late knights and early mournings

i have the greatest job...ok well the greatest job would be getting paid to eat, travel, and take amazing pictures...i'm workin on that. but until then, i'm working for the one and only URBAN K-life...in The Lou or "STL" or The 314 also known as Saint Louis (STL is the airport code for booking flights, just thought i'd throw that ...for those of you ebonically impaired. i'm outta the office at about 2:30ish where i then go home and spend countless hours uploading all my cds to my iTunes.

so as of day 3, i'm 57 cds uploaded, and have 39 more to go...on top of the stuff that's already on my computer that i must scramble to figure out how to get it to my iTunes because i no longer have the cds...for whatever reason...and behold...the files are protected!!!!

so as i meticulously upload each disc i have been watching seasons of the Cosby show...fo real...i'm on the last episode of disc one of season three as we speak...and there goes the bell..last cd for the night uploaded. i'm takin a break now for the night...last night i was up til 1 in the morning...can't do that again, i got back problems like nobody's bidness. and my shoulders are KILLIN me...that's why i'm going to Massage Envy tomorrow! oh man...don't even worry bout me! i'm on that table like a fat kid on a chocolate cake.

oh yeah more about them cds...those 39 that i have to upload? they're all mix cds. so i'm going to have to manually enter in all the artist and song info...LAME...

on to important things: life in The LOU (that's Saint Louis) have been going....well, let's just say they've been going. i'm way over my head in this K-Life thing. we've got so much going on that i am struggling to keep it all straight...still trying to find where i fit in, and what my responsibilities are. i'm gettin there though.

oh but get this...so this guy that we're workin with, Ed Watkins...(loves me by the way) has been working on this VIP program to get people to volunteer...pretty much we just do whatever Ed says cause he's the kinda guy to raise $27 million in one year...he's a cool guy, honestly....he just gets things done! so anyway..he invites us to this prayer breakfast...unbeknownst to me that this was an annual thing that happens in St. Charles county...so i wake up at the crack of dawn to haul myself outta bed to get all dolled-up (and if you know me, that took about 10 minutes)

INTERLUDE: just put in disc 2 of season 3 of the Cosby Show

where was i...? oh yeah! so we drive out to St. Charles and what do i see? power suits, power ties, men and women playin the business world...this was a stinkin Businessmens Prayer Breakfast...so many big wigs in this place i almost peed my pants. TWICE (takes me back to 6th grade... the second to last time i messed myself. we won't talk about the last time.) so as i look back on that morning i try to understand why i was at that breakfast...1)i couldn't work any farther from the business world, and 2) last time i checked, i had 2 X chromosomes...but then i remember...I DO WHATEVER ED WANTS ME TO! and there it is...the answer to every question about why i do what i do...Mr. Ed says to.

until next time...Rudy awaits me.

Livin in The Lou

well, i finally have a steady address...at least for the next 3 years...unless the place gets ransacked by the mob living on The Hill, or Jesus takes me home. i've officially moved to st louis and now work for the urban k-life there. "urban k-life" i won't do it, but why does it have to have the urban tag attached?? whatever! that's the way things roll around here. it's a pretty sweet place to live...for now, until the neighbors bust a cap or break in to my place that you really don't have to "break in to" all you really have to do is gently tap on the lock and it'll open up! ok, well i guess it's really not that easy, but might as well be!

since being here i've got a few rules...1) to work out everyday except sunday, 2) no tv until after 6pm, 3) get to bed at a decent hour so i can wake up and hang with Jesus first thing, 3) keep the gas/electricity bills to a minimum, 4) do my job and do it well...that's it for now...

here's the status on those:
1) have YET to work out, let alone set up a workout schedule
2) the first thing i turn on when i get home @ 2:30 in the afternoon is the TV (some days)
3) haven't gotten the bills yet...only been here for 10 days
4) i'm a little behind on my small group planning, haven't designed a t-shirt, and i haven't been to one school lunch...they've been in school for about 2, maybe 3 weeks....SLACKER

well, that's it...more later
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