Ranting to /dev/null

Time to get a little personal

The summer has sucked. Right now I'm sitting at the sales office waiting for a meeting to start, and boy howdy, I don't want to be here. The past two months have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that I absolutely hate sales. It's a job that requires a relentlessly upbeat and enthusiastic personality, something I can only approximate at the best of times. And the fact that my recently acquired ex-girlfriend is one of the managers at the office isn't helping matters. I don't have an alternate way of making money, so I'm stuck here for the time being.

I'm stuck in more ways than just that, though. I'm essentially without a home church at the moment. The OPC congregation I've intermittently attended since I've been in college just isn't going to cut it now that I'm here full-time. But other options are not forthcoming, and I'm loath to strike out with a church where I know no one when I have friends and family in the area. The only time I felt as if I had really worshiped since I left the city was when I went back there one Sunday last month.

The family situation is pretty tough. Stuff that has been lying dormant for decades is coming to light, and though it's brought me closer to certain members of my family, the whole thing is fraught (never thought I'd use that word outside a vocabulary quiz) with tension. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in a month.

I should stop for now. The glorified Boy Scout meeting is winding down, which means I'll be leaving the hot-spot in a few minutes.