As some of you may know, my company, as many other financial institutions are having some issues. As a result, I have began to contimplate looking for a different job. I am not sure where this will be taking me, away from Aberdeen or not, but I hope that you that read this can pray for me as I begin to seek God for what He would have me do.
FYI, I haven’t even submitted a resume, so this doesn’t seem likely that anything will be happening soon.
This is my busy time of year. I had forgotten how crazy and stressed out I had been at this time last year, and I honestly didn’t think it could get worse. Let me give you a rundown of my schedule this weekend, and the next couple weeks:
Today: Leave Aberdeen at 3:30 pm for Sioux Falls, for JBQ. Have to be at a meeting at 6:45 pm.
Saturday: JBQ starts at 9 am, should conclude by 2 pm. After that, drive back to Aberdeen.
Sunday: Worship practice at 8:30 am, Sunday school at 9:30. Sing in worship service at 10:30, then have children’s church about 10 minutes after worship is over. That night, I have to run the powerpoint for the church service.
Monday: Somewhat normal, for now.
Tuesday: nothing
Wednesday: No JBQ! (I love JBQ, but was more than ready to be done.) Youth service, not sure if PDave will be back.
Thursday: Nothing
Friday: Men’s night for church
Saturday: Lifelight concert
Sunday: Nothing, I hope.
April 18-19: Fine arts in Sioux Falls.
So, a little bit going on. And that doesn’t mention work all that much. I love my church, and all I can and get to do, but this time of year seems a bit overwhelming. I don’t think that there is one thing that I could give up though. I love to do it all.
Work is starting to get crazy again. We have this tentative May 1 deadline for a project, that we don’t have full requirements for. Always a fun experiment. It will be pretty cool though, as there is a lot of new technology that we can expose.
I don’t really know what to think about work anymore. I love Aberdeen, but I don’t always love my job anymore. We seem to be spinning in circles, fighting whatever problem is closest to us. We never seem to have the ultimate strategy in what we are trying to accomplish. Many times I have heard that the entire industry changed on Oct 1, 2007, and I believe that, but we don’t seem to be changing. We seem to be trying to be all things to all people.
I used to believe that we could do it. March 2006 – June 2006, I (along with a lot of others) worked insane hours, to save the company money (and maybe the company itself), and what we did was important, and it did help save the company. Then we had to do the same thing last year, and now it feels as if we are trying to do the same thing again.
I don’t think I believe we can do it this time . . .
