It's official

Let it be known that I Justin "Jay" Myers am officially finished with my active military service. Two months shy of six years, that was initially meant to last only four years. Truth be told, I am thankful God worked it out this way, so at least we were able to buy a house, and find Katie a great job. Actually there are many things to be thankful for from having my service extended, but it would take me a long time to list them.
I would also like to say that I appreciate all your prayers and support in me finding a new career. It is quite the test of faith, but it helps a great deal to know y'all are with me/and the bean in prayer.

Here you go Caleb

I guess anyone can read this if they want, but since Shbelac asked for updates on Thaksgiving, here goes.
We went to Carl and Jenni's house and ate lots of food. Turkey, stuffing, greenbean casserole, mashed potatoes, ice tea, and pumpkin bread x2. Carl let me ride his Harley, which I must say was incredibly awesome and I want one for Christmas. Any takers? Or should I say volunteer givers? We watched some football and hung out. Nothing crazy or too exciting, but it was good nonetheless.

The Texas bathroom is done and it looks great. And yes I am tooting my own horn once again. And katie's horn too. Today I shall put up some garland, because I like it.

There you go.

Man it smells like updog!

Nothing much, how 'bout you? Good times.

The update.

No job.
Dude that can give me a job is on vacation....until Monday.
World Savings didn't want me.

Painted my guitar room.
In process of doing the Texas bathroom.

Went to Olive Garden.
I'm stuffed.
And thanks Maj for the gift card.

Still stoked to see Emily Elizabeth.

The sun still rose and set.
And the earth is still rotating.
Good times.

Eat pizza.

Come on now.

So I waited yesterday, and now today, but no call. I expected at least one of the two companies to give me a call and offer me a job. So much for expectations, eh. I ended up calling Avnet only to find out that the guy I first interviewed with is on vacation. He left a phone number of a woman that works there on his voicemail, so I call it. She said he didn't mention any of the hiring stuff to her, but she said I could call HR and see if they had any info. Well, I looked through my cell phone and found the HR number. I call this lady twice, but both times I got her voice mail.

As I'm typing this I am thinking through this dilemma, and am realizing maybe I am starting to worry and overreact. Maybe, maybe not. I just want to know what is going on and get a job. My time of terminal leave is coming to an end, and I'd really like to not be short on money. You know, paying bills aren't fun, but it has to get done, and it takes money to pay the bills, and well you get the picture. Anyway, I've now come to the conclusion, that I need to pray some more, and wait a few days (the weekend), and trust God to do His work. As hard and painful as it is to trust God sometimes, it must be done. This comes to mind, and really is hard, but once applied goes a long way. Philippians 4:6-7. And there's my lesson for the day.

The sky is falling!

Today I had my second interview with World Savings. Very exciting stuff. But not really. So I went and talked with the boss of the lady I initially interviewed with. She was nice enough, but not as nice as Maria. With Maria I felt that she was being pretty open and letting me see how she is. With Doris though, I didn't get that same feeling. So I'm not sure if she didn't like me or maybe she is just more reserved naturally.

Good news, I had some interviews with another company yesterday. They are way up 1604 almost to 35, so basically I'm trusting God to know what is best for me. I really hate traffic and this would be crazy traffic everyday to and from work. But, then again, I will go if that's who offers me a jorb. If you're wondering, the interviews there went very well, and I liked both people I interviewed with/for. It seems like a good company and the actual people working seemed happy enough and didn't mind talking too loudly in the halls, so it must not be too strict a place.

So, it comes down to this. What is your will GOD? I shall soon find out. Friday is the day both companies are looking to make a decision. WOOHOO.

And thanks again for putting up with all my ramblings, that is if you made it this far. Oh, and the sky isn't really falling.

Ode to Lasagna

Oh Lasagna you are so good.
With all your layers that don't taste like wood.
Your whole wheat noodles are cooked to perfection
With such great technology, they call convection.

Sauce from a jar, who knew it could be so great
Never would I think to use it as bait.
Add the cheese and then some more
So good you think someone brought it to my door.

Lasagna you are red, not blue or green
And thankful I am to the wonderful Bean
For making me dinner and lunch and dinner
Eating so much will make me the winner

Until the next time we meet
I will count out every single heartbeat
Oh Lasagna you are so good.
I'm still glad you don't taste like wood.

Sorry folks

So I tried messing with my blog, and now the comments are all messed up. Funny thing about messing with stuff. Anyway, I actually set it to have the comments back with my last post, but it did not work. So let's see if this works.

1st and 2nd Interviews

Last night I had my first face-to-face interview. It was with the same woman I had the phone interview last Friday, Maria. All in all I think it went well. She spent probably as much time asking me questions as she did telling me about her division and the company. I wasn't really nervous, which is surprising because I'm always nervous with stuff like that. You know, leading music, playing my guitar, interviewing, speaking in front of more than a few people, not favorites.
Anyway, we talked for about an hour, and she told me up front she wanted her manager to interview me. I think there is one other person in for a second interview, at least from what I think she was saying, but I'm optimistic. From everything we discussed about her section and the company, I really want to work there even more now than I even did before. I just received a phone call from HR there, and I have the interview on Tuesday.

On another note I played guitar at Lifegroup this week for the second time. Kind of nerve racking, see above, but it went well. A lady from church who is a music professor and incredible violinist, played with me. It was funny because as I got out my guitar and music she's like "What key are you playing in?", and I'm like "Oh, uh E" and she's like, "Oh that the hardest to play". Riiiigghhht. Professional violinist saying it's hard. I just laughed and then we started worship time. It was awesome! I started playing, and she kind of just went off playing along. She was improvising, or whatever you called, but it was great. It really added to our time worshipping and I was glad I wasn't the only one playing. Anyway, it was just a great time of worship and I hope she comes all the time. I mean, we already like her and her husband, but with her skillz, it would make her being there that much better.

Phone interview

After trying to get ahold of this lady from World Savings, I tracked her down. Or should I say, I left her another message and she called me back. Anyway, long story short, I had a phone interview on Friday, and I think it went pretty well. She also asked me about another position with World Savings that a coworker of hers is hiring for, so she forwarded my name for that one as well. Apparently she liked my answers enought to refer me to HR and now I am waiting for a call to go to a face-to-face interview sometime this week. The original position I'm interviewing for is some type of loan processor/researcher. I'm not totally sure of the duties involved, but from what the lady told me it sounds interesting. The other job she told me about is more of a loan counselor. Both sound appealing, and I'm very excited about them. I thought I would be nervous about even the phone interview, but I was actually calm and collected. Keep praying with us that one of these is what God wants for me.