Work, plans, cleaning for the travelers

I worked on the internet at the church for most of the morning today so I could get more responsive connectivity to run a program that I have had trouble loading here at the house. It worked well there and I got to work the bugs out of the first page I created so now I have a better understanding of how the program should operate. I believe it will help me move forward in my little business; which has proven more difficult than I originally thought it would be. I am at the point on the learning curve that I can look at the work involved and say, “It’s not that bad.” That is a long way from’ “I have no idea what they are talking about.” That is encouraging.

Before I went to the church I went to see Randy Bowker, our financial planner. I needed his help in getting my thoughts together concerning the next eighteen months. We only met for about twenty minutes but it was a very helpful meeting. He agreed with me that selling the farm at this point would not benefit us enough to make the sacrifice and that I can make up the shortfall in income through taking money out of our 401k. That will allow me to keep the payments current through next year. If a better job does not show up within the next twelve months, we will regroup and set a new plan. But he also let me know that he has forwarded my resume to a couple interested individuals in the past week. That too, is encouraging.

When I got back to the house after spending the day at the church I had gotten an email from Amazon requesting that I set up an interview for tomorrow. I did not know if this was an orientation or an actual interview. I had to go over the last couple of days to sort out the emails from Amazon to determine if the one I got today was actually asking for an appointment tomorrow or if I was getting confused about the other “come join our team” emails I have been inundated with. It turns out that the request is to meet them tomorrow to interview. I even got to present my resume after a fashion; also encouraging.

Mama got her first paycheck today. She enjoyed that. It is the first money either of us has earned since I left Big Lee’s in March. She was also excited that she had gotten all the folders used for the progress reports for each of the subjects for each of the students sorted, filled out and categorized. Bro Burns, the associate pastor in charge of the school, was relieved to have it all set up for the year.

We are slowly cleaning and decorating the house expecting the kids to arrive tomorrow. Mama got a scare this morning when she was told that the car Cori and Nate are driving here was having problems, but it seems that the problem worked itself out. Perhaps when they are here either Grandpa or Norman can evaluate the issue and correct it - if that still needs to be done. Meanwhile, we are doing bits and pieces to get ready for the fun ahead. This will be the first meeting that Nate and Cori have traveled overnight to attend since coming back from their time at BIMI. The first of many.

Pray for Maggie she has some ongoing physical problems that are affecting her ability to keep up with the kids. It is putting a strain on both her and Aaron.

Pray it is not serious and being overlooked.