Because I signed a lease on an apartment today! That’s right, just a couple miles from Sandals and about 15 minutes from Emma. This is going to be awesome!

Or is it?

You see, Andrea had recently got approved for and purchased a house. She got moved in and is in the process of getting settled. She showed me the house when I went to see Emma. It’s a nice little place. A perfect starter home.

And it bums me out.

When we were together, we had talked of owning a house and having a real home. Now she’s got the house and I’m stuck renting. And after I had left, I was venting my frustration in the car to God. Then it hit me: I really have it good right now. I’m going to be living much closer to my daughter, I am going to be moving into a great new apartment and I’m the technical director at one of the coolest churches in Riverside.

Not only do I have some truly great friends, but the network of support I have from fellow TDs is amazing.

 

I’ve been blessed with being able to work alongside some of the most gifted people at Coast: Mike Sessler, Mark Cullen, Todd Gorton and Ken Hammond (there are plenty more, but these are the guys I worked with the closest). And I can’t forget, the awesome volunteers in our tech team. I’m really going to miss hanging out with Thomas and Daniel and teasing Thomas about the Jands Vista.

I will miss seeing the friends I’ve made down here: The Hammonds, the Sesslers and the Stocktons are some cool cat! (PS, when is Porkapalooza happening again??)

But now, this new chapter of my life brings new friends and new challenges. I will get to work with another group of awesomely talented people. (Awesomely talented? Is that even grammatically correct?) I feel like the last year of my life, God was preparing me for this and for what is to come.

So to go back to my question: yes, this is going to be awesome.

-i