Our week

Nathan is back now! It's so nice to have my husband home again. I was so lonely when he was gone. I need to figure out a constructive way to spend my time the next time he leaves town. He got back on Monday which was a day earlier than originally planned and I was so thrilled to see him. On Tuesday, we went to the church to organize and file music from previous weeks. We were back at church on Wednesday night for music practice. After spending so much time there I had the strangest dream about singing for church. Apparently I had a paranoia problem. Hmmmmm....

We watched Bourne Supremacy last night. It was alright, but neither one of us liked it as much as the first movie. We are looking forward to seeing Ocean's 12 though. We saw the teaser trailer before the movie.

Three weeks into my job and I'm still enjoying it. It's so different and I'm still figuring out how to best do things. I wonder when I'll feel like I know what I'm doing. I hope I don't have to wait too long.

All Alone

Having Nathan gone for 11 days is reminding me of what it was like to live by myself.  I don't like it.  It's too quiet.  There is something about just having someone around that makes me feel less lonely.  I  enjoy it for a little while, but it gets old fast.

It's a good reminder.  I have a lot of friends that aren't married and don't have a "built-in" friend.  The single life can really be lonely sometimes.  Remembering that helps me keep my loneliness in perspective.  Eleven days in the whole scheme of things isn't really that bad.

Nice Pants

I listened to about 30 minutes of liberals explaining why former Clinton administration Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, would put top secret security documents in his pants and socks and walk off with them.  The explanations are most entertaining.  This is what I heard:

1.  "It's suspicious timing."  National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, inadvertently put classified documents in his pants and walked off with them so that Republicans could break the story on the eve of the Democratic National Convention.  It's a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (VRWC).

2.  Haliburton.  Former Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, took top secret documents stamped "classified" because the company Haliburton, secured lucrative military contracts.

The explanations are consistent: ridiculous and irrelevant.  None address the serious question of "why?"  All attempt to distract from the question with irrelevant assertions.  The fact of the timing of the release of this information doesn't address the real issue.  Someone with access to  top level security clearance felt it necessary to take off with- and subsequently lose, that information.  This is someone whose very job depended on his ability to keep a secret.

I've come up with a couple of logical of logical explanations for his behavior. 

1.  Sandy Berger went to the National Archives and was studying for his appearance before the 9/11 Commission.  He was wearing really loose clothing.  In the process his dropped some things- in his socks and pants.  Can you imagine him upon retiring for the evening?  "Gee honey, I guess it wasn't jock itch afterall.  Just a couple of classified reports from the National Archives.  What a relief!" 

2.  Sandy Berger was about to be questioned by the 9/11 Commission and knew some of those documents would reflect poorly (or worse) on the Clinton administration and there was something incriminating enough that he would be willing to face criminal charges rather than reveal it.

No wonder the liberals are screaming "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy"!  They are afraid that once the clamor stops, America will come to the obvious conclusion- Sandy Berger really needs to get a belt.

The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing

A.W. Tozer has a chapter in his book, The Pursuit of God, called "The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing".  In this chapter, Tozer discusses Abraham's journey through the process of the Lord asking him to sacrifice his son, Isaac.  There is a paragraph in this chapter that I love:
" We are often hindered from giving up our treasures to the Lord out of fear for their safery.  This is especially true when those treasures are loved relatives and friends.  But we need have no such fears.  Our Lord came not to destroy but to save.  Everything is safe which we commit to Him , and nothing is really safe which is not so committed."

My new job

After two weeks of training in my replacement, I'm finally ready to move to my new position in Academic Affairs.  I'm excited and a little nervous.  Spending days teaching someone my old job reminded me of how far I had come since starting.  Now I'm asking myself what in the world I was thinking.  I don't have any idea how to do my new job!
 
I sat at my new desk today trying to figure out what was on the files and doing myself to reply to folks in an intelligent way when they stopped by.  If someone drops off something, I thank them and pretend like I know exactly what to do with whatever it is they just gave me.  Once they are gone, I frantically search my files for some clue to tell me my next step.  It's exciting and humbling at the same time!
 
I look forward to the day when I show up to work and I know exactly what I'll have to do that day.  I wonder how many of those days I'll actually have.