From Arizona With Love

Here are some pictures from Phoenix, as promised!


Jan, my sister, and Jen



Jan and Glacier


Henry my brother-in-law

Jen and I also got our Christmas present early. Jan and Henry are flying us to Europe in 2007 for a trip with them. We still have ALOT of planning to go through BUT that is so exciting and we are already looking forward to the time together.

The whole holiday has been excellent and we are sad to go back home - but we have dog who is chewing stuff up in the house and the sitter is going loopy trying to find out what her problem is. We leave in the morning and will be back home Saturday evening. Thankfully, we'll have Sunday to recover and then I go back to work EARLY Monday morning.

WH

On The Way To Phoenix

Jen, Jessie, and I are in the Columbia, SC airport (one of my favorite due to the free wireless internet) waiting to board the flight to Charlotte and then off to Phoenix, AZ to spend Thanksgiving with my sister and her husband.

I am looking forward to relaxing and hanging out with Jan and Henry - I'll post some pics here over the next few days of the town, the house, the "spread" on Thanksgiving Day and various other things. What ever my Flickr bandwidth will allow.

As you know, the trips always start out uneventful for me and always end up with some excitement - so far the flights are all on time and going West seems to be the best direction for travelers. A few years ago we went to NY City for Christmas and to see my parents - if we had chosen that direction this time we would be looking at 2 hour delays in the New York airports.

I hope that Charlotte has NO delays. They have been buffeted with wind and rain last night and this morning. We'll see and I will report.

Happy holiday to all of you and may you be thankful for the things which are most important.

WH

Pictures and Song Set from the U2 Concert in Atlanta

Sorry for the quality of the pictures. I was not using a flash since my camera may have been confiscated. Click on a photo for a bigger picture




The Phillips Arena is a great place to see a show - not many bad seats in the house. The show has great lights and technology, and using a stage that has the "loop" around an infield crowd is an excellent idea.




Here is the song list for the concert. Two encores at the end -

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
I Will Follow
Still Haven’t Found
Beautiful Day
Original of the Species
Sometimes you Can’t Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets Have no Name
One/MLK

Until the End of the World
Mysterious Ways
With or Without You

First Time
Stuck in a Moment
Bad




Can't wait until the next show. We will try and get infield tickets.

WH

Ready For U2

Jen and I are here in Atlanta and ready for the concert tonight. We're going out to one of my favorite areas, LIttle 5 Points on off of South Moreland. There is a place called the Flatiron that has good food and a coffee shop that has killer deserts.

We plan on getting back to the hotel and then taking a taxi to the concert. That saves all of the hassle with parking and such. We should be back inthe room by midnight.

The sets for the concerts have been amazing. I'll post the song set tomorrow and maybe some pictures.

WH

I'm A Little Tired:)

What Can Brown Do For You?

How about give me a little nap:) I started with UPS this past Monday. Started at 4:30 am. Yesterday, I was asked to get into the office at 4 am, That meant that I would need to get up at 3:00 am. That's just not normal...

So I'm trying to find a new balance in my sleep schedule. I tried to take a nap this afternoon for a few hours and that seemed to help. I'm going to try and come right home from work tomorrow and go to bed. That would be 10 am or so. We have small group tomorrow night and I'm afraid that if I don't get some rest I'll end doing a Garfield in my lasagna.

The job is pretty easy so far. I am moving through a 44 page report, line by line, and checking ALL of the active businesses in our UPS delivery area against all of the inactive, suspended, and closed accounts. That's about 1500 accounts. I also have to check the outside yard in the morning to make sure that the trailers that are supposed to be delivered are actually there. Pretty easy.

I feel very fortunate to have the job. I also am looking forward to this weekend. SLEEP in on Saturday.

Then Jen and I are off to Atlanta to see U2. How freaking cool is that?! Next week I work on Monday, maybe Tuesday and then Jen, Jessie, and I are off to see my sister and her husband in Phoenix. That will be fun and relaxing.

WH

Up Early!!

Tomorrow at 3:30 am I will get up and start the process of learning a new job at UPS. I will blog tomorrow evening and fill you in on the details of the new responsibilities and possibilities.

Oh, and I have to shave my beard for the job - that will be weird. The last time I shaved the beard was Halloween 2004 for my Steven Segal imitation. I grew it back in two days. This time it stays off for as long as I am with BROWN.

WH

A Job!

I remember saying that, at least for me, doors of opportunity tend to open LATE in the game. From the perspective of one who is a "Christ Follower" I would say that God generally waits until the last minute to provide - not when I am lazy or uninvolved - but when I am working hard to find the answer or direction.

Well - I HAVE A JOB! It's part-time BUT has potential and is ideal for what I need right now. I will explain more later.

