AH CRAP! IT'S DECEMBER ALREADY!!!

Seriously???!!!How on earth is it December 1st already?! Where does time go and why don't we ever feel like we have enough of it? Time is such a weird thing to me. (Oh yeah, this is Nate)Anyway, I just wanted to put up a couple things cause I've been meaning to. Here we go:

I got a call from NLV the other day. It wasn't my background investigator, but it was my new background investigator, Officer Sullivan. He was pretty much calling me to let me know that he is now in charge of my file, and is taking over where Officer Dolan left off, and to see if I was still interested in pursuing what I'd started (9 freaking months ago, by the way!) I told him absolutely! He told me what I'd already found out in the phone message from Officer Smith a few weeks ago. Long story short, it was the first communication with them that I didn't initiate since last April. And it actually felt pretty reassuring that I was at least still on someone's desk and was still somewhere in some shuffle of people. January is the next Chief Review with a potential academy starting some time in Feb or March. I'm praying.

I'm so super excited for Christmas. I think it's a combination of things.We're going to Huntsville which I'm pretty excited about (Erin, that's all I"ll mention about that.) AND the weather is finally cold. It seriously just got cold in the last week; like the sun stopped working or something. It rained all day yesterday and was super windy and cold today. I don't know the numbers, but it was just dang cold today. The weather is such a big part of what i love about this time of the year. And on top of it all, we've just about got all of our Christmas decorations out. It sure isn't much, but it's what we have. And it's good as far as I'm concerned. (Can't wait to see the house, Dad)

Bass sure has picked up. We're pretty consistently busy, which is passing time more and more quickly. I think I'm a good employee. I don't screw up, my drawer is always on (except when I got got scammed), I'm reliable and show up when I'm scheduled to, and I'm generally a nice person to have working, and when we're busy I kick ass and get the lines moving so people can be on their way. Really, none of these things are that difficult to bring to a job, but I'm quickly discovering how important these simple things are to a (or any) business. I've only been at Bass for barely 4 months and I've been told about a month and a half ago that I was being considered for a Lead position. Didn't happen then. But tonight my manager and another person both pulled me aside to tell me how incredibly well they though I was doing and again, told me that I'm being being heavily considered for the Lead deal again. I'm not gonna go into the details but I'm really torn on whether or not I should be even entertaining the idea as much as I already am. I mean, could I really hold down 2 full time jobs??? (cause it would mean being scheduled at least 32 hours a week)

Lastly, I just want to thank my super great, awesomely incredible, beautiful and loving wife for everything she does (that she sometimes seems to think I think she doesn't do.) I know that stay at home moms are super under appreciated in the world today (this is a little shout out to Sarah and Erin too). I've seriously been amazed at the response I get from total strangers when I explain that I'm working 2 jobs so my wife can be at home with my 2 year old daughter and mother my soon to be 2 kids. It's like it's completely unheard of for someone to work hard to support their family (are you serious people out there???) Do people in the world not remember how important their parents were to them growing up and just having them around? And the idea of having my wife stay at home and raise my daughter... I feel weird when people compliment me on doing what I'm doing. I'm doing what needs to be done. And if it were physically possible, I'd pick up a 3rd job so we could just get ahead instead of breaking even month after month. Damn need for [sweet sweet] sleep. Anyway, I love my wife. I love and appreciate everything she does for me. The biggest reward i get from working both jobs is not the money I get paid, but finally getting to see Zoee after a few days of 2 works, and having her tell me every new thing she's been taught in just a few days. And that she absolutely LOVES time with me when I'm home, all she wants to do is wrestle and chase and read and hold me. I love it. I don't care what anyone says, that's one of the best things I can imagine; having my daughter wrap her puny little arms around my neck and try to squeeze as hard as she can. Just love it. I love you, Stac.