First Day On Job

So today was my first day. My head is sort of in a blur. It may take me a week or two to totally get into the swing of things. I am being trained by the previous production manager, Chris Grindrod, a genuinely nice fellow. I was humbled a little bit when I was working on a bit of production when I realized that their version of the software that I had said I knew so well was a few updates ahead of what I had been working on. I am confident that I can figure out any changes, but it was a little annoying to look like I might not know what I was doing. It is different not being the boss anymore as well. I trust I can adjust. It does seem to be an enjoyable, rewarding place to work.

The wait is over!

After 3 months of uncertainty, Ryan finally has a Job. More than that it is the job I wanted and feel I can do well at. I am now the production director at WEEC in Springfield and will be starting next week on monday. Needless to say, I am pumped and God is faithful!! We are going to go celebrate. I'm not sure what we are going to do, but it probably is going to involve Graeters Ice Cream.

Fun Stuff While we wait.

As we wait to hear about the job, here is some ultra fun stuff.

First off, if you have ever heard of the game scorched earth, here is a cool 3D remake.

Second, as you all know, I like to make sushi. Thanks to Deb for keying me in to a whole new type of sushi. You know what I'm making for the next potluck.

Finally, a tribute to the guys at Homestarrunner.com, here is a cartoon commemerating 10 years of inanity.

The great hunt continues

If you would like to read Kris's Essay, you can do that here at her site. Yes, Miriam, I really did get my coffee :).

Job update: It baffles my mind what I did the other day. I actually turned down a job. Shekinah had to know by Saturday. If you had told me I would do that three weeks ago, I would have laughed at you. I'm a little sad about it, since it appears that they really, really wanted me too. I believe, however, that WEEC will be the better position. I still haven't heard definitively from them yet, although all evidence is really positive. You know that I will let you know when I know.

If you follow blogs here is a really cool one. This week I'm chilling out and trying to tie up various loose ends. Here are a few pictures from the Kulp reunion this last week. If you would want the whole set, give us a call.

A Job offer

First things first, thank you Deb and Nate for hearing my cry and rescuing me, my cup of coffee this morning was tremendous.


Yes, I have had a job offer. Shekinah Christian School has offered me a 6th grade teaching postion for this coming year, starting with staff orientation on Monday. That's right, Monday. I have to let them know tommorrow. I have called WEEC and left a message. I want to ask them if they for sure are planning to hire me. If they are I will have to make a decision. Prayers are still welcome!! All of the jobs have good things going for them. If WEEC is going to offer me the production director job, the decision is easy. If the other one, it gets more complicated. If neither, than I will for sure be working for Shekinah starting monday. The nice thing is that I will have a job very shortly.

I leave you now with a slice of life picture of my fam and a funny video of the price is right.

The Interview

It went very will. I had it with Tracy Figley, which if you have listened to WEEC at all you know that he has been there a while. It lasted 45 Minutes and was quite enjoyable. The kicker was at the end when I asked him what their time frame was. He replied that he wanted to have this all cleared up by the beginning of September. I asked if there was any chance of it being sooner than that as Shekinah starts next week. I told him I would prefer to work in radio and that I would basically need to know if they were going to pass on me. He said and I quote, "Oh, I can tell you right now that we are not going to pass on you." I thought that was rather promising. So it may be a question of which job I get, and not whether I get a job. That being said, I know that he has interviews on Friday, and if he would have two great new candidates he might change his mind. Keep praying. Its not done yet.

Welcome to the world of Blog

My wife Kris has finally taken the plunge.

The Bitter ( but not too bitter) End

Weep with me friends. This morning I finished my last cup of Stumptown Coffee. I'm out of beans once again.


And you thought I needed a new job to pay for things like food.

Cute Glory Picture

I just thought you might want a picture of Glory to brighten your day. Today we're off to Cousin Ben's wedding up in the boondocks of Ohio.

Lot of stuff going on.

Well, you can start praying. It turns out that WEEC in Springfield has two positions open that I believe I qualify for. I have an interview on Tuesday. I still haven't heard anything from Shekinah. Yesterday I worked 13 hours for Jeff Helmuth. The guy from our church who does countertops. That was a long day. Today, however, I'm home and we took the whole family into the health department to get our pictures taken. This is Breast feeding awareness month and they held a essay contest for breast feeding mothers. Kris didn't want to do it, but I said, "Enter, you'll win." So she did. We got a 50 $ gift certificate to Walmart. It's not much, but still nothing to sneeze at. Here is the picture that is going to be in the paper with her essay. I'll see if I can post of copy of it as well. Kris wrote it out instead of typing it, so I may have to copy it from the paper.

Reunion and some pictures

This past weekend was the Ropp reunion, which is my Grandmas family. It was kind of fun. A lot of people I don't know. I did a Jungle Jam for their church service sunday morning. It is a radio program that I have adapted to a performance. They seemed like a tough audience, but afterwards everyone told me how much they liked it. Here are a couple of recent pictures of our girls. Notice we are already putting Kalvary to work.

Work

So I worked at 4 different places this week for 3 employers. My hands are all tore up too.

Anyway, the real point of this post is to give you this link. I remember a discussion we were having with David S about the likelihood of having all girls or all boys and the hypothesis presented that some people were genetically predisposed towards one or the other. This link pretty much says that it is really close to 50/50 with each pregnancy with slightly more boys being born the girls.