I love Montreat and Auburn

I do! I really, really do!

I had a great time in Montreat last Thursday through Monday. My planning team (Montreat West 06) is awesome and our leadership team rocks. I am so excited about the conference we will be putting on this summer and I know that God will be praised and worshiped and will recreate with us.

The meetings were over on Saturday at 7:45 PM. Perfect timing because the Auburn at Georgia game started at 7:45 PM. As worship ended, I sprinted down the hall to the lobby to watch the game. I think I had 3 heart attacks during the game, but in the end our kicker redeemed himself and the Tigers were victorious. Next up - UAT (that is the University of Alabama at Tuscaloser).

So, I came back from a wonderful trip and now I am back in the funk. Work sucks and I can't get motivated to do anything about it. Good thing Auburn has a football game this weekend and that I am going back to Montreat next week for Thanksgiving.

War Eagle and I love Montreat,

-Junior

Home Sweet Home

I am headed to Montreat tomorrow. I am serving as a Planning Team member on the 2006 Montreat West Youth Conference team. I love going to Montreat. Just the thought of being in that place is enough to calm my anxieties. I wish I could have that feeling everyday. I will update later with how the meetings are going.

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The Grind

No, I am not referring to what you may do to coffee beans, or to a provocative dance (although that would be an interesting post), or to an MTV dance show. I am talking about the same ole crap that we do every day because we have to. For me, it is getting up and going to work. As you may have read in earlier posts, I really should have NO reason to complain about my job. I am rewarded, recognized, and compensated for my hard work. But, that just isn't enough sometimes.

I am in the process of switching roles at work. My new role will be much more leveraged and influential. I will learn a lot and will be depended on for my strong opinion much more. I will be self-directed and self-managed and will be responsible for dealing with many outside groups and clients. All in all, this new role will be very challenging and will be 3 or 4 steps up the proverbial 'corporate ladder'. But, I still don't think that is enough.

Although this new role may feed my ego and may cause me to be more highly compensated, I am not sure that it will make 'The Grind' any less painful. I hunger for something more. I still haven't found it (cue the U2 music), but I am patiently waiting for God to show me the door so I can open it.

-Samir Nagheenanajar