It’s been a while…

Well, here it is: My first post in almost exactly two months. “Where have you been?” you may be asking yourself (unless you’re a Malone). Well, whether you have been wondering or not, I’m going to tell you.

My wife and I have made the difficult decision to stop attening Orchard Road regularly. It’s not because of some doctrinal change the church made or anything. The reason is simple: I rolled into the gas station this morning with a quarter of a tank of gas. So, I wasn’t even on empty. I left with a full tank and a bank account $75 lighter. When we were attending ORCC and leading Complete, we would fill our tank twice a week. That’s just too much money right now. Unless we both get huge raises or gas prices drop dramatically, it’s just not economically feasible.

Speaking of raises, I have made the decision to change jobs. As of September 8, I will be starting my new position as Field Technician for Ticora Geosciences. Basically, I’ll be going to well sites and testing core samples for natural gas. Ticora is owned by Weatherford International. They also own Omni Laboratories, which is where my wife Suzy works. As of the end of this year, we will be working in the same building. So that’s cool.

Also, I’ve made some physical changes since the last time most of you have seen me. First off, I’ve cut my hair. It was out of control. And annoying. And hot. So it’s gone. Maybe for good, maybe not. We’ll see. Also, I’ve lost about 35 pounds since May. I’m pretty excited about that one. I’ve ran an average of a little more than 5 miles every day for the last 20 days or so, so that’s real cool.

Also we got a new dog. Her name is Ally. She’s cute.

What have you been up to? I’m curious.