Happenings

There's a lot going on right now but all for the better, Praise God.

I just had to buy 4 new tires, I'm moving apartments next week, and I just completed testing for a CPAP machine for my sleep apnea. The CPAP machine is 100% covered by my insurance though, so I'm happy. Also, I only had to spend 300$ for the tires (at Wally World), 100$ cheaper than Pep Boys was gonna charge, so that's good as well. The only thing left as far as I know is the move.

Once thats done I'm sure more tests will come my way, but for now that's enough.

Powerful Sermon

If you've not seen Paul Washer, you should. At this youth conference he preaches on Matthew 7:13-22 and shortly after beginning drops a verbal bomb on the crowd and afterwards you could hear a pin drop.

Changes, Changes

Well, I had to cancel my trip. Thankfully it's for a good reason; I'm moving closer to work. The new place is bigger (thank goodness, I'm sick of the shoebox I've been in for the past 2 years). It also has 3x the closet space, which is also good. Plus I'll be close enough to ride my bike to work when its nice. I'll be moving in June so this summer's gonna be kinda busy.

On another front, I've started going to church again. I've been wanting to go for a while but mostly its big churches around here which I'm not used to. Anyhow I'm really enjoying the people in my class there, so I've decided to join. It's Sevier Heights Baptist Church.

As for school, the semester is almost over. I have a final art project to present tomorrow and one more test next week and I'll be done till fall. I was going to take a summer class but what with moving I don't think I will.

Update

It's been pretty busy lately, but I needed a break so I thought I'd pop on here and post an update to my 1 or 2 readers.

School is going well, though I cant seem to catch up on my art class assignments. It seems every time I get caught up enough to start working on my big final project she throws another log on the proverbial fire. Add to that an art history class and a programming class and I feel like I'm about to drown any time now.

I've decided as soon as school's out for the semester I'm heading up to Cumberland Mountain State Park for a few days of well earned relaxation.

Spring Break

It's that time of year again at the University. Midterm exam cram sessions, students packing up for the beach, staff and faculty looking forward to a week of peace and quiet. Meanwhile those of us who are both staff and student simply look forward to a little rest before it all starts up again.
On a personal note, I'm planning my vacation in May and beginning to put together an aquarium for my apartment. I'm also planning a weekend trip up to Dollywood a couple days before Easter. Dollywood is only about 80 miles away from here, so it's a nice, inexpensive (with a season pass anyhow) mini-vacation that I'm really looking forward to.
As to the diabetes, I've lost around 20 lbs so far so I'm doing pretty good. Hopefully this time next year I'll be down to my weight in the military or at least close.

Oh, No!

Well, I saw the doctor recently and found out I'm diabetic. I wasn't really surprised as I've been letting my weight go every since I got out of the military in '96. What did surprise me was how nonchalant the doctor was about it. It was almost like he said "yep, its a hang nail". This sounds odd but I now actually have a reason to be thankful to have been with my ex-wife (she had type 1 diabetes which is much worse). Being with her taught me pretty much everything I needed to know as a new diabetic.
I'm still learning of course, its been 13 years since we were together and there's been some pretty great strides in the realm of diabetes in terms of both the blood meters and diets. Fortunately though what I already knew has allowed me to get my blood sugar under control quickly so now I can concentrate more on losing weight and hopefully coming off the pills at some point (I hope).

UK Facing National ID Card Woes

At first when I began reading this article about the National ID card and how it poses a loss of basic right to privacy I thought it was about how here in America we are facing the Real ID requirements to State driver's licenses. Unfortunately freedom seems to be dying everywhere, and Great Britain seems to be next on the chopping block. It shouldn't come as any surprise I suppose, given their love for surveillance cameras. In fact in Middlesbrough, England they've even gone so far as equip these cameras with loudspeakers so the operators can fuss at passersby dropping litter or whatever. Even George Orwell would be shocked at how far we're devolving.