Unemployment

So this is unemployment. Hmm...not as bad as i thought it would be, but also comes with it's own set of questions and stressors.

The past two weeks have been rather busy - to be honest. Family matters have taken most of the time and energy and not much time has been spent relaxing and regrouping - i need to change that right quick.

Flyers are in the Stanley Cup - now that is exciting!!

One more week

Next week at this time, i'll have one more day of work and then headed into the happy, but unpredictable land of unemployment.

It's bittersweet for me because i do love working with the faculty and tolerate the students...but the administration and the direction this place is taking is something i'll be glad to leave. Bittersweet.

i also have some totally awesome co-workers and they will be missed....and i'm SCARED...scared, i tell you about the whole financial aspect...wowza..i wasn't until my mortgage doubled. Not sure how i'm gonna make it. Trying to dig down deep where i have the reserve of faith and trust that God WILL provide...and i know He's able...just is a scary place to be right now...

Six more weeks

In six weeks (or 30 business days) i will join the unemployed masses. my position is being 'dissolved' in a strange and wacky restructuring that my place of employment seems to need to do.

i've wanted to leave here for two years but was afraid to 'go out there' where there are no jobs. However, the choice is no longer mine.

Somehow it's all terribly, terribly freeing.

Why???

i'm not one who typically questions too much what happens in nature. Wildfires, earthquakes, storms,etc are just part of the cycle of the world. It happens and that's just that. i have no problem with it ....usually.



i'm having a small problem understanding why right now. Why Haiti? Yes, i know that their government is terribly corrupt..but so is the government of every country. And now Chile.



i'm not questioning that God exists or that He cares about people in a true and personal way - i'm just so sad and wondering why.



And also....which country is 'next'





Guess this kind of things will keep my prayer life alive and vibrant!

Love

For the record, i just love snow.

Climate-Gate

SO....how interesting is it to continue to read about the 'scandal' of hidden/tampered with data that previously fueled all the Global Warming craziness.

i remember some time ago a local meteorologist stated that the GW bit was really a ruse to get the public all stirred up. He totally believed that if one would study weather patterns, one would see that the earth typically goes in cycles and that warming is part of the cycle, as is cold. And he did believe that we need to care for the earth but not in the way that was being fed to us by the drive-by media.

When i now read how scientists screwed up and hid true facts and tampered with evidence - so that it would prove what they wanted it to - first of all, i think the should be taken out back and shot-their 'data' has cost the general public millions of dollars, but i also think that the general public needs to be more careful and less gullible. Don't just drink the cool aid...do some research and figure things out for yourself.

Interesting idea, no?

Haiti

i have found that if i try to understand and view all that has happened in Haiti in the past three weeks, i feel completely overwhelmed. Completely. Our donations, while needed, are such a drop in the bucket to help that country and the devestation is so complete--the number of amputees alone is staggering and makes one feel very small.

But i have found a blog that has helped me focus on one small organization and one couple and one clinic and that has helped me - given me knowledge, yet held off the nightmares.

i'm going to post the blog address here with one condition. The people who write the blog are American missionaries who have lived in Haiti for a long time. They believe in God. So if you are opposed to either of those things - DO NOT READ IT. Move on and find one that will suit you. But do not leave comments or remarks on their blog that tries to debate what they do or how they operate with their views on God. They have been through hell and back and to be petty and trite is not appreciated.

If you are interested in reading this and even if you disagree - and know how to be a responsible, respectful adult - please do read it....you will get a picture of what is going on and how to donate/pray/help.

http://www.livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/

Thanks.