I had a really hard time getting up that morning and got to work just a tad bit late. But the thing was that Greg and Chris weren't there yet, so does that mean that I was actually late? I'll let you ponder on that for a bit....okay, that was long enough.
Chris and I started working on the lights in the auditorium because a lot of them were out. By then end, I think we changed about 10 lights. Now, to change all of these lights in the auditorium, you could use the genie, which is a scissor lift, but for the other, you would have to use this super freaking huge ladder that has to way lots and is really hard to move around. Now I would have to climb all the way up it and then change the bulb while not actually touching it because they are special. Okay, so it isn't that hard, it just seems like it when all you are doing is yawning while you work. About mid-morning, we decided that we needed to get some liquid caffeine and so Chris got some coffee and I got some DP! yeah, woot woot for the DP. Although a vanilla latte would have been just as good. So after our short break we get back to work and finish up the lights and start to work on the sprinkler system in the auditorium. Each sprinkler head has a cap that goes on it and some had been falling off. Now, the place to get to the pipes in the ceiling requires going up to the very top and climbing around on 2" wide pieces of metal that are holding drywall up and the metal is held up by wire. And so if you take a wrong step somewhere....down you go. And so I climbed around and got to this hole that I had to go through. It was like a fire wall that has this small 2' by 2' access hole and well...I yet again had to step on 2" metal that is more flimsy than the first set. So we work on the system and figured out that there was nothing that we could do for it at the time and so I went up there for essentially nothing. But all the same, I love climbing around up there and doing stuff and it was a lot of fun. And so not it is about 12:15 and I have to rush off to my next thing for the day.
A good friend, Justin Marks, wanted to take me to get a message at the Student Center. We tired to do it on Friday but they were all booked and so we rescheduled for Monday. I get there and we wait for just a bit and then it is my turn. I sat down in the chair and he starts going at it and it is just awesome! It only lasted for 10 minutes unfortunately but as Justin is getting his turn, I get to sit in one of those chairs that you see in malls all the time. It was this robotic chair messager thingy and I decided that I need one in my house. I can only imagine they are super expensive. Well by this time, it is time to head off to class.
I get to class to see an unfimiliar face at the front of the room. Apperantly our teacher got a cold and had this sub come in for the day. He has been an audio engineer for a couple of years now and is not really a teacher. He even admitted that. It didn't really seem like he wanted to be teaching and I guess he thought we didn't want to be there. Although, I would have to say that it is one of my favorite classes right now. And so he fly's through the powerpoint and after class there is a classmate asking him a question and I was sticking around just to make sure that I understood. And we start talking some and he is showing me some of the mics that he brought in to class and he asks if I want to come and see his studio some time. I was like, REALLY??? And I said sure, I got his number so that I could call him some time to come and see the place. I couldn't believe it. Hopefully, this might even turn out to be a career oportunity. We will have to see what God has in plan. Another class comes in and he has to teach and so I head out and go home.
I am home for a bit just to realize that I had locked my keys in the truck...again! I did it about two weeks ago. I think I need to go and make a spare copy. I call AAA and they come and get my keys out and then I decided that it was time for a nap. After all this excitment in the day, I was tired. I dose for a while and get up to work on some homeworkness before I have to head out to the observatory to do some astronomy labs.
That place was packed. I was in a group of about 40-50 people memorizing where things are in the sky. I had so do another lab of looking through a telescope at the moon. And the deck where the telescope was at had about 20 people on it. Now this deck wasn't very big. When I was final able to look at the moon throught the telescope, I was just amazed! The moon as so beautiful and bright and it had so much detail on it...I can't describe how cool it was to look at it. This just gives me more evidence that God created such a thing for us to look at. That is his beauty that we are looking at in the night sky.
Our God is so cool. Just the small things in life can bring us so much joy. Things like while you are at work climbing around in the ceiling, or having someone message your back, or getting a number to go and look at a recording studio, or looking at an amazing moon! What a day it was to live in God's presence. He is always there and he does care about us. Although we may have good days and bad days, he loves us all the same!
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:7-9 (emphasis mine)
who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.
2 comments:
Zach, I really enjoy just listening to your stream of consciousness writing...it sounds pretty much like I'm listening to you talk.
Wow. What a day! That's tight u see God's inner workings in your ordinary day :) I pray that I can do the same. Oh and ps hope u get a job with that dude!
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