The cliff notes version Finally rid myself of L; new mobile number, deleted contacts and minimal face to face time appear to be working here Met S at N’s party - great conversation, opera lover and left handed woman…. :) Was beginning to think the Lord didn’t make geek chics anymore.. My one slip up was failing to ask for her number or BBM *silly me*
.. is a lot of time to spend in introspection, curled up tight into a ball (or sprawled out like an amorphous mass in my case), unable to lift my head and throat as they were being bombarded by the triune forces of a sore, swollen throat, a fever and a banging headache to boot. And think did I – when I was not obsessively googling home remedies for what turned out to be some flu strain sent from hell. ...
To all accounts, she could have been the right woman, at the right time, in the right place on the relationship continuum, but for the small matter of 3,000 miles making navigating the treacherous waters of getting to know her essentially from scratch that bit more difficult. We did have great conversations (maybe not great, but better than I have with most) with a range of shared interests that we explored. ...
#WheresTheHoustonJobWhenYouNeedIt
If I dialed down my definition of success to its most basic, it would have three (or four) components: Excel in (Corrosion & Materials) Engineering; Be the best husband, father, son, brother and friend I can be; Live in, and contribute to life in, a great city and a great church. Simple enough, I guess. Unless you’re me with a well documented attention to detail – often bordering on over-thinking – with which every little, simple decision segues into a long, drawn out exercise in Planning, Reviewing and Risk v. Reward Assessment. ...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9huooelamNA&w=540 ] Carry Me - Josh Wilson ————————– ♫ I’m at the end of myself/ I know I’ve got nothing left/ Feels like I’m stuck in the valley of the shadow of death/ And I’ve been down here so long/ I just can’t find my way out/ Oh God I don’t stand a chance/ Unless You carry me now ♫
A job offer - The right role, for more than the right pay in the wrong location, and not just the wrong location but one that will most certainly draw a line under my life as I have known it for the last four years. A girl - The right girl by all accounts, whom I have known/ crushed on for the better part of three years with whom the context has never been right.
The woman clutched my arm. The first wave of feeling that hit me - when my mind frozen for an instant by the brazen grab - was fear, and then confusion, as she peered intently into my face with not even the faintest hint of recollection bouncing about in my head. She wasn’t wearing the flowing robes of an aladura prophetess, thus ruling out a smash-and-grab prophesy as the reason for her intrusion. Something about the deeply lined face, the light grey hair peeking out from underneath her tight head wrap and her uber thick lenses left me positively unsettled. ...
Just because… AJ McSedge CEng does have a nice ring to it, if I say so myself… Leaving XCorp in 2008 does feel that bit more justified now.. :)
American Idol alum (Season 11) Colton Dixon’s ‘You Are’ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM8hxE-j4T8&w=540 ] ---——————————————————————————————————————– ♫ When I can’t find the words to say how much it hurts/ You are the healing in my heart/ When all that I can see are broken memories/ You are the light that’s in the dark ♫