WOW!!!

Ok, so the last post was in August. A lot has happened since then....I think! Let's see, the wife changed baby doctors, has to take a glucose tollerance test, I have been having my sugar crash when I play in my band, I am very close to getting some free money from my parents since I will have 60 college credits by Christmas, and a bunch of other things. One thing that has stayed the same is that the wife has started driving me nuts. She is in constant pain, and there is nothing I can do about it. The part that is really bad is that the doctor's don't know what is going on either. Oh, did I mention that she gets upset with me no matter what I do? Like, our heater is not working, and since my parents are the landlords, I told them that it's not working. The wife is now upset because they might come over today to look at it. It has been terribly cold, remember I HATE cold weather, and would like the heater to work right so we don't have to use the space heater. She's upset because she has not done any cleaning in the house in about 3 months. I have done more around the house than she has. Yes, I know that she is pregnant and everything, but come on, can't you take some time out to do something? I work all day...most days. Today, I am bored....I am running update queries all day to update a huge table that I have for a 10 year project. Oh, speaking of being with my company for that long, I have been looking around for a new job, and made the mistake of telling someone, and they went straight to my supervisor and told. Man, I hate people that snitch on people, specially when this person said the same thing that I said....I just didn't go running to their supervisor to tell on them. The company has been going through a huge transition. Mainly getting rid of people that are at or near retirement. Oh well. I have to go for now. Drop me a line if you ever get to read this.
Thanks
P4L

Band Issues

Ok, so many of you don't know that I am a guitarist for my church's praise team. If you are reading this as a friend from then you might want to skip this blog, it's about church and stuff. I have been having the issue since we got into our new building of being able to hear myself play. Well, let me start by say that for the size of the church, we have a HUGE band. We average about 50 to 100 people a week, and a have a praise team of 10 to 15 people, if everyone is there. I play the acoustic guitar, and think that I am ok at it. I am still trying to get better at it though. There are 2 other guitars, one being a 12 string, and the other an electric. Well, the main issue is that the building is smaller than the team. It is so small in fact that I am squished into a side aisle in front of the house speakers. This brings about a really bad situtation. All I hear is whomever is coming out of that side of the speakers. The really bad thing about it is that it is all of the musicians. I think I would say that I start about 50 to 75% of our songs, and play in close to 100% of them all the time. Well, common sense would be that if someone is the lead guitar, you put them in the front, and make sure that they can hear themself. Well, that is not the case here. I very rarely can hear myself because the 12-string guitar is up so loud. Everytime we come in, that guitar gets turned up louder. Oh, and he is the only guitar that I can hear, or at least was till this week, when I could hear the electric really well too. Sad issue is that everyone thinks I am going deaf, and have on more than one occasion said so to my wife. The worse part is that no one will stand where I stand and listen. Oh did I mention that I stand on the same side as the drummer, and bass player? Yup, that's right all musicians on one side of the church, and all the singers on the other, and that includes in the speakers as well. So now you have the issue of the lead guitar not being able to hear where the lead singer is going! Oh this is great!!! And what do I get told? Pretty much to suck it up and deal with it. Well, maybe I got through to the leader, and things will change. If push really comes to shove, I might just sit back, and watch them implode without me there. I'm always getting the leader upset since I've been taking off a lot recently. We will see

Holy Cow....I'm Gonna Be A Dad

Yes world, it is true. I, programming4life, will have a little head here on the earth in about 7 months to continue on in my footsteps of terrorizing the human race! I am still not sure how it happened, all I know is I was there for the event, I think!!! The baby is no bigger than a grain of rice at a whopping 4.6 mm long, and it has a heart rate of 120 bpm! I am a happy guy right now, but still nervous! There are so many things going on right now that I am not sure whether or not I am ready for this. Well, ready or not, here it comes. I am just hopeing for a boy. If it is a girl, watch out world 'cause I'll be armed. Already have plans to get a 9 mm handgun, and maybe a few other pieces to scare the tar out of any guy that wants to date her. Now the biggest arguement that the wife and I are having is about names. I want Michael Alexander if it is a boy, and she wants Joseph Michael. I guess I like exotic, not normal names, but won't be naming my kids like the Hollywood stars do! Once I can get the ultrasound pics off of my phone, I will post them.

Wow, has it been that long?

