Back to work

Well, it has been two days since my first blog so I thought I would try again. As I said before the concert was great, Kim and I had a lovely day together and now we are back to reality. Our 44th president was inaugurated yesterday and no matter what any of us might think about him it was a momentous occasion for this country and he is our president. May God continue to bless this great country.

Last night I went to teach my ESL class as I normally do on Tuesday nights. It was an interesting night as my two Vietnamese students were out and we don't know what happened to one of our Mexican students so we only had Javier who is Mexican and has a very difficult time comprehending English. He got a lot of one on one last night and I think we learned more of what we need to do to help him better understand the English language. My co-teacher Jack and I will need to work with him more one on one which is also what Lan, our Vietnamese student needs. It is challenging and I pray I can meet the challenge and help each of our students.

Back at work we are gearing up for what we hope will be a good season for the stores. I am the operations manager for a group of stores in Seaside Florida. This is our off season but a very busy time for me as I need to get the stores ready for the new season. That requires overseeing restorations, painting, changes and anything else necessary to get the stores ready to roll. In these tough economic times we have to be cognizant of costs and so must do more of the work in house, which means me and my son-in-law who works with me.

At home there is not much exciting going on. It has been to cold to work outside so I work with the computer mostly and read. I am trying to get back into writing which is why I started doing the blog. I have plans for what I want to do with the yard, I just need to get the money, the time and the energy to do it all. The last time I worked in the yard I got a bug bite and my hand swelled up and I had to go to the doctor. I also want to do some work on the Roadie in the hopes that it will start getting warm enough to do some riding. I love to ride and am starting to have Roadie withdrawal.

OK that is enough for now; it's getting to be near my bedtime and I want to read a little before getting some sleep and starting over again tomorrow. I am thankful that I have a job to go to, a loving wife and family, a nice home and a God who is graceful and does not expect me to be perfect. What more could we possibly ask for?