At the request of my wife, I went on line and signed up for a Seasonal Delivery Helper with UPS. There were NO appointments available at the time but I filled out all of the stuff. That was the last week of October. On Wednesday, November 2nd, I get an email saying that the interviews for the Augusta area were upcoming. I HATE spam so I called the number to double check so that it wasn't the result of some web-bot spider that had harvested my address.

The guy said that it was for real and that he would be in Augusta starting on November 7th to hire 50 seasonal helpers. I took the first available slot, 11/7 at Noon. I had to fill out a bunch more online forms and releases for background checks, etc before the appointment, but that was easy and I eagerly awaited my Monday meeting. Hell, just the chance at an INTERVIEW was exciting.

I showed up at the interview and the HR guy said, "Are you interested in being a supervisor? Your resume gives you more options than just helping with the packages."

Long story short. UPS just called and offered me the job about an hour ago. The hours are perfect for me right now - 4:30 am - 9:30 am. The REAL shit is that I get FULL BENEFITS. The exact same benefits that management would get after 20 years in the company (other than time off for paid vacation). Benefits start immediately - and after 30 days they really kick in. Full medical, dental, vision, earn and learn, and more. The pay is pretty awesome too - for a part-time position.

Thank God. I went from seasonal help to management in less than one interview. The other thing is that the project that I will be working on is helping the Augusta facility set up the next generation of package delivery systems. No one there really knows more about the system in that facility than anyone else. It will involve problem solving, critical thinking skills, team work, and other things that are my strengths. For those of you getting packages it will mean quicker delivery times and better tracking.

I start Monday morning. How cool is that? Go Brown!

Oh, this Friday I also have a meeting with a group of investors about the doctors office. If they agree on this, the hours and jobs may be the perfect fit for me over the next few years. Keep praying for this idea. It could revolutionize medicine and the way doctors offices do business, as well as help me with retirement:)

I will keep you all informed.

WH

Cover Your Ears Kiddies

OK. Let's give another WARNING. I will be using some "salty" language. Don't go on if you don't want to read BAD WORDS.

FUCKING PARASITE!

You are not going to believe this one.

How much do you like ambulance chasing lawyers? Would you have any choice words for someone who would come to a hospital room and hand out a business card to a family member who has just experienced trauma? Read on...

The phone rang today and it said BLAKE HART, (803-641-9609), on the Caller ID. I picked up and it was for Jen. I took the message and asked what it was concerning. He said the article that was in the paper (You can read about that in the last post). I asked if he had a lung disease and he said "no" but that he would like to call her back, or have her call him.

MOTHERFUCKER!

He called back later today and Jen took the call. She came back and said that she had a conference call with him and another person who used RELIV and wanted to talk to her about taking nutritional supplements for her CF. He was a FUCKING SALESMAN who saw the article in the paper and used it for a MARKETING OPPORTUNITY to sell my wife some super expensive, awful tasting shit in a MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING SCHEME.

What a low down, shit eating, belly crawling, scum sucking, pathetic bastard. To invade our home and try and capitalize on an illness that is killing my wife to sell some bullshit. There is a special place in hell for people like him.

Jen said that she really didn't want to do the conference call so I called him back and told him that she wouldn't be taking the call. I was polite to him and let him know that she wasn't interested. Call the bastard if you want to and give him hell - that is really his number listed above.

There, now I feel better. Oh, and don't fuck with my wife. It tends to get my dander up.

WH

Busy Week Coming Up

This will be a busy week for us. There is an Evening of Miracles meeting tomorrow night in Lexington, SC. Then Jen's parents are coming up for the weekend to attend the actual event.

We all go to Columbia, SC on Friday night so Jen can do a live TV interview for the event and then we are going to one of our favorite restaurants, Villa Tronco, on Blanding St. - incredible Italian food. We'll be home late that night.

Then we go BACK to Columbia for the Evening of Miracles on Saturday.

Today, Jen had a story about her personal experience with cystic fibrosis published in the local paper, but I can't link to the article because they are potty heads and require COST to log in and view anything other than the basic page. How freaking stupid is that? The New York Times has a free log in. The LA Times has a free log in. The Aiken Standard CHARGES money so you can read the local news - out of touch.

So if you want to read the story use this log in:
User name: darbycopeland
Password: carter
consider that my rebellious reaction to a ridiculous charge:)

Once you log in you will need to use the News Finder Search on the left sidebar - put in "Jennifer Eisenmann" and the story will be near the top. The title is "Aiken resident won't let cystic fibrosis rob her of normalcy"

Anyway, the article was awesome. Jen liked everything but the pictures - but of course!

Hope you are all well. I hope to write some more in a day or two.

WH