Summer Weather Update

I don't believe I am typing this, but at 3:00 today - which is considered to be the heat of the day - it was 70 degrees here at The Compound.  Yes, it's the middle of August and the high was 70 degrees.  And did I mention it was alsos sunny, gorgeous and not humid? I wonder if this will be any indication of how our winter will be. 

GSSC, At Your Service

After truly years of studying, learning, working, waiting and praying, I am very, very proud and excited to announce that Good Shepherd Security Consulting has it's first paying customer.  I received an email last night from a church in Huntington, West Virginia that said they would like to proceed and have GSSC come and help them "worship without worry." 

When I read the email last night, it was late, and the 'Rents were already asleep, so I didn't want to wake them up.  But in the minutes after I read the email, I laughed, cried, was excited, was worried, and just about every other emotion you can think of.  I have worked very hard for this, and I am well prepared and am ready to get this project going. 

I also have a few other churches that I've contacted, and will be following up with them in a few days.  But it is so exciting to know that my website is working; the Huntinginton church found me through doing a Google search for "church security" and there they found GSSC!

I hope this is just the first of many future GSSC updates of other churches that I will be working with.

I thank you, faithful readers, for your support and encouragement.



Whatever Update

I'm happy to report I am over the bummed out mood I was in.  I talked to a friend over the weekend, and she told me something that I should have realized:  the only person I need to compare myself to is the person that I want to be.

Link Of The Week

I've been careful not to use the same Link Of The Week in the years that I've been blogging, but today, I feel I need to repeat.  

Please take a few moments today, Monday and Tuesday to vote for Louisville's Slugger Park as the best minor league baseball stadium.  Currently, we're in second place but I know with enough votes we can get to first place.  Visit  http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-minor-league-ballpark/ and cast your vote for Slugger Field.  You can vote once a day.  And please take a minute to post the link on your Facebook page or on Twitter and ask your friends to vote.  


 

Whatever, Continued

This is the second time this week I've felt "whatever" over some people and things.  This is highly unlike me.  In fact, it's almost like the AFD (Annual Fall Depression) that I haven't had in ages.  I know what has caused this mood, though, and I know I can change it.  I'll be totally honest and admit to you, faithful readers, what the issue is:  this feeling of "whatever" is caused by me comparing myself to others -- what they have, what they do, and even how others think and feel about them.  Nobody can change this attitude but me, and I'm trying.

It's not jealousy; I can't really define how I feel so I won't try.  I know there is no reason for me to compare myself to others and what they do, have, or how they are seen.  I'll snap out of. 

Flashback Friday

Friends with kids are deep in the throes of back-to-school shopping.  I know this not because school starts week after next here in Jefferson County, but because I've had a lot of friends tell me how much $$$ they've had to peel this week for school uniforms, shoes, fees, books, supplies, more fees, and more fees.  One friend showed me the list of supplies for one of her kids and it blew me away.  When I was in elementary school back in the Dark Ages, I don't think the school gave us a list.  Your parents bought the old school tablets according to your grade, and you got pencils, a binder, crayons and that was pretty much it.  The rest of the stuff was supplied by the school and was already in your classroom.  We've sure come a long way.

You're Welcome

I stopped on the way to work this morning to pick up a dozen donuts for a coworker's birthday, and when I paid at the drive-thru window and the clerk gave me my change, I said "thank you."  The clerk said "No problem."  At first, I didn't think anything about it.  But as the day progressed and the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. 

What happened to people saying "You're welcome" when someone tells them "Thank you."? 

I don't think I can pinpoint when it happened, but it sure did.  Even in person at restaurants or fast food places, you almost never hear someone tell you "You're welcome" when you say "Thank you."  I don't know why  it bothers me, but it just does.

I think it's part of the current generation - all they know about is texting and communicating in abbreviated words and sentences, and they've morphed out of knowing when you need to say "You're welcome." 

When I hear "No problem", to me, that means that there could have possibly been a problem but it's not a problem now.  Sure, that's an exagerration, but I hope you get my drift.  We've got a generation that does not know to say "You're welcome" when someone thanks them.  How sad.