john b. flushing

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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

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!

I’m getting restless, I’m ready for something new and challenging. This weekend I’m going to sit down and brainstorm some ideas about my next move. I would like to start another business, but need to narrow down the focus of what I want to accomplish this time around. I don’t feel I’m being challenged in the right areas of my professional life right now and need a new atmosphere.

My current environment is less than pleasant and at times seems cancerous. New ideas are constantly being shot down, old ideas are accepted as “well, that’s what we’ve always done” and the comfort level of treating others with little to no respect has grown immensely. I walked past a co-worker today and said hello and didn’t get a single response or acknowledgment, so I followed up with..”have a piece of candy, there’s plenty of chocolate left,” but still nothing. Who is so f*cking important that they can’t be the least bit cordial?

I’m happy it’s the weekend so that I can regroup and try and refocus my own thoughts and reset them to positive ones. I’ve had more success in my life financially, emotionally and professionally and know what it’s like to love waking up in the morning to face a new challenge on a daily basis that yields a pleasant sense of accomplishment. I’m ready for that again.

Not that anyone cares, but I had dinner at a place that has been near my home for years, but never really noticed or thought about. It is a great little Mediterranean diner. The gyro I had was fanflippintastic! Bad weather in the forecast for tomorrow…but it will still be a great weekend!

I haven’t really had much to write about this past week. I’ve sort of been in geek mode designing new wordpress themes and finding better ways to design websites.  I’ve also rediscovered the mindlessness of video games. After two nights of playing…I actually unhooked it and put it away because I have too much to work on to get sucked in to a basketball game from 2004. I did down load the Snoop Dogg voice skin for our GPS and have found that even driving to the grocery store is fun again despite the fact that I have no use for a GPS in town.

I bought a new couch and loveseat about a month ago and feel a rant coming on. I’m not happy with the couch. The place where I bought it has all the guarantees in the world for it. I am calling them tomorrow and then I’m sure they will set up having an official inspector come out…the love seat seems fine and has firm cushions, but the couch feels like I’m sitting on a mattress that has been f%$#@d flat. I’ll include this in a new category called consumer reviews and will put all raves and rants about products and companies in that category.

OK, I have a ton of stuff to do before tomorrow night…

JBF~

I haven’t had a cold that kicked my ass as hard as this one has in a long while. This one has been kicking for about a week now and I’m finally feeling better, but not 100% yet…then again..I’m probably never 100% any time.

I went out to dinner last night for an early birthday dinner and to see a band we’re thinking of booking for our wedding reception in June. After dinner we had a few errands to run and thought we’d swing by target. All of these people were last minute shopping for a Valentine’s Day card and since we were both there and didn’t see the need to spend money on a card…we each picked a card and then handed it to one another and read them. We both said happy valentine’s day, kissed, laughed and then continued on with our evening.

I’ve been following the Olympics, which is always a nice break from typical programming. I was randomly glued to the biathlon earlier today where the participants would ski for a bit and then stop and shoot, then ski on for a bit and then stop and shoot. I would be a little nervous competing against someone with a loaded rifle on their back, but then again I shop at a ghetto Wal-Mart twice a month whether I need to or not.

What’s up with the crazy professor in Alabama who shot her colleagues over not getting tenured? It’s not like all the clues weren’t there before this all happened…apparently having some involvement in a package bomb in the early 90′s and the “accidental” death of her brother… I don’t have all the facts, but this lady has some problems (beyond issues).

Anyway, I’m working on a few more blogs that will be posted in a couple days, but wanted to post some filler today.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

The roof sounds like it’s about to blow off of my place…I’m going to go see what that’s all about.