Fortune: "Happy News is on the Way"

That's what my fortune cookie said today. So, here's hoping.

Anyway, I did hear back about that job, but I haven't had time to post much here until now. They are now in the reference-check mode. When I applied, I put "references available upon request." I guess I wasn't thinking. I should have given them some names up front. I have good references, though, so this is a good thing.

Also, they needed a Statement of Faith. This is another thing typical of pastoral candidates. (Again, I should have got this to them earlier on.) I didn't send it with my ref's, because I wanted to look it over to see if I wanted to revise it. They were very cool with that. Funny thing is that I forgot that I sent it off to someone else earlier this year, so I had already touched it up. A couple of more final tweaks, and it was good to go.

So, now they should have everything. Hopefully, I will hear back from them mid-week. Till then, I'll just sweat it out some more.

This was a really good weekend. A friend of mine wanted me to come down and visit in the Springfield area. I had a decision to make: go to show off my art at the Ottawa River Days or go visit. I chose to go visit. It was a blast. I suspect her 9-year old had way too much fun shooting me...repeatedly...in an X-Box game called Timesplitters. That's an awesome game. I must remember never to get anything like that for my computer, lest I never get anything done ever again.

Alas, the result of being out of town was that I missed Battlestar Galactica. Now, I desparately have to find out when SciFi airs the rerun, or else I don't know how I will get through the week.

I didn't go to the Go/ue/rilla Art Thing today. I was intending to, but my nap lasted longer than intended. I hit the pillow some time after 1pm, closed my eyes, opened them again, and lo and behold it was 5pm. Yikes! It felt good though. Apparently, I really needed it.

Today was the last of my two-Sunday pulpit supply gig at the church down the road. That means that the second installment of the two-parter is finally done. I tried to put it together on Friday, but it just didn't come together. I spent quite a bit of time yesterday on it, and didn't really finish it until late last night. Of course, yaking constantly on the phone doesn't help time management any. (Hmm, maybe this has something to do with the long nap?) I should be able to get it up on my podcast soon. Tonight, though, I have phone calls out the wazoo to make, so I probably won't be able put it online until (maybe) late tonight or tomorrow.

Btw, I'm really excited about the stats that I'm getting on my podcast. It appears that I have somewhere between 11-20 subscribers. Unfortunately, I don't know whether I'm reading them right (which odds are good that I'm not.) So, if anyone out there has significant familiarity with the feedburner stats, please leave some suggestions for interpreting them.