After eight days His disciples were
again inside, and Thomas with them.
Jesus came, the doors having been
shut, and stood in their midst and said,
“Peace be with you.” Then He said
to Thomas, “Reach here with your
finger, and see My hands; and reach
here your hand and put it into my side;
and do not be unbelieving, but
believing.” Thomas answered and
said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

-John 20:26-27

Aaaand, back by popular demand(and yes, one person constitutes popular) is early-morning-Saturday posting! And don’t think I would be up right now if I could be sleeping instead. Trust me. But alas, work has yet again called my number and I’ve been summoned to combat the forces of industrial evil and triumph victoriously over the demons of manufacturing. And yep, I realized that that description says absolutely nothing about what I actually do, but it’s a cool job description, neh?

And don’t worry, to relieve my pain of waking up dreadfully early this Saturday, I am indeed drinking my coffee right now. And crunching on bacon. Is anyone really surprised? This is terrible, I’ve become far too predictable. Well, it makes me happy. Soooo happy. And bonus points to whoever can tell me the movie the previous sentence came from. Oh and I just realized another question you may ask…why would I wake up insanely early just to make bacon and coffee when I could squeeze another hour of sleep out of the night and just go to work soon after waking up?? Many people think I’m ridiculous(and I tend to agree), but if I’m going to have work on a Saturday, I like to incentivize(apparently not a word – oh well) myself, convincing my aggravated soul that working on Saturday IS rewarded. And in a twisted kind of way, by waking up extra early and making myself breakfast, I reward myself!

And wow, I don’t think half of that previous paragraph makes sense, but there you go. I may come back at a more sensible hour and revise, so pardon my sleepy writing style. If you can call it a writing style. And speaking of writing, I have been terribly deficient in my literary output as of late. And no, you’re not allowed to question if my writing constitutes as literary. Nevertheless, I’ve tried to write lately, but my imagination has been incredibly lackluster. And my muse, fickle friend that she is, has been woefully absent. SO, if anyone has an idea for a story/poem/essay/epic novel(ok, maybe not that last), shoot it my way and I’ll write something for you! I would try to write something now, but quite frankly, I’m too frightened of how my mind works at this hour of the day to attempt writing anything more than this journal entry!

And I’ve scanned the last few paragraphs and realized how much of this update is actually an update and how much of this update is rambling. Oops. But, too bad for you all, I still want to read and relax a bit more away from the chains of my computer, so I must bid y’all adieu. So enjoy this for what it’s worth(2 pence? maybe??) and if you’ve survived this far, I congratulate your fortitude! And now it’s “Mmmm Coffee and Reading Time for James”. And one more thing…I love you guys. Just saying.

Well, Saturday morning here! But am I relaxing and sleeping in, luxuriating in the warmth of my bed??? The answer to that rhetorical question would be a resounding no, as I am quite clearly here typing away. And why would I forsake the peace of my dreams to be staring blankly at the cold light of my laptop? Well, I don’t really know why I’m on my laptop, actually…but the reason I’m awake is because I’m about to drive to work…alas for the curse of Adam and his thorns and thistles! (And oh gosh, I am SO going to use “thorns and thistles!” when I get upset now. Ok, maybe not really. But is it not apt??)

ANYWAYS, clearly I am even more insane early in the morning than late at night! But yes, this month at work is very crazy, busy enough that it’s not even the middle of the month yet, and we’re still scrambling to meet month-end deadlines. We had a meeting yesterday where we were basically told “All hands on deck”…so hello Saturdays at Cameron!

But of course, I don’t care if I’m going in to work, I will not let this stop me from having my Saturday breakfast of champions! So yes, I am eating bacon and drinking my coffee(Folgers Columbian, if you’re wondering) and still enjoying the freedom that Saturday offers, even if this time it got rudely yanked from under my feet.

Wow, it is the morning and I am STILL exhausted. And that may be due to me treating last night as a Friday night…which is exactly what it was. So I got minimal sleep. Ah well. It was a pretty sweet night – a bunch of us watched over the kids at church while their parents went out on date nights – I gotta say, playing 500 for hours is just awesome. Of course, having fun last night equals tiredness today. I am so going to take a nap when I get home. Hopefully it’s still light by then. And speaking of light, today is the last day that I get to enjoy the light of the dawn when driving to work…Daylight Savings will ensure that my whole drive to work will be dark for the next eternity of months. This is much sadness. I like light. I do not like darkness. At least not when I’m driving to work.

And seriously, why am I still writing?? My apologies for the weirdness of this post – clearly I should not post at this time of day. Clearly. And now I shall enjoy my bacon and coffee and reading…for a few more sweet minutes. Farewell friends!