Ok, so it has been a long time since I last was here. Not by choice, even though I don't think I have any readers, but it is nice to get somethings off my chest. So here we go. Over the last month, the wife and I have really been struggling financially. I mean really struggling. We have currently pawned our wedding rings, and might end up losing them if I can't get the money soon, our digital camera, and my mp3 player, with about a week and a half left till we lose them as well. So I am kinda upset about the money situation. On top of that, I had pawned my guitar, which I use every Sunday at church, but the church paid for me to get it back. Well, now here it is, the weekend before a pay week, there is $10 in hand, nothing in the bank, and no sign of relief anywhere on the Horizon. Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The utility company, who just got allowed to start making the rates jump out of control, called, and are wanting money for the services provided. Well, we don't have it, and are looking at having the lights turned off. On top of that, my car insurance has been cancelled, and I am now driving without it. Couldn't pay two months in a row, and we are behind again on the car payment. To top all that off, my parents called, and are going to evict us from out apartment since we are behind, and my wife just announced last week that she is PREGNANT!!!! Yes world, it is time to terrorize you with a miniature version of me.
Now what am I gonna do? No money, possibly no car, or house, working full-time, and a full-time student. I am thinking of a second job, and she is trying to get a job for up till the baby is due. Lord only knows how far along she is. This is about the time that I am to start feeling hopeless right? I mean look around me, all the circumstances are showing me that nothing is going to get better, and that I am going to drowned in debt. Saying all this, I am reminded of what Paul wrote in the Bible, "For whatsoever state I am in, there I will be content!" Content? How am I to be CONTENT? Nothing seems to be going right. And then, I am reminded of another passage of Scripture that says, "I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor His seed begging for bread"
Some how, I know that God will provide for He is my Provider. I don't know where it will come from, but I have to do like the song says, "I walk, by Faith, each step by faith, to live, by faith, I'll put my trust in You!" Trusting in Him, it's the hardest thing that I have to do. Writing a program, or query is easy stuff compared to trusting in God. Some people say that it is impossible to trust in something that you can not see. But you don't see the wind do you? No, you see the affects of the wind.
So over everything that is going wrong, I have to trust that God is watching me, and looking out for me to make sure that everthing happens in His timing.

Back to Work

So after being off for 4 days, I came back to work on Monday with close to 400 emails through my various email folders. The worst part of all this is the fact that most of the emails were auto-replies to my Out of Office auto-reply! Isn't technology grand? So after sorting that mess out, I finally get to the good emails, you know the various requests that one might get that sound like this, "Can you write me a query getting x and y, but I have no clue what I really want?" Or my favorite is, "Can you download the information from this mainframe query to the PC level?" Of course, I am the only person that can accomplish this, as was proven to me by my super, who work "I can not access the required system." Of course they accessed the system every time they ran the reports in the morning, but did not possess the knowledge to accomplish the task. So know here I am three days after returning, all tasks completed, and I just received a new toy in the mail, and it is time to play with it. So I will talk to everyone later.

Vacation is Here

Today I started my vacation. This means that all I have to do is wake up at 11 and watch tv most of the day.
Today, I watched tv until about 1:30, and then went and worked on my aunt's computer until 4:30, and now I am sitting in class.
For the rest of the week, I really have nothing to do, and it feels great. Of course since my birthday is this week, I do have a double date with my parents, and we are talking about going to see hancock or wanted. I really can not wait till Thursday. Yes, I will be 26, and will be 1 year closer to getting old, but that is the price of being born!!!
Ah, vacation....isn't it great?!

Can it get any longer?

Today seems to be just dragging by. I guess that it doesn't help that most of the stuff that I do was required to be coded, tested and ready for use by Tuesday, which means that earlier this week, when the mainframe wasn't down, I did a ton of work. It also doesn't help that my cell phone, and main way to get Tweets is no longer working. Dang it, I knew that I forgot to do something....pay the darn cell bill. Hopefully, since I am currently broke, my friend, who owns the service, will pay it so that we can have all the fun in the world talking, texting, and sharing with others the crap that is going on in our lives. Speaking of crap, my parents are trying to bribe me to stay awat from their house tomorrow, essentially killing my 4th of July plans. All this because I have a small staph infection on my hip. Did I mention that I am an avid supporter of wearing clothes in public? That being said, I have no only a bandage over it, but clothes as well. I have also been on three different anti-biotics for 3 days, and when I first went to the doc's, they hooked me to an IV for a fourth anti-biotic! So please do not tell me that I am sick, and can not come over. Oh well, they said that they would fill me gas tank so that my wife and I could visit her family. How about this, just give me freakin' $200, and we'll call it a day. You know what sucks even more than being bribed not to hang out with family? I am off work all next week, and I can not do anything since I am broke. Oh, and not to mention that it will also be my birthday next Thursday, and I can not do anything for it. Oh and I am not going anywhere for vacation either. I better sleep pretty darn good all next week.
At the tone the time will be 3 o'clock.....bong!!!! One and a half more hours till I can leave.
Have a great 4th of July, and for those that are not having to work this weekend, and it will be at least three days before you return to work, be safe, and have a blast...not to mention drink a pint for me!