CyberNode's Domain

Tremendously homesick for friends and family in Northern Kentucky.
I miss you!

I know it's been a while since my last post. I am hoping that things at work will slow down enough to post a decent entry on something worthwhile. So hang in there.

I haven't been online much past couple days. I have been attempting to configure what was supposed to be Carrie's upgraded computer (Presario 7940). I have given up. I loaded XP at least 10 times and after changing the video card, I can at least log into it. The problem still remains that the only IP addresses it can find are for the Road Runner DNS servers.

When I click on what is suppposed to be IE6.0, I get a setup box like I had gone through the menu in IE and selected "Preferences". Tried the Automatic update features, still didn't work. Before giving up, I took out everything except the processor, memory, hard drive and CD-Rom. Still nothing worked or loaded right.

So, for now, I will be putting her old system back together again. Would have been nice to have upgraded her from a 266 Celeron to a AMD Athlon 600. I think I have enough components to play around with on free time, but she's been without her system for 3 days under the understanding it should have only taken a few hours.

I am wondering how much, if any, it is okay for a Christian to complain?

I went to the lunch room today. This makes the 3rd day this week as I still don't have a car to allow me to be mobile in this mobile society. Normally I pack, but I've been especially blessed this week and had some lunch money. Also, I don't impose (or try to anyways) on what few friends I have. I figure if they want/need my company they'll ask. So, this has more or less channeled me into the lunch room.

So after I figure out I don't want a wrap (too many carbs), or a hoagie (pepperoni today, I decided to try another burger. I'm thinking, "it's just a fluke, they were having a bad day and this will be better". Well, I wait in line for a while and finally I order my cheese burger: pepperjack cheese burger on white. I received a pepperjack cheese on wheat. Not TOO big of deal at this point.

Someone else ordered the same thing so my burger was on the grill already for 1 to 1.5 minutes. The chef put their burger on the grill next, then turned and finished someone else's fish sandwhich order. Turned back to my order and grabbed the burger that was just put on the grill for 30 seconds and threw some fries in with it and handed to me and wished me a good day. Since there were too many people, I moved on thinking I could cover up the error with condiments.

Today I got lettuce (yea!), but the onion was still sliced 1/2in to 3/4in thick as were the 2 remaining tomato slices. They don't replenish the veggies so once it's gone it's gone. I eventually found onion slightly less than 1/2in (but more than 1/4in). and put the thinner of 2 tomatoe slices. on the bun. On a positive note I've NEVER had an issue with their sliced pickles! LOL. So I get back to my desk, burger is between cold and lukewarm and fries are cold and stale. Person right in front of me with the fish sandwhich had fries (assuming here) that were so hot they put them in aluminum to keep container from melting.

So should I have complained? Do I have a right to complain? In the grand scheme of things, it seems so small. However, these little annoyances are piling up and I'm finding it more difficult to just let stuff go.

I think my final answer will be that I will lower my expectations. Not only for quality of food, but also of expectations from friends and relatives. My whole life has been geared towards expecting a lot from myself and others. That we are supposed to give our best and expect the best.

I'm going to close this for now, but I'm certain I will blog again about expectations in the very near future.

T.T.F.N.

The family and I are currently shopping for a new church to call home. Over the coarse of a year or so, ministry to others through the church has seamed to slipped through our fingers. There are some hurt feelings and a sense of loss. This has been our church family for about 6 or 7 years. Mainly, though, it's feeling useless to those we love.

So, we are starting to look around Columbus for a new church. I don't relish the thought, but it's what I feel we need to do. We are Assembly of God and we will be doing a complete evaluation of beliefs for whatever church we decide to check out. We need to make sure that their belief system is in line with the Word of God. Size, location, denomination doesn't necessarily mean much. Adherence to The Word does.

I'm praying God leads us to the right church. I hold no ill will or anger or anything like that against the people of our church. I would gladdly keep attending. Not growing and not making a difference in their lifes makes me think "what's the point". Maybe I can be of more use to someone elsewhere. Maybe someone will notice and make an attempt to right things, but at this point we are looking elsewhere.

So, if you know of a good church in the Bexley/Reynoldsburg/Groveport/Grovecity area let us know and also let us know what their tennants of faith are. Maybe we will show up there. We have a few ideas, but we don't want to leave any stone unturned.

Also, pray I have a job tomorrow. Some things at work transpired that may get me fired. Just a bunch of unrelated things coming together at the wrong time. With a contract being negotiated, there is a very good possibility that the may let me go even though it wasn't my fault.

Also have an allergist appointment to finally find out if I have any major food allergies or if I can readd some of my favorite foods back into my rotation of foods I can eat.

Take care and leave a comment.