There is a song by Mark Schultz called "Running Just To Catch My Self" which is a really funny song that I not love, but I have used for devotions before too.

So Kristen texted me in the middle of class yesterdy asking if I could do devotions for our ALYM (Albuquerque Lutheran Youth Ministry) meeting tht we had last night. I texted back that it was no problem and asked if she could call me later that afternoon just to remind me. She texted back, no problem.

At the time I did not know what I was going to do but I figured I could pull something out of my butt, but little did I know that my day was going to be my basis for devotions that night.

So when I got out of my class at 12:15, I took off for Corrales to vote in the APS bond election. I must say that I still voted even when I had to drive 40+ miles just to vote. On my way down to Corrales to vote I called the office to let them know I would we later since I needed to vote. It was then that Linda told me that the UPS I put in to replace her old one also failed. So I told her that on the the way back to the office I would pick a new one up.

So I voted with no problems and take off to get some lunch. I wolfed down some chick-fa-lay before heading back to the other side of town to pick up a new UPS from CompUSA.

I get to CompUSA around 1:30 or so and start to look around at there offering of UPS's and do not see the one I want and the one I thought they had in stock. So I walk over to one of the computers they have for public use to look at stuff and find the item I want and wite the info down that I need, and use the website to check inventory status and see that they do in fact have it in stock.

So I walk over to the business sales desk and Walter my rep comes up to help me. I give him the item number of the item I want and that I could not find it on display. So he goes off and searches for it and brings back what he thinks is it, but its not. So finaly he finds it hidden in some dark corner. So I shove it on the company account and blow out of there to get back to the office.

By now its 2:30 and I am just starting my short trip to the office from CompUSA when Bob, one of our VP's, calls me to tell me that his palm just took a shit dive. So I tell him I am on my way back to the office and will deal with it when I get back.

I get back to the office, install Linda's UPS and go see Bob. So this is the second or third time in a week period where his palm has screwed up and I just make the decision that we are going to replace it and be done with it. So using the CompUSA website I find a good match for Bob and check inventory and lucky for me they have them in stock. So I now Bob is the same VP that lives out in the east mt, and to setup his new palm I have to go out there to install the software not only on his work laptop but on his desktop he has at home beacuse he uses both with the palm. So I tell Bob that I will pick up the item on my way out to his house. As I get ready to leave the office I remember that I have devotionals for that evening and remember that I hve one that I used for council about six months ago on my computer at work. So I print what I needand am glad that I have that all ready to go.

Before I leave for CompUSA I call Walter my rep, and tell him the item that I need and that its going on our account. He says that he will pull it and get it all ready to go for me. Its now a little past 4pm and I am fighting rush hour traffic to get to CompUSA which is fun. I pick the item up and get on the road around 4:30pm and take off for Bob's house. 30 miles later I get there and get to work and get everything done that I have too and get Bob up and going.

I leave Bob's house around 6:15pm and take back off for town. I roll back into Albuquerque around 6:45 and stop by my apartment to drop something off and pick up something else. I then run by McD to pick up something for dinner and run to my ALYM meeting which started at 7pm. I walk in the door right at 7 and start up the copier and get what I need for devotions ready whall the copier is warming up.

So I sit down in a chair and once we are all ready, I start the CD player and play for the group Mark Schultz's song "Running Just To Catch Myself" as I sit there catching my self from the day.

Sitting there as the song was playing was the first time all day that I had been able to just sit there and do nothing but rest. Its funny really that the devotion that was on my computer at work was the one I wrote using that song. It really fit perfect for the day I had where I felt that all I was doing all day was running just to catch my self.

The group really liked the devotion and all thought it fit life perfect.

Man, today has been busy so far. Jerry was up to my office because he needed to have some Autocad files converted to PDF's. Then Carl was also up to see about me getting a laptop configed with the Trane software, so we can control systems for some new clients we have. Also, I have setup a meeting time with Rick, our Verizon rep. Checked e-mail and answered a few.

Also, I have been trying to deal with the domain name for my church. I got an e-mail today from Suzan who is our secretary at church, and she said that she had been getting a "Renewal fail" e-mail once a day for a few days now. So, I WHOIS'ed our domain and sure as crap, it expried back on the 18th of June. So, now we are trying to find our username and password for the domain name, so that we can renew it. At issue is when this all was created, my sister was doing the website stuff. So, my guess is that she knows the username & password, or my hope is that she does not know the username or password, that she has that stuff in her files somewhere. So, its more just a matter of time before we get the info one way or another.

In other news, I am happy. I did some cleaning last night and for the most part got my place cleaned up. I was also able to sort thru my clothes that need to be washed, and get that crap all ready to go. So, now I am hoping tonight after Church Council, I can just go up to the laundry facilities at my apartment, and just use all 4 washers and dryers. It should be late so I don’t think it will be a problem. That right there is one reason why I do love living in an apartment complex. Being able to get all my clothes washed and dried (4 loads worth) in about 1.5 hours is really nice. Then it is just the task of folding and hanging clothing up, which is the part that I fail at the most. Half the time my clothing sits in the bags that I use to take it to the laundry facilities.

So as far as movies go, I am loving Netflix. In the past 30 days I have watched 8 movies. I could have watched more, but like the dolt I can be some days, I signed up for the 2 week free trial with the 1 at a time plan. If I had been thinking, I would have done the 3 a month for the trial. But its all good. I did change and go with the 3 at a time program since there is transit time. From here in Albuquerque, it takes about 3 days to get a movie, and about 2 or 3 days for them to receive a movie I have sent back. The closest Netflix sort facility is in Denver, so I expect a few days. It would be nice to have a Netflix sort facility here in Albuquerque, but my guess is we do not have the population base that is needed.

Also, sometime on Wednesday is when the new hardware will arrive to upgrade the old server. I have started moving the data off that server, and I am hoping that if my schedule this week permits, that I will have most of the leg work done on upgrading the server. Doing the hardware part should take the least amount of time, but should also be fun in its own right. What will take the most time is getting the OS installed, getting that all patched up, shoving SQL Server on it, getting Great Plains with Wennsoft installed, and getting working copy’s of the data going. I also need to see what it would take to do SQL Server Clustering, cus that would make it work seamless, which would be real nice.

So, that is the news from around here. I leave for Mexico in 5 days. How cool is that?

Peace,
Kevin