Bless Me

More news. There's always more news! Lately it comes in waves and torrents like the surf crashing into me as I try to come up for air. So...

Turns out the Company had my last medical papers all screwed up and employee A didn't get them to Employee B, and Employee C thought she had all the ducks in a row and told me so. By the time I actually talked to someone on the phone there last Friday it was too late to get it fixed and me into the group that is departing this week. So Monday morning I made sure all the correct papers were in the correct hands and VIOLA! Just like that, I got my official invite to OPC Class starting Sept 12.

So, two more weeks of waiting. I think I am just going to stay here in Salem though and ask the company to fly me to Reno from PDX. The really cool thing is that I will be in the air on Sunday morning...9-11-11. Yeah, isn't that just awesome!? I hope something big cooks off and they have to ground all US air traffic and my plane sets down in Saskatchewan or some cool place like that! I've been to all the other cool places already...

In other news, my Corvette sold finally. I didn't get as much for it as I'd hoped but right now anything will suffice. So I will have some money now to pay off some bills and carry bug-out cash with me into the desert in case I have to bribe an official or pay my way out of radical Muslim slavery. I feel like the sale of the car signifies an end to an era. I loved that car but know it's just that...a car. I will buy another one someday if the need strikes me I guess. Or maybe just buy a bike and live in China and ride it among the masses as Robobike!

And the best news of the year came today too. Courtney and Carl are having a girl! I knew it, I knew, I knew it! The needle test is debunked once and for all and the grandpa theory stands as the only real proof of knowledge in the universe! I am so happy at the news of adding a little girl to our family. The implications are endless and I don't think the kids know just how different their lives are going to be now. I so love the fact that a girl will usher in some much needed balance to their lives. Carl will finally have to learn patience and find his softer side. What he doesn't know is that it's been there all along and now God is going to make it apparent to him. Caden is going to get to nurture his natural sibling protectiveness for a little sister that will always hold a place in his heart that he is now blessed to have. And Courtney will see just what kind of woman she really is, or is meant to be. I know she has always doubted and questioned her own instincts as a woman. But she is finally going to see that she truly is a natural born mother and nurturing a daughter will come as easy to her as a boy has. Ahh...they are so blessed and fortunate to have this news and someday I hope they'll realize just how this little angel has affected all of our lives.

Today, at this very moment, I feel the presence of God on my shoulder. He comforts me and reminds me that he's never as far away as I think. I am a blessed man, despite the dark places my mind goes to fight the demons who live there. Today, as with every other day, All Is Well.

-JF