It’s been a while since I post and a lot has been going on.
For the last 6 months Lori and I have been looking to move out of our apartment in Downey. We have been looking in the greater Lakewood / Long Beach area however our search lead us to a lot of places that were too expensive or just not available.
About two months ago Lori was out of town for the weekend so I decided to drive around on a Saturday morning / afternoon to look for more places. I found a reasonably priced house in Lakewood in an area we had been looking in for a while. I called and left a message with the guy he returned my call later in the evening and I set up an appointment to look at the house the following day. I liked the place and I knew Lori would like it also so I took pictures and sent them to her to look at. The following day Lori returned and we met with the landlord again and filled out an application. The next days he called and said we were approved and could sign the lease anytime we wish.
Over the next 2 weeks we began to pack and prepare to move. I decided to call Starving Students because I like my friends enough that I didn’t want to con them into helping me move my bed, couches and the fridge from the 3rd floor apartment and moving just plain sucks. Starving Students turned out to be reasonably priced and they sent me two very nice guys (a father and son team) who hustled to move a bunch of boxes and those large things from the 3rd floor in Downey to Lakewood within 3 hours.
Momentum with church began to pick up with sound equipment now starting to arrive and requiring my attention to build and configure. Thankfully Tim was able help build and configure our sound system. It’s really nice to hang with him again, I enjoy it a lot!
Business has been steady and growing a lot the past few months and it became more apparent that we needed to move our office into a bigger space. So we found a building in Los Alamitos and moved there however, because of our the increase of work it was a challenge moving the office.
It was about this time that I got news that my grandmother had fallen at her church during her annual spaghetti luncheon. It turned out she broke her leg very close to her hip and would require surgery. Most of us spent the next week visiting her in the hospital and keeping her company. She eventually had her leg set and they put pins in her hip to help heal and strengthen her shattered bones in her leg. It was by this time that she began to have trouble breathing and by Saturday night/Sunday morning she was moved back into the ICU and put on a breathing machine to help her.
Sunday morning the doctor alerted my family to stay close as she’d probably not make it through the day. So after church we all spent the day at the hospital visiting with family and my grandmother who was dieing. By 5:30 or so she had passed away with 20 or so of us watching. I have to say this was the most horrible experience I have ever been through. It has been a total shock to my family and I still grieve for her. The services were held a week later at St. Raymonds and then at Rose Hills. The church services were amazing and with so many people attending it nearly filled the church, on a Monday morning. This was a true blessing to see how many people have been touched by my grandmother and came to honor and respect her.
A week later, on a Tuesday morning, I woke up sick. Sick like I hadn’t been in over 6 or 7 years. I stayed home most of the week, worked as much as my energy would allow and let the Antibiotics do their job. Saturday, I was feeling 85% well just in time for our housewarming BBQ and invited over friends and family to come share and celebrate our new dwelling with us. The party was fun and we had a much needed good time.
Which brings me to now, we’re all settled in the house and the office is pretty well settled and I feel like I’m fully back up to speed and back in the routine again. Pics of this stuff to follow, once I finish sorting through them!