Sheesh.

It's been a long time. Nearly five months, to be exact. Really to be approximate, but who's counting? My mom asked me last night when she called to wish me a happy birthday (28 btw, more on that later) if I've been writing in my blog lately. I said I haven't in quite some time, but that I probably should. I'm a pretty creative person, or at least I used to be/think I was. I've had a lot on my mind the past few months. It's pretty well known that Jennifer and myself have been looking for other work for quite awhile, with little avail. There was a stint where Jen worked with me at my job (Cobb Chiropractic), and is now working on her portfolio. Pray for her in this time, more than you would for me, because that is far more stressful than tweaking a resume. But anyway...it's not very often I get to just sit down and think about what I've learned about life and where I'm at. I do, but it's in a more progressive mind-frame, whereas I do need rest and reflection from time to time. I was given a raise today and a promotion, but I wasn't excited about it, I more or less thought of what I'd rather be doing. While I'm 'happy' I am given more financially, it doesn't satisfy me at all in the realm of feeling like I'm making a difference in the world. How many people really make a difference occupationally though, other than the obvious examples of full-time evangelists, philanthropists and people of that ilk? I guess I expect too much.

The good news is that I saved $200 by switching to Geico. Okay so not really, but I have had a great birthday week. I love my wife so much that she puts up with me and is actually excited in return when I declare this week my "birthday week." No, not just Wed. January 5th, but the whole week. It doesn't help that December was spent eating more than I should, this week I did a little bit of the same. And a lot of it empty calories at that. We went to a good new restaurant in GSO called Bin 33. The salad was really good, and parts of my meal were scrumptious. I had the scallops with some fennel and citrus, but I don't care for onions or olives much, so that part of the meal I didn't touch. It was a huge place, and at first I thought we were going up to the 11 billionth floor, but no only the 2nd. Afterwards we went to Ben and Jerry's, which no meal should be complete without. Good times were had by all, er, both.