Week of 20260301 - Choir; Fast; Job Offer Accepted; Toastmasters; Quartet Rehearsals; Temple Recommend Interviews; Ping Pong; TV Headphones; Laptop Repair; Podcast Prep; Temple Sealings; 3rd-Floor Move
= Sunday, we were at church on time to greet folks. Quinn Millington asked to speak with me sometime this week about his information technology problem. We listened to testimonies. A few pieces: Our covenant relationship with God strengthens us to help us become what He wants us to become. We can't fix our grown kids, but we can love them and be their example. Families are eternal.
= We had scripture study. Quartet and Ward Choir rehearsal went well. Home, after salad and lasagna by Steph and a nap (for me), we went back to the chapel and rehearsed with the Stake Choir. Home again, I fixed squash and canned chicken. I cleaned up my calendar and shared it with Quinn.
= Monday, I picked up items at the Wetumpka Wal-Mart and from storage. Because we hadn't fasted this weekend, we prepared to fast from today to tomorrow. While we were eating in preparation for that, Quinn extended an invitation to us to meet with his team at 3:30.
= We met with Quinn's team, I was able to provide enough insights regarding what I was looking at and Steph impressed them so much that they decided to make us part-time employees. The Millingtons have helped us; our desire to help them turned into unexpected employment.
= See EMGsolutions.com. The company provides electrodiagnostic testing services (to evaluate the health of nerves and muscles) in multiple southern states as an adjunct to existing clinics. Steph will help with patient and provider scheduling and billing; I'll work to simplify analysis of billing and payment information from multiple systems and sources. God has been preparing me for some of the data manipulation that they need, at least to start with. And I have a good track record of learning new skills by doing.
= Home, I began copying data to the new laptop. Steph worked through the first couple of episodes of her podcast. Sound is OK for now, but lighting is still an issue.
= Tuesday, I refreshed some of my knowledge of PowerShell. Steph came up with Table Topics (opinion-based questions) for Toastmasters. We ended our fast at Wingers grill; we won't go there again. Then we went to Atlanta Highway Wal-Mart and replaced Steph's cheap phone that we had bought just before our mission.
= Home, the new laptop started to act up when I plugged in a mouse I had been using with the old laptop. I postulated a starting point for looking at billing data.
= Wednesday, I ordered for Wal-Mart pickup a device I thought would work for Steph to hear the TV while I'm asleep. Steph received a call where we exchanged specifics about her invitation to work for the company part-time. Both of us on the phone, we came up with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10-2; that later became 8-2.
= Steph worked on an actual, not introductory, episode for the podcast. Due to delays, she'll be guest and host this time. I rehearsed a quartet at Thayle Byington's with Ross Moore and Jim Garner. Raising the music a half step actually helped instead of hurt. Then I had a virtual temple recommend appointment via Teams. After that, I remained to play ping pong with Thayle for a bit. He's great at it; I'm not.
= Thursday, I brought the new laptop to ubreakifix, a local repair place backed by Asurion. I picked up items for Steph's birthday while I was out.
= Friday, I worked with PowerShell for a couple of hours and served a late breakfast of chopped peppers, canned tomatoes, and scrambled eggs on tortillas, with oatmeal on the side. Steph spotted me testing the listening device, an early birthday present.
= Steph looked at the fine print for this evening’s appointments: I had set us up to do sealings, not endowments! I turned to FamilySearch and printed information about relatives who had yet to be sealed to their parents. We were at the temple well in advance of the appointment and we enjoyed the experience even though we were tired.
= Saturday, I reviewed data manipulation tools freely available from Microsoft. I interacted with the YSA Conference team. At Steph's suggestion, I mentioned that picking an emphasis for the conference before hunting for a keynote speaker would work better than picking the speaker first; I summarized speaker sources.
= By 4:30, I was helping others move Kyle Ragland and family into our ward. What made this move more challenging than other moves is that the apartment was on the third floor. We handled this rather like a bucket brigade. Some of us moved items from the van to the stairwell, some to the next floor, and some to the floor above that. There were about a dozen of us; we finished by 5:30.
= Steph and I drove to Longhorn for birthday dinner, but the place was packed. So, we went to Blue Moon BBQ in EastChase for substantial meat without a substantial wait. Steph brought the remainder of her ribs home for later. She worked on the podcast all night and was still active at the computer when I woke up the next day.
Looks like a reference to a Batman movie to me.
Jesus=The Answer
Pray to Him.
www.getsaved.com
- The devil wielding a scythe indicating that he hopes to harvest you
- The admonition: GO TO CHURCH or the Devil will get you
Birthday meal :)
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