Somehow life gets even busier

Whew! Things are definitely getting crazier and busier around here. Just when I finish working on my several weeks long project at work (not including the side trip to Georgia for a week) things have really ramped up. We are getting busier and busier at work and to top it off, the week of the 25th I am going to Nashville, Tennessee for MORE training.

This training was actually voluntary, but it will be beneficial to both me and the facility in the end. I am going to take a class so that I can be a certified driver trainer for our facility. That way when we have a good applicant come in this Christmas, I can train them myself rather than having to send them to another city in the region for training. Plus, fewer than 10% of our managers company wide have this training, so that is just something else that I can put on my resume to make it even more appealing. :-)

I am working an average of 14 hours a day right now. I can't complain though. I am blessed. I can truly say that I love my job. I feel both challenged and fulfilled. Very few people can say that. I am really starting to learn a lot from Nate and Roy. Roy is our manager and Nate is my 'co-worker' but he is really the one who is teaching me a whole lot. He's a good guy and we are forming a pretty good friendship. He's mentioned that he doesn't go to church like he should, and never really has. I am hoping and praying for the right opportunity to come along soon to invite him to come along with me. Please keep that in your prayers...that would be awesome.

Here's a funny story..I know...this particular post is more random than most..but hey, I am a random guy. Anyway, Roy told me last week that Kara (his 2 year old daughter) was VERY upset with me. I asked why and he told me that his wife and daughter came up to the building to see "Daddy, Nate and Gweb" and "Gweb" wasn't there! He said she went to my office and called my name several times and finally asked "Daddy...where is Mistah Gweb"? Hehe...how cute..she is an adorable little girl.

There have been numerous adventures in my family lately. My 16 year old nephew wrecked and totaled his car...as most 16-17 years olds eventually do. Then, my 13 year old niece got a black eye at school. She got told on for passing a note in class, and punched the boy who told on her. He swatted her back, in the arm and she punched him back (again) so he cold-cocked her. Kids! On top of that, my brother in law interviewed for a new job. He has been at his current job for around 20-25 years but the company is in fluxuation right now so he doesn't feel that his job is really secure. I think that the new job, if offered, would be a lot less pressure for more money actually. The main concern is that it appears to be a mostly 'desk job' and he is definitely not an all day desk type. He likes to get up and get around and his current job allows him to do that due to the nature of the work. So please keep that in your prayers.

The last thing I will mention today is a little request for ideas. As you can imagine, FedEx will be incredibly busy from November to the end of December. We have already decided that no one can have the weekend after Thanksgiving off. We have several college students on our crew who have family a ways off. So what I am thinking is since I won't be able to go home for Thanksgiving, maybe I could have a small Thanksgiving dinner at my apartment for those guys especially, but for whoever decides to come over. Now I live in a one bedroom apartment, so the question is...do I have everyone bring something? Maybe go grab a ready made dinner? Make the dinner myself? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

I hope that you are all doing well. Hope to hear from ya soon!

God Bless!