Word came trickling through in small bits yesterday as the layoffs
were carried out in the office in Houston. A friend of mine spent the better
part of the day watching people go offline in our Instant Messaging system.
That is a truly sad way to pass eight hours. On the flip side one of my office
buddies got some very strong hints that his position will survive the layoffs.
He is scheduled for “rebuilding” meetings in Houston the last week of the
month. He was encouraged.
Yesterday afternoon the pastor came by my office to give me the
rest of the two by fours I had left for him when Mama and I collected the ones
we got Saturday evening. He had mentioned that he was also going to build a
coop so I did not want to take all the materials, but he told me his plans
could wait – and probably would. With that addition of materials I have a very
good start on what I need for the walls. I have only to get the materials for
the floor in order put up the walls. I am working through that right now.
I talked to Daniel Wycoff last night at FBI to see if he was
available to meet me at Lowe’s Thursday morning to help me load some plywood
(for the floor of the coop) but I have not gotten peace about spending the cash
to buy the plywood. It is the next step but I am not sure how to take it with
the abrupt halting of income that I face next week. When there is no money
coming in to replace what is being spent I have to choose very carefully. (The lord
is bringing up some very old memories of how Mama and I did this many years
ago; hard lessons I will have to relearn.)
Mama and Victoria were complaining about being cold while we
were listening to the DVD for FBI so during the second break – about 8:30 – they
started to play a little volleyball. We only have eight minute breaks but for the
next hour they we trying to get cooled down. It was pretty humorous to watch.
We are all thoroughly enjoying the Biblical exposition we are getting through
the coursework.
Lately we have been dipping into the 50’s during the nights.
Mama is still a little worried about her little chickens that we were forced to
put outside in the tiny chicken house, but so far they have done well. The dogs
love the evening and nighttime temperatures. Every evening around dark they are
ready to play and every morning they run circles in the yard just for the fun
of it. It will soon be colder and wetter so we are enjoying this while we can.
The days at work are very long. There is very little to do
so I busy myself with homework for FBI, getting ahead on the music schedule for church
and using the internet. I am wrestling with the issue of losing all connectivity
to the internet when I return my company furnished Hot Spot, but I know we will
work something out. It is a major drag to have to retool so many areas of our
daily life in response to the loss of my job –and all the company has provided
for us. But it is unavoidable at this point.
I will be taking off Thursday and Friday again this week;
just to burn through some more vacation - but there is little joy in it. I was
talking with Mama yesterday about how to continue this blog without home access
to the internet and I have not come up with a solution for that yet.
That, like many of the changes coming to our lives, is a
work in progress.
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