This week’s white board quip is in recognition of my wife’s new job. She started this morning. Short text messages, sent on the sly, have been coming in all morning. Things like, “Perk! Deli *in* the building!”

I think she’s happy.

Imagine the amount of self control required to work at a bubble wrap factory.

I couldn’t do it. No way.

And, no. Tammy does not work in a bubble wrap factory.

To update the previous post: Tammy got a job…

What?

From her first interview…

WHAT?

So, basically, she was unemployed for three days.

WHAT?!

Her unemployment paperwork arrived in the mail the same day she got her new job offer.

WHAAAT??!!

Yeah. I know. She’s that amazing. Now, we look forward to seeing what adventures this new job holds!!

Good job, Tammy. You rock!

First, this week’s white board quip:

The wages of sin are death, and the benefits package sucks too!

Ha ha! Get it? Because… like… a job. Haa… yep. Moving on.

My wonder wife, Tammy, finds herself in an uncomfortable position today. After 10 years working in the same building (off and on… it’s complicated), last week she found that building locked and dark. That place is done. Stick a fork in it. Shut down. Closed up. Space for rent.

I can’t imagine going to an interview for the first time in 10 years. The nerves mixed with excitement. The concern at watching the time stretch between the last paycheck and the first. The huge, dark, yawning chasm that is “the unknown!”

Thankfully, I still have an awesome job. (Best employer EVER! And I’m not just saying that in case my boss reads this. Oooh. Does my boss read this blog?! Yikes.) Financially, we’re going to be ok. And, thankfully, Tammy is awesome. She had her resume warmed up and sailing across the internet within hours. In fact, she has an interview today!

But beyond a comfortable savings account and good work ethic, the best thing we have is our faith in God. The coolest thing about real, true, tested faith is that you find comfort in that huge, dark, yawning chasm. Yes, it’s unknown, but unknown isn’t bad. In fact, it’s kind of exciting.

Tammy and I have ridden out some pretty tough “adventures” in our 14.5 years and that’s not to mention those that we each had in our own lives before that. And, for each one there came a day (usually MUCH after the fact) when I would suddenly see, with perfect hind-sight, how God took all those broken pieces, swirling in a cloud of apparent chaos, and put each piece exactly where it needed to be. And every time that day comes, I’m blown away.

I don’t look into the dark unknown with fear. I smile, looking forward to the day when I get to look back on it and see the perfect plan that God had all along.

Now THAT is a great benefits package!!

FAIL! (via PleatedJeans)

I tried to post this on Facebook, but for some ridiculous reason, Facebook can’t display animated gifs. C’mon, man. GeoCities had that figured out in 1994… 20 years ago!

And it’s called “Cookies.”

Feeling a little weird today. Not like weird weird. That’d be normal… for me.

I’m not myself today. Maybe I’m you.

The Slow and the Irritated
Olympus Might Fall
The Okay Gatsby
Afternoon of the Living Dead
The Supper Club
Drafting Private Ryan
Snakes Near An Airport
A Larva’s Life
The Princess Girlfriend
Bill & Ted’s Uneventful Middle School
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along LiveJournal
Willy Wonka & The Small Business Loan
The Lion, the Witch and the Trip to Ikea
The “Meh, I Could Eat” Games
Planet of the Humans
Batman: The Double Funeral
Indiana Jones and the Penultimate Crusade
The Moderately Fast and the Not Feeling Well At All
Harry Potter and the 11 Years of Child Abuse
Stands Awkwardly on the Edge of the Dance Floor with Wolves
Star Disagreements

This is not mine. But it’s at least as awesome as my videos wish they were when they dream beautiful dreams.

Hey, everybody! Great news! I’m feeling better. It’s a new year. Time to shake off the grumpies (from that last post) and get something done!

C’mon, Steve. We’ve got a diem to carpe!
-Flint Lockwood