First Impressions...

Well fellas,

Let me start off by saying that Texas is cool y’all. Work has been pretty hectic. Between having a meeting every half hour and taking mandatory 2 hour lunches, I find little time to do any of the actual work. On to my first impressions:

Rand() hits from San Antonio

--I had to go to Thursday’s City Council meeting where, to make a long story short, I found out Jenn and I live in an area with the most Gentlemen’s Clubs. I always thought the “Wild Zebra” near our apartment was a sister location for the San Antonio Zoo—some exotic African wildlife exhibit. I guess Jenn and I won’t be visiting that place this weekend.

----I’ve been asked to go get beers with fellow coworkers about 6 times during my first five days of work. I thought about saying, “sure, let’s go get some root.” Then I would have invited them over to play twister and hang out for a Saturday’s Warrior marathon. I’m sure I would have made friends faster than Mike at a Staples convention.

----We have exactly three channels with only hooking up the F-type cable (that’s the “cable” cable sending the RF signal). While they do come in a little fuzzy, they are in color about 60 percent of the time (why’s it got to be a color thing?). They are NBC, Univision, and Fox San Antonio. It would be good except that the only thing Jenn can watch during the day is 5 judge shows in a row—including Judge Judy, who’s hair rivals that of dad’s during his mid ‘80s perm phase.

----Our ward is ‘ite. The bishop brought us in his office right after Sacrament Meeting. First question: “What is your experience with boy scouts?” I thought about feigning gayness but decided that may hurt my membership options. I almost told him that while I did get my Eagle award, the only knots I know how to tie now is a granny knot and a hangman’s knot. And I’m willing to use the latter if scout leader is in my future. I told him that I would be very busy during the week for the next four months and that a calling during the week may not be the best thing. He then went on to tell us that there are two types of people that come into the ward: 1. Those that “devote themselves to a calling” and 2. Those that “don’t have time.” Hey, how much time can passing out hymnbooks take? Sign me up. First impressions are the most important, right? Let’s hope so…

I guess I can be called to the young men or scouts. I’ll just have to set up tents in the copy room next to my office when they want to go on a campout. If anything, I guess I’ll call Clint since he’s the family expert now. By the way, we don’t have callings yet but we had to fill out a full page (6 point font, no joke) questionnaire that rivaled a criminal background check. I was just waiting for the Ward Clerk to walk out in scrubs with a cup and point me to the nearest bathroom. Good times. Can’t wait for next Sunday.

c