So this is a picture that my mom dug up. Believe it or not, it's not me. It's actually a picture of my Grandfather (my mom's dad). I guess we finally figured out where i get my figure from...
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Random Thoughts From a Random Guy
Well, we haven’t really given many real updates lately – just mostly pictures. It’s probably about time we did. The last while has been a real rollercoaster. Ever since Christmas we’ve been pretty stressed with the idea of joblessness, moving and caring for Solei. We’ve all had good and bad days. Things are finally starting to brighten up a little.
We have very mixed feelings about leaving. It seemed that just when we were feeling comfortable with things and getting settled in things were turned completely upside-down. I suppose that is how we grow in life, defeating one challenge after another. It seems now that we are moving on. We will definitely miss all the people who have touched our lives here. We love our friends here so much. They have done so much to bless our lives. We thought that we’d be the people helping others here, but it turns out it’s the other way around. There are things that we will be glad to get back to: A house that is not overrun with ants, the ability to flush the TP, cars, TV, cheddar cheese, Taco Bell, a functioning phone, A/C (I know it’s winter, but we are turning ours on anyway), the pre-packaged food Americans are so accustomed to, not being able to hear our neighbors sneeze (no joke), cinnamon rolls, root beer, fast food, a “high speed” connection higher than 1Mb/s. I went out for visits with the missionaries from my church last night and someone said I must be happy to be leaving. I replied, “life would be perfect if we could bring all our friends back with us.” I think that’s exactly how we feel.
I’ve had a lot of great leads and bites on my resume. There apparently are a lot of companies out there looking for people with my similar qualifications. I had good interviews, but in the end, most opportunities didn’t work out as well as I’d hoped. This weekend I’ll be traveling to Atlanta for a quick day with a company (Monday) that produces hi-tech toys for kids ages 8-12. They look like a fun company. Most of the executives have a toy or cartoon background, which could make it a lot of fun to work with them. Their office is just literally down the street from my parent’s house as well. From their house it would be a 5 min commute. From ours, however, it’d be closer to an hour. If things work out, we’d probably end up moving somewhere closer (assuming our house sells). My biggest concern about the interview is leaving Reva and Solei here by themselves. I certainly will miss them a lot, but am scared for them to be here by themselves. The ladies of the ward are falling all over themselves (as normal) to help us and actually will be staying with the two of them round the clock, but I won’t be close to help and I worry about that.
On a totally different subject:
So, I’ve noticed recently that I keep getting older. I turned 30 last year and really haven’t felt my age that much at all. In the last little bit I have been startled at how thin my hair is getting. I’m also learning about ear hair. Thankfully I don’t have visible hairs growing out of my ears like an “old” person, but they are sprouting. And something you wouldn’t imagine is that they are really irritating. Hairs help you feel things and I really haven’t seen a need to feel my ears all the time. I’ve got to figure out how to shave them or something. Also, I found my very first grey/white hair a little while ago. Unfortunately, it wasn’t growing where you’d think you’d find white hair. NO, my first white hair was found sticking out of my nose- very prominently. Needless to say, that has been taken care of. More than you cared to know!
Well, that’s about all for now. We are looking forward to changes and opportunities. We appreciate all the prayers and positive thoughts that are coming our way!
We have very mixed feelings about leaving. It seemed that just when we were feeling comfortable with things and getting settled in things were turned completely upside-down. I suppose that is how we grow in life, defeating one challenge after another. It seems now that we are moving on. We will definitely miss all the people who have touched our lives here. We love our friends here so much. They have done so much to bless our lives. We thought that we’d be the people helping others here, but it turns out it’s the other way around. There are things that we will be glad to get back to: A house that is not overrun with ants, the ability to flush the TP, cars, TV, cheddar cheese, Taco Bell, a functioning phone, A/C (I know it’s winter, but we are turning ours on anyway), the pre-packaged food Americans are so accustomed to, not being able to hear our neighbors sneeze (no joke), cinnamon rolls, root beer, fast food, a “high speed” connection higher than 1Mb/s. I went out for visits with the missionaries from my church last night and someone said I must be happy to be leaving. I replied, “life would be perfect if we could bring all our friends back with us.” I think that’s exactly how we feel.
