BUSY NOW (Posted 2007-06-28 13:22:49 by ArchPaladin) Everything has gotten very busy real quick. At my job I've been working on this one project for close to eight months. I'm writing this piece of software that will overhaul much of how the company manages its projects and tracks data internally, and it's been a very intricate project to design and write. Last week I finished doing all the writing, and it has since moved into large-scale debugging before deployment begins. My days at work have gone from leisurely to more deadline-oriented. My fiancee, roommate, and myself have found a place in Nashua that we want to buy (though technically only my fiancee and I will be doing the buying). This has entailed a lot of phone calls, meetings, and other paperwork with financial legalese. Everything is proceeding smoothly (we're putting our offer down today), but it's a little hard to keep up with all the paperwork and associated changes. Notably, buying this place will entail some financial reallocation on my part that I wasn't really expecting, and this is a cause for hesitation. However, when looking at the situation as objectively as I can, I realize that no matter where we go I will likely have to reallocate a good part of my finances to pay a mortgage, so I shouldn't be upset about it (though concern may be appropriate). I'm still coming to terms with that realization, and I haven't quite settled into the current circumstances. I've gone to the Boys and Girls club of Nashua [ http://www.bgcn.com/ ] [bgcn.com] and talked with them about using their location as a home for ILMA. They were receptive and gave me a relatively good price quote. Their pricing is the best we've seen so far, and probably the best we will find, but it's not spectacular. In addition, they don't rent out the club during normal operating hours when school is in session, which means that if we want consistent hours for holding classes year-round, we can only have class on Saturday mornings. All this basically translates down to the following: we can use the B&G club, but if we do so we get classes one day a week due to scheduling constraints and rental rates. My business partner is rather uncomfortable with the idea (as we wanted to open with multiple classes available), but given that we've looked for about six months and this is the first real option that we've found, it's hard to turn down. We've decided to move forward and make the best of the situation, but it has changed our feelings about opening from "Yay!" to "Yay?". Notably, I've been wanting to make a post here with great fanfare about how we have a location and whatnot, but as you can see that isn't happening. I've been praying that whatever we find for housing is the place that is appropriate for our future needs, and that whatever ILMA finds for a home would be appropriate for the school's needs and ability to attract a student base. Of course, everything is always a trade-off. Generally I've found that God will provide everything to meet your future needs, but it doesn't always seem that the things you're receiving are the things that you think are best, and there is usually some form of sacrifice or difficulty involved until you realize that what you got is appropriate for the circumstances you have. I'm not completely convinced that readjusting my financial spending as will be required of me to accommodate a mortgage is the best idea, but owning is considerably better than renting. Nor am I convinced that having classes one day a week on Saturday mornings is good for long-term growth, but the B&G club does see a lot of kids go through it on a regular basis, and if you're not taking out a business loan you make do with what you have. I'm willing to make due with some present-day discomfort and risk as long as I know that God's hands are directing the outcome. I suppose it's somewhat providencial that my daily reading for today was 2 Corinthians 12, which contains the following passage: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. -- 2 Corinthians 12: 7-9, NIV -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Having said all this, you should not take this post to be whining or complaining, as I haven't meant to complain about anything. If these are to be the circumstances that God provides if I am to own a home and have a business, then so be it. I have never been steered wrong. -------- There are no comments on this post.