i spent my (this past) friday and saturday with my lovely wife in Columbia... our future city of residence. as of today, she's been employed with WIS-TV for one week. the work isn't new to her, just the way they do it, so it'll take a few more moments for her to get into the swing there... but so far, so good. she loves it and they love her. she'll be just fine. i am so proud of you my love.
friday, following lunch with laura, a station tour, and a kiss from her after a week of kiss deprivation, i was quickly on to my only pre-planned "job interview"of the day. the words 'job' and 'interview' are in quotations for a couple of reasons... i met with a man who owns his own recording studio... i could never consider work in a studio a 'job' because i enjoy it so much... it's my dream!... and it wasn't quite an 'interview' because we really just sat and talked shop for an hour and a half... i went into detail about my experience in college and the freelance recording i've done since... he said more than once how impressed he was with the demo i put together. we listened to it and i explained how each part came to be.
so you're thinking... "d! get that job!" it is not yet possible for him to bring me on as a full-time engineer, which he made clear to me in our first phone conversation, but this we did agree on... in the next few months as i get settled, i can sit in on a few sessions to observe his work and get a feel for the studio... then potentially assist him for any larger sessions he may be hired to do. eventually, what we'd all hope for, with my increasing presence there, he'd let me take the helm as engineer with/without his assistance. even writing this makes me want to run around and shout... i'm one step closer to turning my dreams into reality!!!
onward... i decided to take a breath and spent nearly the next two hours (and just enough money to upset laura) at the local record store. about a month ago i started collecting vinyl, and may God help me! so far a small, but sweet collection. and as you'd guess, i really appreciate the sound only vinyl can produce. (at checkout i asked them if they needed help... they said no. tear.)
there's this business i wanted to check out across the street from the record store called Upstairs Audio, which i just found out this morning is owned and was founded by an awesome dude currently running for mayor of Columbia. they do home audio/video sales and installation... something to do, right? i gave my resume' to and had an awesome conversation with the store manager. making good contacts is half the battle. we got to talking about ACS Columbia, about how he had applied there once with no luck, and i mentioned how i'd heard of them and also wanted to inquire of them regarding employment. he was nice enough to tell me how to get there... and i had one more resume' in the truck...
you know i went. here's the story... walked in the door... said i wanted to leave my resume' with them... they introduced me to the guy who does the hiring... shook his hand... gave him my resume'... he looked it over... we had a very short exchange of how i was in the process of relocation... he said, simply... "when you get down here, call me... we'll be busy next month." with a simple "yes sir" i shook his hand and said i'd talk to him soon. WHAT! i was ecstatic to say the least. i'll be calling him this week...
i'm ready to go. i love Greenville and i love my friends here, but laura and i knew if we had to do this, we'd do everything in our power to make our time apart short. the rest is in God's hands... actually it's all in His hands, but we certainly can't sit on our asses and expect Him to take care of all of it, can we? no! i feel like we've done our part, for now.
by the way... saturday... a whole lotta nothing... together.
soon.
love.
3.29.2010
3.17.2010
going green...
well, not really... at least not entirely in the environmental sense. however, quite a fitting blog title for this so far so good st. patrick's day, wouldn't you say?
while in the last stage of recovery from losing my last two wisdom teeth this past thursday, there has been much to think about regarding the finality of things...
our home here in g-ville has been viewed by a few more potential buyers in the last few days. all the showings were reported to us as good ones. selling it has been prayed into reality by us and many Faith-filled friends, so now it is just a matter of when... others still say "rent, rent"... and while the thought of that was never not an option, there's something about getting stuff out from underneath of you as you're trying to take steps forward. as we'll soon be located 4 hours from here, still owning the home means it'd be our responsibility if something were to happen, i.e. HVAC issues, water leak, etc... granted we sincerely do not believe anything of that nature will happen anytime soon, it is always a possibility. {so, if you or someone you know needs a fine townhome here, OURS IS AVAILABLE!
two week notices can be tricky. well, for me they are. laura starts her new job in Columbia this coming monday... regardless. i'm not yet employed in Columbia. i still need a paycheck. we still need to sell this house. laura will be renting a room from our first new God-sent (girl)friend who owns a home there until we sell. so i will hang here for that paycheck i still need, as well as remain keeper of the house. starting to get the idea? we'll survive, we promise, but it'll be interesting for a moment at least. we're not "worried", but it goes without saying...
what'd you think i was going to say it?
