In response to an "anonymous" comment from my last post:

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:4-7

I'm Back

Last night I went to eat at Kabuki. For those of you who don't know, its a Japanese style restaurant, much like Benihana's. Well, at my table there was my friend, a young couple, and a young family of four. Throughout the dinner there was little conversation, but eventually everyone warmed up to each other and conversed amongst each other. Well the father of the family of four was talking to the young couple and found out that this guy had recently returned home from fighting the war in Iraq and talked about his future plans. I didn't hear everything that was said, but I guess that they talked about how he was going to try and get his degree. As the dinner progressed nothing much more was said, probably because of everyone was enjoying the food. But, when it came time for our checks the father called the waitress over to him and he told her something. It turns out that this man and his family wanted to express their thanks to this young man and his date for his service and sacrifice to our country by doing something as little as paying for his dinner. WOW. Now, their dinner probably would have cost the couple somewhere around 50. I didn't really realized what was going on until the young man expressed his thanks for the fathers act of kindness.

My whole reason for telling you about this is to help us all remind ourselves that there are young men and women fighting a very vicious war over there and that we should help out these hero's as much as we possible can. I don't know if you have friends or family over there, but the odds are against you to not have at least some one you know. I only have one. Recently his mother sent out an email that was eerily disturbing to me. I won't go into detail about it,but, please remember that these service men and women need all the help that they can get. Please remember to pray for them, for their enemy, our leaders, and our country. And don't forget to remember how blessed we truly are.


In other news, and completely changing the subject....
Last night was my first time to eat at Kabuki in three years. Man, its good.

Oh, and I like my new job...just won't go into detail on the web about it.

Y'all have a good weekend!

Well I thought I would have a lot to write about today, but now it seems like I really don't have too much to say right now. Anyways, today is my last day of work and its really hitting me right now how much I have really enjoyed working for this company. When I started five and a half years ago, I was just a young punk. I was a freshman in college and was just happy to have a job. But, soon after I started I began to realize just how happy I was doing what I was doing. I got to drive around all day and see brand new areas of this city that I had never seen before. I got to meet all new people at banks and began relationships with them. But the best thing was the people that I got to work with everyday. My former boss, Steve, is one of the nicest men I have ever know and I am so thankful that I got to work with him. But everyone that I work with are some of the best people around. They really enjoy giving me a hard time and I actually think that I will miss that. My current boss (for one more hour or so) is also a great man. He has been very good to me and always has kept me laughing and enjoying this job. The entire company has always allowed me to take care of my doctors appointments and been so supportive of helping me deal with my disease. Its funny how small of a world this is. One of my coworkers has known me since I was a baby and another has known me since she was our full-time sub in first grade. All of the people in this office are hard workers and good people and I am so thankful that I have been blessed with a good group of people who have given me an example of how to be successful in life. Although I am going to miss this job, I look forward to a whole new experience with a new company. Here I come!

I'm Retiring!

After tomorrow, I'll will no longer be employed at the office that I have been working for nearly five and half years. It will be a sad day, but also closure to another chapter in my life. Not only closure, but also a new beginning starting next Monday with my new company. I plan on writing about it while at work tomorrow, so more later.