john b. flushing

I finally have a moment to sit down and write. Since my last little blurb I have actually gotten married, been on a honeymoon, and moved to a new place. Although I thought it would be an efficient transition, it was a metric sh*tload of things to do in a short amount of time. The wedding and the honeymoon were to happen at the same time regardless, but deciding to work a move into the 10 day period was a bit much. OK, to be honest…it wasn’t really the move, but the packing and lack of preparation that put the squeeze on the old hands of time. Nevertheless, we got moved and are settling in comfortably into our new townhouse.

The wedding went off without a hitch! No one stood up and yelled that we weren’t fit to marry or anything. Both of our families were well represented and everything from the two-tone ’62 Rolls Royce with gangster white walls to the 80′s band that played our reception rounded out the magical evening. We hadn’t planned on the event being as grand as it ended up being, but it was a night I’ll never forget. My wife was truly beautiful in her dress and even dropped it on the dance floor (like it was hot).

I know this is kind of vague, but I felt like writing for a minute and will fill in the rest over the weekend…

Upcoming blogs will include: The Honeymoon, The Move, People Watching, and The Crazy Ass Lady.

Stay gold!

JBF

I was sorry to read the news earlier today about Gary Coleman. Growing up watching Diff’rent Strokes, I always appreciate a good “Whatchu talkin’ bout Willis?” and still hear it probably three times per week around the office. The past 365 days have not been too kind. I’ve lost a couple personal friends and the world has lost alot of talent.

Over the past several days, I’ve been kicking around an idea for a script that I’ve been wanting to write. The idea has been around longer than 3 days, but today I just started writing down notes, notes, and more notes. In just a short time I had written down enough to start developing the story. I have a handful of characters in mind that I want to work in, but will have to write them in as I go. Where was this idea when I was home for 2+ weeks? Had I had this moment while I was off work for 2.5 weeks…I could have been done with this. If I can just get through the first write, I’ll be happy.

My schedule is completely flipped around now…I’ve been off work for about two and a half weeks, and because I’m a night owl, my days and nights have totally flipped. I get so much more done in the middle of the night. I don’t have the same interruptions, the phone isn’t ringing, the traffic isn’t racing by, etc. Today I went in and moved my computer to a temporary workspace while the building is going through the healing process. I’m going to go in to work as if it’s May 3rd and make sense of a bunch of numbers that probably aren’t going to make a whole hell of a lot of sense. Having the time off was nice despite the circumstances, but I made the most of it and actually got alot done that I had either been putting off or just didn’t have the energy to do.

Coming up next…parties, wedding, honeymoon, and the big move.

Thank god I have a good start on the packing.

Nearly two weeks ago I left home to meet my fiance for lunch and to look at properties. On the way down to meet her I drove through an excessive amount of pouring rain. Everything had cleared up when I reached the restaurant, but I noticed a wall cloud in the distance. While eating at Chuy’s the waitress alerted us that the tornado sirens were going off outside and that we might want to stay longer while it blew over. As we got ready to walk out the sideways rain ripped through the parking lot, so we opted for the bar for a drink. An hour later I was told that the interstate I had just traveled down was flooded and that they were sending out boats (on the interstate) to rescue drivers.

Once I realized that I wasn’t likely to get home, I bought some cheap boxers from a bargain bin and headed to the future-in-laws (where I’d spend the next few days). I got back home on Monday afternoon to find that my office had suffered greatly. Hoping to get moved to another office by Monday. In the meantime I’ve made myself available and have been packing up for the move and have also secured a place to live for our first married year. I didn’t realize how old and dated my apartment is until we started looking for a new place. Published prices are definitely negotiable…we got a great deal. I’m trying to be proactive since I usually procrastinate and am late to everything.

I’m very excited about the new place. I’ll finally get to have a grill again, the bike won’t be stored in the living room, we’ll have a computer room /man room, and a guest bedroom. The wedding is approaching and that has been a little stressful…I put my nerd skills to work and built a database for the guest list so we could easily keep up with RSVP and thank you notes.

On the flood side, I did not personally have any flooding or damage, I live on top of a hill and was out of town for all of the rain. I do have many friends who were affected personally and some professionally. National news has only scratched the surface on the financial blow delivered by this disaster, but on the up side…it has also created alot of jobs for people who have been out of work. Keep on keepin’ on Nashville. This city has been great to me and to alot of other people too. It will bounce back!