so are we going green?... in no more ways than we already have... but it is one of my favorite colors! here's a blog closing tangent... when i was younger... back when the next best thing to Jesus were crayons... if a picture/drawing didn't have any green in it, it was absolutely worthless to me. it could not only not be considered a work of art, it wasn't worth my time to even imagine it. today, although crayons have long since evaporated from my elementary school's radiators, i still dream of custom green fender strats and more money in my pocket, and occasionally reminisce on all the time i spent being green in high school... all in all, i'm thankful that i'm still able to breathe down here on God's green earth! may we all make the best of it...
love.
while in the last stage of recovery from losing my last two wisdom teeth this past thursday, there has been much to think about regarding the finality of things...
our home here in g-ville has been viewed by a few more potential buyers in the last few days. all the showings were reported to us as good ones. selling it has been prayed into reality by us and many Faith-filled friends, so now it is just a matter of when... others still say "rent, rent"... and while the thought of that was never not an option, there's something about getting stuff out from underneath of you as you're trying to take steps forward. as we'll soon be located 4 hours from here, still owning the home means it'd be our responsibility if something were to happen, i.e. HVAC issues, water leak, etc... granted we sincerely do not believe anything of that nature will happen anytime soon, it is always a possibility. {so, if you or someone you know needs a fine townhome here, OURS IS AVAILABLE!
two week notices can be tricky. well, for me they are. laura starts her new job in Columbia this coming monday... regardless. i'm not yet employed in Columbia. i still need a paycheck. we still need to sell this house. laura will be renting a room from our first new God-sent (girl)friend who owns a home there until we sell. so i will hang here for that paycheck i still need, as well as remain keeper of the house. starting to get the idea? we'll survive, we promise, but it'll be interesting for a moment at least. we're not "worried", but it goes without saying...
what'd you think i was going to say it?
so are we going green?... in no more ways than we already have... but it is one of my favorite colors! here's a blog closing tangent... when i was younger... back when the next best thing to Jesus were crayons... if a picture/drawing didn't have any green in it, it was absolutely worthless to me. it could not only not be considered a work of art, it wasn't worth my time to even imagine it. today, although crayons have long since evaporated from my elementary school's radiators, i still dream of custom green fender strats and more money in my pocket, and occasionally reminisce on all the time i spent being green in high school... all in all, i'm thankful that i'm still able to breathe down here on God's green earth! may we all make the best of it...
love.
3.03.2010
number one...
number one... the first of many... i hope. and may the numbers increase frequently - symbolic of a life moving forward. but having said that, you all be sure to spur me on to keep this up... we all have a part in this...
my initial plan with http://benarrowminded.blogspot.com/ is to keep everyone informed of our experiences in this new season of life we're about to enter. later i'd like to use it as an outlet for work/audio related things. after some encouragement from a friend, i thought i might as well... my amazing wife Laura even recently started one to share her (keeping me healthy) recipes... http://chezphelps.blogspot.com/. but for now, i will share these words with everyone...
in less than 3 weeks, we will say a bittersweet farewell to NC. as most of you already know (and my sincere apologies to those who don't yet), Laura has accepted a position with WIS-TV in Columbia, SC! she is their new morning show producer and she starts March 22nd! this is a huge promotion for her and an even bigger opportunity with regards to her love for the news!!! as you could guess, she is uber excited... i am excited for her... and although it had a slow start, my personal excitement is growing by the day. of course you all know i'm slow at nearly everything, but the feeling quite a bit to do with the...
bittersweet... you all must know that in our hearts, the bitter part weighs more. WE WILL with no doubt MISS PEOPLE! there are - the friends we've drawn close to in the last few years (i.e. our Gateway church family, the Channel 9 crew past and present, 6:22 ministries, our neighbors, etc.) - those nearby (still in NC) life-long friends, many of which i grew up with - and most importantly, our families, which we miss dearly every day regardless of our location. my eyes produce tears even now as i think about the time i have missed/will miss with my near 2 year old niece as she grows up. thank God though there is no distance in prayer, and on a much lighter note, we can utilize these ever increasing means of earthly communication on this crazy thing we call the internet. (oh, and need i say thank God for means of transportation! i wonder now who'll travel the most... probably laura and i... but most if not all of you should visit us at least once!)
sweet = NEW! {i.e. new careers, new opportunities, new schedules!, new things to learn, new people to meet, new songs and new places to play them, new friends to hear those songs, new music biz professionals to offer us publishing contracts for those songs, and even a new place to call home (here i will interject that we REALLY NEED TO SELL this... http://tinyurl.com/3b6w33b... in the next 2 weeks would be nice!)}
so laura landed her gig... what is - d. gonna do? i am of course looking for full time work in my area of expertise. to date, i've sent resumes' and demo reels to 3 recording studios, inquired about employment with audio production companies, and even submitted an online application to teach one-on-one music lessons to whosoever in the Columbia area. i honestly believe the door to step into my passion is wide open, and i am, with no hesitation, putting my foot in it.
