Struggling to stay awake

Today has been a long day. I started working at 11PM on Thursday night and didn't get off work until about 4:30PM Friday. To top it off I got just under 5 hours sleep and was back at work for 11PM again tonight. Things are also starting to change again here. They have told us that we can't bring laptops to gate 1 anymore, which means I am stuck using this outdated computer. It still has 128MB of RAM!!! It also just has a cd-player, not a burner, not a combo drive, a CD-PLAYER!!! The main reason I would bring my fiance's laptop was so that I could more effectively do the things I needed to do, including help plan for our wedding. I am glad that I was able to finish the database for our guest list. Without the laptop, it would have taken about 2 nights to get that done, because this comp also only has a 10 gig hardrive that is mostly full of programs that we don't need up here. All we really need is CMDS (the school's record program), Internet, and Office, as well as the support stuff like virus scan and an ad-blocker program. Instead they have SPSS which is taking up 1/4th of the hardrive, and it is a pyschology stats program. I have asked that it be taken off the comp to free up space, but the person I had to ask, knows way too little about cpus. Oh well, I guess I just have to try harder to get myself a church and get out of here before things really go down hill. Oh did I mention that Virginia is rumored to be getting rid of First Responder from the EMS program. LUPD wants us all to go through EMT training, which I guess I should do, but the thing is that everyone else (other companies) pay far greater than LUPD does for EMT's. Maybe I will get the training and then jump ship like everyone else does. I would atleast get a great pay raise. I would lose the free schooling, but I guess I could live with that. If we get the raise that has been talked about, it may be better to stick around, but I am not sure what I really want to do concerning the department. I really want to be at a church and not here anymore, especially with the extremely lazy group of people I work with. Not that I don't occasionally slack off a little, but there are some that don't know what an honest day (or night) of work is. Last night, one of the guys was off duty and came in with an Xbox and several of the officers were in there hanging out and playing games all night leaving the work to those that were essentially in stationary locations. They weren't even in an area that they are supposed to be in. Anyways, enough ranting for tonight, I guess I have just had a rough day, but I think I will be upset about some of these things for a while. Oh well, talk to you all later.

Clean bill of health...

I had a doctor's appointment this past Tuesday and I have been given the ok to return to full duty. This means that I get to go back out into the field and in turn also means that when overtime comes up, I actually hear about it in time to sign up. I got lucky for this week, because I found out about overtime that esentially causes me to be working a double tonight. Actually it will end up being 17 hours give or take a few minutes. I really need to get as much overtime as I can especially with the planning of a wedding and the fact that while I was on workman's comp, I wasn't getting anywhere close to what I normally make every 2 weeks and have therefore fallen behind about a month on rent. I am catching up quick, but I need to get consistent overtime (or the raise that the cheif is putting in for) to get myself caught up and back on top of things. Just keep me in prayer concerning all that and also keep Jewell in prayer, she has had a really stressful couple of weeks. Even though she is done with most of her schooling, she still has her thesis to work on and with planning the wedding and searching for a full-time job, things are really getting to be quite tiresome. We both need rest and help financially, so please keep praying for us both.

A date is finally set...

That's right, Jewell and I have set a date for our wedding. The date is June 23, 2007!!! I know we have set dates before, but this one is going to happen. You can check out the site linked to this post to see more about it and to keep updated from time to time as we continue planning things out so the day goes as perfect as it can. Jewell will be finished with grad school and although I may not be yet, I will be close considering I only need to take 30 hours and will have more than half done by next summer. Well, I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on. There will be more to come both here and at the other site!!!

Congrats to Jewell...

Well, the spring semester is now over and Jewell is finally finished with most of her school work. The only thing she has left to finish is her thesis. It has been a long semester for both of us, with her trying to finish up grad school and me breaking my ankle, things have been pretty busy. Through this time though, I think we have grown even closer together. I can't wait until we are married, which at this time is looking like next summer. Her parents aren't wanting that though, they want to send her overseas to England next summer, but they want her to go alone and not to be married. Actually I don't think they want us ever to get married, which I can respect their opinion, but I know that we will still get married. I would prefer for them to be behind us, but I know that God is in the center of our relationship and that we are meant to be together. I just pray that they will come to realize it someday. Well, I started out to congradgulate Jewell, and here I am rambling about our future. So, Jewell, I want you to know that I love you and that I am proud of all you have accomplished. I will continue to help you get your thesis done, and plan to always be there for you whenever you need me. You are my life and my soulmate and I look forward to spending the rest of my life you!

Going back to school!!!

Well, It is official! I am going back to school starting this summer. I will be taking the new MA in Student Ministries. The only problem I am facing so far is that the status sheets aren't available until June 1st and the Advanced standing ends June 1st. I have several classes (17 hrs) that can transfer in if I process it before hand, the problem is I can only use 15 of them and since I don't know what I need, I don't know what I should get to transfer in from undergrad!?! I hope I can get this figured out soon.