the official unofficial...

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.