"moving on..." just to be clear, these places will always be "home" to us... perquimans county north carolina, duval/clay county florida, and the more recent pitt county north carolina... from here, we will be honored to consider richland couty south carolina our home - in addition to the others of course. and this is pretty sweet... an interesting fact about our new location that we could only attribute to the goodness of God... other than being a moment to the west, we'll be right in the middle of our two families. it'll now take all of us an equal amount of drive time to visit each other! (somewhat of a "your welcome" to laura's folks and a slight "sorry" to mine, however.)
as this process of transition continues, we don't know yet how it will all play out, but... we are trusting God. we are believing for miracles. we are optimistic. we are tearful. we are joyful... we are blessed. and in the playing out, because we love you, we'll do all we can to share it with you.
love.
my initial plan with http://benarrowminded.blogspot.com/ is to keep everyone informed of our experiences in this new season of life we're about to enter. later i'd like to use it as an outlet for work/audio related things. after some encouragement from a friend, i thought i might as well... my amazing wife Laura even recently started one to share her (keeping me healthy) recipes... http://chezphelps.blogspot.com/. but for now, i will share these words with everyone...
in less than 3 weeks, we will say a bittersweet farewell to NC. as most of you already know (and my sincere apologies to those who don't yet), Laura has accepted a position with WIS-TV in Columbia, SC! she is their new morning show producer and she starts March 22nd! this is a huge promotion for her and an even bigger opportunity with regards to her love for the news!!! as you could guess, she is uber excited... i am excited for her... and although it had a slow start, my personal excitement is growing by the day. of course you all know i'm slow at nearly everything, but the feeling quite a bit to do with the...
bittersweet... you all must know that in our hearts, the bitter part weighs more. WE WILL with no doubt MISS PEOPLE! there are - the friends we've drawn close to in the last few years (i.e. our Gateway church family, the Channel 9 crew past and present, 6:22 ministries, our neighbors, etc.) - those nearby (still in NC) life-long friends, many of which i grew up with - and most importantly, our families, which we miss dearly every day regardless of our location. my eyes produce tears even now as i think about the time i have missed/will miss with my near 2 year old niece as she grows up. thank God though there is no distance in prayer, and on a much lighter note, we can utilize these ever increasing means of earthly communication on this crazy thing we call the internet. (oh, and need i say thank God for means of transportation! i wonder now who'll travel the most... probably laura and i... but most if not all of you should visit us at least once!)
sweet = NEW! {i.e. new careers, new opportunities, new schedules!, new things to learn, new people to meet, new songs and new places to play them, new friends to hear those songs, new music biz professionals to offer us publishing contracts for those songs, and even a new place to call home (here i will interject that we REALLY NEED TO SELL this... http://tinyurl.com/3b6w33b... in the next 2 weeks would be nice!)}
so laura landed her gig... what is - d. gonna do? i am of course looking for full time work in my area of expertise. to date, i've sent resumes' and demo reels to 3 recording studios, inquired about employment with audio production companies, and even submitted an online application to teach one-on-one music lessons to whosoever in the Columbia area. i honestly believe the door to step into my passion is wide open, and i am, with no hesitation, putting my foot in it.
"moving on..." just to be clear, these places will always be "home" to us... perquimans county north carolina, duval/clay county florida, and the more recent pitt county north carolina... from here, we will be honored to consider richland couty south carolina our home - in addition to the others of course. and this is pretty sweet... an interesting fact about our new location that we could only attribute to the goodness of God... other than being a moment to the west, we'll be right in the middle of our two families. it'll now take all of us an equal amount of drive time to visit each other! (somewhat of a "your welcome" to laura's folks and a slight "sorry" to mine, however.)
as this process of transition continues, we don't know yet how it will all play out, but... we are trusting God. we are believing for miracles. we are optimistic. we are tearful. we are joyful... we are blessed. and in the playing out, because we love you, we'll do all we can to share it with you.
love.
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