05 July 2009 ~ 2 Comments

A Person of My Word

I don’t know where along the lines it happened or if it’s always been something I’ve done and not cared enough about it. Over the last couple years, I’ve noticed myself not keeping my word like I ought to. Sure, it may not be in monumental matters such as international treaties or sworn court statements, [...]

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11 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Fingerprinting

Last month I went to the offices of Colonial Life to follow up on a possible job lead my dad had initiated. They were interested in talking to me further about working with them on employee enrollment. The reason they gave me this opportunity was due to my Spanish abilities. Having someone who could speak [...]

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10 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments

A Couple Downtown Photos

Meredee and I went downtown Saturday to use her new camera and she even let me take some pictures of her. This is no small feat as she generally doesn’t like her pictures. But she let me that day and we got some nice shots. She also took a few of me in a cool [...]

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09 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Hippies

I’ll admit it. In some ways, I’m a simple boy from the Midwest and am occasionally reminded of my cultural or worldly ignorance. In other ways I’m better traveled or “cultured” than others. It’s all relative I guess. But even though I’ve lived in South America, learned Spanish, and tried to understand the culture, there [...]

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07 May 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Mer’s New Camera

Congratulations to Meredee on getting her first DSLR camera! She had been contemplating what to do with her annual bonus check and even offered to put it toward paying bills. But I told her it should be used for something that she wanted and would enjoy because she had been so sacrificial with other money [...]

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