roll on you bears... #4 in BCS now... couple more top 5 upsets and we could potentially be seeing an sc-cal rematch for the national championship (far-fetched, yes, but wouldn't that be awesome?)

work hasn't quite slowed down the way i expected it to after quarter-end because we're going live with a new system (that our company has been working on since before i joined. seriously. and we're only going live with half of it - the easier half.) always lots of kinks and things to work out when a new system goes live.

george finally brought over the propane for the bbq, and so we christened it with some chickens. unfortunately, we forgot to turn down the flame after turning it up to clean the grill, and well... we ended up with one black chicken. (pic to follow later). it turned out all right, though - just scraped off the carcinogenic stuff, and all better! don't worry, we'll bust it out one more time for the big game. big game party at our place... evite to follow later.

even though work is still busy, it's definitely less stressful, so i've had time to do things i've been neglecting for quite some time. i'm finally getting started up on fellowship duties that i've been pushing out of my mind for a while. got to talk to pdan very briefly on sunday about the upcoming changes and restructuring, and thinking about it all - boy, do i have a lot to do. there are a lot of logistics that need to be taken care of, and still a whole congregation to talk to. prayer is appreciated because i know that change is sometimes difficult for people to accept. but God has really changed the hearts of our members over the past few years, and i've really been encouraged by the support (actually, i was surprised. me, of little faith) and excited to move forward with this training and restructuring. i still have a lot to process, though, before we get to that stage. but january is coming up soon.

one last thing... hideyo - can i request to be taken off your bcs blog? i'm with alinna on this. i'd rather be off the list. thanks :)