I Say It Best When I Say Nothing At All.....

"Can you give me a few extra minutes this morning? I'm running behind." Those were the first words I remember hearing this morning when I answered my cell phone at 6:52. I rubbed my eyes and tried to process the words. "Yeah, that would be just fine with me if you guys are running a little behind. I'll be there in a few minutes." My alarm had gone off at 6:00. I remember being conscious then and thinking, wow, I'm surprisingly more awake than I thought I'd be. I do have some time to kill. I'm just going to stay here for a few more minutes, and then I'll get up and shower. I was scheduled to drive for our carpool, and Brian sarcastically, but graciously, gave me a few extra minutes to get ready. "We're at your back door." He and Chris both walked down to my house when I didn't pick them up at 6:45. The realization that I had slept in just slapped me in the face. "Did your alarm go off this morning," Coralee ask...

I think there is a ghost following me around. I think it is a Banshee that has a crush on me. Bald is beautiful to the undead. A couple of times, over the last few weeks, I have walked into our kitchen and the radio across the room will turn on. It is always a love song. I think the lyrics go something like, "La la la la la..... La la la la la..... La la la la la... La La La La La La." (Insert favorite love song there.) One night, I was working late. I heard footsteps in the office building above me, and then I heard a door close. I left my office shortly thereafter. When I got into my truck to drive away, I looked around the parking lot for another vehicle........there was nothing there. All of the lights were off in the office building above mine. I then turned the radio on in my truck and I heard...... "La la la la la..... La la la la la..... La la la la la... La La La La La La."

I figured out where my hair, that should be growing on top of my head, has gone. It is now growing inside my ears. That changes the romantic allure of having Coralee run her fingers through my hair. Have you ever watched bowling? You've seen bowlers shine their bowling balls with spit and polish them off with a towel? For this bald man.....that seems curiously exciting.

Every once in awhile, a few of us at the office get the urge to walk the 300 yards from our office to a local Chevron station to get a drink. Today's journey would include Chris, Jeff and Randall. The rain was an early deterrent. "Not for me, my friends. I'm going back inside." "Ah, come on! It's not that bad." "Um, yeah, it really is. Enjoy! I'll see ya when you get back." I walked back into the office only to be followed by the other three. They were dragging their feet and their heads were down. I think Chris may have been crying. As I looked them over, I realized they were all crying, or maybe it was the rain on their faces.....I'm not sure. "Alright, alright! I'll drive," I said, "let's go!" I think Randall may have pumped his fist and jumped into the air. Jeff broke into song and Chris immediately dropped to the ground and began kissing my feet. After I felt the worship was sufficient, we hopp...

I was in the mood for music from Les Miserables. I cranked up my itunes. I started singing....quietly at first, then I decided it was really time to belt it out. "A little fall of rain, can hardly hurt me now!" I thought I was alone in the office. "You're here, that's all I need to know!" I turned up the music a little louder. I printed out the rate sheets for the day. "And you will keep me safe!" I walked over to the printer, danced a little jig and picked up the rate sheet off of the printer. Wow! I sound good. I drop an octave lower and continue..... "And you will keep me close!" I look to my left, and there is one of my loan officers......meeting with clients. I wink at them, give them a salute, "how ya doin'?" They laugh. I turn the corner and walk away....and I continue.... "And rain will make the flowers grow!"

Yes, it is true. We have purchased milk since my last blog. Perhaps we have purchased it a couple of times. I'm not sure. Things have been a little hectic lately. I guess my idea of finding a strategy that would help me blog more often isn't working. I have been interviewing, hiring and training new people here at work. Mortgage applications have also been coming in more frequently, although the majority of the people who apply for a home loan lately no longer qualify. It really just equates to more work for me, and less compensation for my time. I have also been trying to write a 40 hour course for the Ogden Weber Applied Technology College ( OWATC ) for their mortgage school: A Principal Lending Manager's course. This is a class that licensed mortgage loan officers can take after they have been in the mortgage industry a minimum of three years and have the desire to become a PLM and manage and/or operate a mortgage company. Writing this course is quite challengi...