father's Day with another great movie experience. Jaws on the Water.
For this event, the Alamo Drafthouse rents out the Volente Beach water park on Lake Travis in Austin for the show. A pop-up screen is installed, visible only from the water. Meaning to watch Jaws, you have to be on your inner tube in the lake. No beach watching allowed. During the show, scuba divers are in the lake to goose you at appropriate times and there is a fireworks finale for the destruction of the Orca. Guests get to keep their inner tube and get access to the water park before the show.
The movie was fantastic, as always, and the experience of being in water definitely changes the viewing. They had the Amity signs up and a giant shark sand sculpture. There was also a tent sent up where you could get shark bite/attack body painting. My foot was grabbed once by the scuba divers and I had them surface right at my feet twice. Jamie's inner tube was bumped up twice, like a shark bumping into the boat. They had an added bit where the scuba divers would light a red light under the water, simulating I guess blood in the water. Beyond those little bits, the cordoned off section was so jam packed with people, it was truly inner tube to inner tube in the lake. We made friends really fast, especially as we had to play telephone to pass drink orders back and forth from the dock. Overall, it was a really fun night and something that would be a great amount of fun to do with a group.
We are always on the lookout for new experiences. We will be getting tickets to Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and The Little Mermaid with the symphony this year. And we'll be looking for any new experiences and locations we can find. I'd love to find a William Castle showing that pulls all his old tricks. We've even talked about trying Independence Day on Independence Day at the Stunt Ranch Cinema with fireballs and fireworks at all the appropriate explosions. (Maybe next year).
Something fun. Something exciting. Something magical.
To the movies!
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