Interesting news...

OK. So Mark has been at his new job with Thrivent, working at the home office in Appleton, for about 2 weeks now. He loves it so far. I can't see that that will change. That's a good thing. One of his bosses called him into his office today to just check and see how things were going. In the course of conversation Mark asked a question about when they think they'd be transferring him to the Minneapolis home office. The guy he was talking to said that Tracy (one of Mark's bosses) didn't have her facts straight when she told Mark that he'd be able to work out of the Minneapolis office. Mark's heart just sunk. Oh no!!! A move to Appleton!! YIKES!!! He told Mark that he won't be working out of the Minneapolis office after all...he'll be working out of our HOME!!! That's a good thing, bad thing. It's a good thing because Mark won't have to worry about commuting to the Cities (winter driving, gas prices, crazy drivers, etc). It's a not necessarily good thing because sometimes Mark has a hard time focusing. So we talked about this tonight and he reminded me that when he was working out of the home for another Thrivent rep he did a really great job of focusing on work. It was when Mark was trying to make a go of it as a rep himself that he'd find a million things to do around the house before he'd get down to work. That's because he didn't like what he was doing. He LOVES what he's doing now, so I really do think this will work out. They're still not saying when this transition will take place, but we're still hoping he'll be home for good in February or March. Now we just need to decide if we're going to add on to our current house or buy a new house so that we have more room. His office is currently in our loft which works out OK...but the loft has been doubling as our guest room since the guest room became a nursery. And let's not forget to mention how small my kitchen is. My new Kitchen Aid stand mixer Mark got me for Christmas takes up every inch of counter space. Well, maybe not every inch, but it's close. I guess there are worse things to worry about, right?

Now for a prayer request: please keep the family of Gary Kaiser in your prayers. Gary (a member of Gethsemane) died tonight. Especially keep Kayla (Gary's daughter) in your prayers. Her mother died quite a few years ago. Kayla is only a Sophomore in college. I can't imagine having lost both parents by the time I was 20.

Now it's time to throw a load of laundry in the dryer and head to bed. I'm 3 hours earlier than I have been in a few nights. YEAH!!!