I put in an order at the take-out Japanese food restuarant and then strolled up to the grocery store to burn a little time. I had something in mind. I wandered up and down the aisles a while before I gave up and looked for an employee. I found an unsuspecting fellow stocking nine lives cat food. He looked bored.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for water balloons."

The guy bounced up with a grin, abandoned his tedious project, and promptly set out in search of the desired items. I followed him all around the store until he asked the manager where they were. She, poor lady, had memorized the exact location of the water balloons and directed us thither. Therefore, I was victorious in my balloon quest, and later on that evening had a glorious water balloon fight in the back yard with two good friends.

The end. 

What do you do when you know that you’re going to fail again and again? When there is a weakness in your life that you fall prey to over and over again, with no hope of ever stopping it. As I sat in church, my pastor presented the answer. I think it soaked in. Either he was preaching better than usual or my recent quiet time Saturday afternoon reading the book of James while enjoying a Starbuck’s hazelnut latte blended with brevier had sharpened me up to hear it; maybe both. He took us to that familiar passage from the book of Isaiah and presented the following paraphrase: They that wait (live in expectancy) upon the Lord shall renew (or exchange their little triple AAA battery strength for the nuclear power plant of God’s strength) and shall mount up on wings as eagles (overcome natural impossibilities) they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not faint (overcome natural weaknesses.) I like the idea of trading in my dinky AAA battery for God's ability to overcome the impossible pitfalls of human nature.

Josh has an official girlfriend now. She's a sweetie named Renee from the sturdy state of Pennsylvania. I usually like whoever I meet from Pennsylvania and this girl is no exception. I do miss my bro tho. So does his life long buddy, Andrew Payne, who texts Josh in the middle of his outings with Renee to exact proper revenge.

If all goes according to plan with his schooling, Josh will be an air traffic controller by the end of this year.

My attorney (the one I work primarily for) became a partner at the firm on Friday!! Yay!! That's cause for celebration. If anybody would like to see the website for my place of work its www.crosswhitelaw.com

Ok, I need to not browse this site too much. I'm getting too many ideas for a prank e-mail. Bad Bea!

This year I intend to focus more on my novel writing. Now that I have my college degree, and a good start settling into a steady job, I'm ready to dive off into my adventures. I'm also outlining some possible writers conferences to attend.

Still no word on the Certified Legal Assistant exam. I'm trying not to think about the results, but they should come in the next three weeks or so.

Alright me amigos, I'm going off to maybe write a bit. Ta ta.