I’ve had a lot of great leads and bites on my resume. There apparently are a lot of companies out there looking for people with my similar qualifications. I had good interviews, but in the end, most opportunities didn’t work out as well as I’d hoped. This weekend I’ll be traveling to Atlanta for a quick day with a company (Monday) that produces hi-tech toys for kids ages 8-12. They look like a fun company. Most of the executives have a toy or cartoon background, which could make it a lot of fun to work with them. Their office is just literally down the street from my parent’s house as well. From their house it would be a 5 min commute. From ours, however, it’d be closer to an hour. If things work out, we’d probably end up moving somewhere closer (assuming our house sells). My biggest concern about the interview is leaving Reva and Solei here by themselves. I certainly will miss them a lot, but am scared for them to be here by themselves. The ladies of the ward are falling all over themselves (as normal) to help us and actually will be staying with the two of them round the clock, but I won’t be close to help and I worry about that.
On a totally different subject:
So, I’ve noticed recently that I keep getting older. I turned 30 last year and really haven’t felt my age that much at all. In the last little bit I have been startled at how thin my hair is getting. I’m also learning about ear hair. Thankfully I don’t have visible hairs growing out of my ears like an “old” person, but they are sprouting. And something you wouldn’t imagine is that they are really irritating. Hairs help you feel things and I really haven’t seen a need to feel my ears all the time. I’ve got to figure out how to shave them or something. Also, I found my very first grey/white hair a little while ago. Unfortunately, it wasn’t growing where you’d think you’d find white hair. NO, my first white hair was found sticking out of my nose- very prominently. Needless to say, that has been taken care of. More than you cared to know!
Well, that’s about all for now. We are looking forward to changes and opportunities. We appreciate all the prayers and positive thoughts that are coming our way!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Cute pics of our kid
We pretty much have the cutest baby ever and here's proof:
As a note or update on our lives, I had a few really good interviews with a toy company located in Marietta this week. They were so good that they wanted to fly me to Mexico City to meet the CEO (he was planning a trip there) so they could get the green light on an offer to me. Instead they are flying me to Atlanta this coming weekend for a series of interviews on Monday. Reva will be here in Brazil alone with Solei, so if you want to write her write either on Sat, Sun or Mon. That and pray for us! If all goes well, i'll leave my job here on the 9th of March and start in Atlanta 3 days later!
But seriously, isn't our kid cute!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Google???
So, if you use blogger, you may or may not have just found out that it was assimilated into Google recently. Seeing that every website will eventually be a google site, I've decided that it might be best to just sell myself to google in one fail swoop. I figure with everything on the internet belonging to them and the amount of time I spend on the internets, why not? It'll eventually all be theirs anyway and I'll end up their slave. Might aswell get something out of it now...
We are getting ready to pack up and leave Brazil. We've let the cat out of the bag at church- and I will tell my boss tomorrow as well. It's starting to sink in for everyone here. Our friends are quite disappointed (as are we). It seems like we were finally getting to the point where we were comfortable and having a good time. We are kind of disappointed. The added frustration of not knowing what we are going to do with ourselves complicates the matter even more. Since we have a house and family in Atlanta, it seemed like the best place for us. This week reality set in that we will never be able to just step back into our old lives. Things have changed and won't be the same if we go back. While this is very disappointing and frustrating, in a way it opens a lot more doors. We just don't know where our door is or where it leads.
Update on Solei: She's moved passed laying down and even sitting and now refuses to do anything but stand. She can even stand for a few seconds on her own with a chair to hold onto. The balance isn't even close to there, but she is very strong. She's also still growing like a weed!
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