Chase, new mommy and daddy, building updates

Last week when Mama and I were in Amarillo Chase called Mama to tell her that he had an interview scheduled with a major law firm in Amarillo for an internal IT position. They had found his application on Monster.com and seemed to be very interested. It was on a Wednesday evening after he got off work.

He made the interview and was told by the person conducting the interview that she was very impressed by the way he handled himself during the interview and what his apparent skill level was in computer repair. At the close of the interview she remarked that she was not going to ask how old he was but would rather push his resume through to the managers she was consulting for.

He was supposed to get a call on Friday to let him know the outcome of the firm’s decision but he was out it most of the day due to the lingering effects of the anesthesia used during the extraction of his wisdom teeth. The call did not come on Friday but it did on Tuesday. He was offered the job and they wanted him to start ASAP. I do not know what he worked out with the managers at Sprint, but I do know he was excited about the job. (Now if I can meet the guy who took that interview for him.)

I know Mama has talked at length with Maggie and but I am not sure if they are home or still in the hospital. At any rate they should be going home today if they are not already there. There are some tensions between the two mothers (Catheryn’s and Aaron’s) but that is normal and will resolve itself in short order. The new daddy is very pleased with his newly acquired additional responsibilities.

One of the chief duties he has taken on early in the accomplishment of those paternal duties is to help Maggie wake up so she can feed Cathryn. Those of you who were raised with Maggie realize what a Herculean effort that can be at times. I am sure mother and daughter will get it all worked out but for the moment, daddy’s help is greatly appreciated on Cathryn’s part.

Mama and I went to Lowe’s before church last night to get some odds and ends for the coming weekend of work. Earlier in the day I had gone pick up grout for the small tile job required in the shower and found there were more than a dozen colors to choose from. Being the wise husband that I am becoming, I took Mama to the store to make that selection.

We looked at different tile to fill the unfinished space at the top of the shower but did not come to any conclusions on which would work best – based on both color and size. We will table that one for the moment since I have enough to do over the next couple weeks.

I do hope to make some good headway on both the kitchen and the bedroom closet this weekend. Those two items are crucial to getting the apartment to the point where we can move in to it. All the other little punch list items – mostly trim – can be done over time as we occupy the space. Mama at least has the confidence that I will continue to work at the little things until all of them are done.

There is the expectation of rain this weekend. We are all praying it will come in abundance.