"Engines, full reverse!"
"Aye, Captain. All engines, full reverse." The large starship's engines whined in protest as they attempted to slow the progress of the ship into the black hole.
"Sir, we've slowed, but the anomaly is still pulling us towards it."
"Divert power from life support if you have to, but get us stopped."
"Aye, Captain." Slowly the ship came to a stop.
"Captain, we've stopped, but we cannot maintain this power level for long before the impulse engines overload."
The captain gazed at his science officer, who only raised an eyebrow to affirm the seriousness of their predicament.
Fearing he may have finally met his own Kobiyashi Maru, the captain looked back at his ensign and said, "Understood."
(hehehe)
No, I'm not diving into the writing of science fiction (yet). Actually, this scenario serves as a good metaphor to describe how I feel financially right now. Our house in B'ham is finally on the market, but until it sells, we're paying 2 mortgages, 2 utility bills, and we no longer have the rent income to compensate. We can make it, but if the house does not sell quickly enough, we could drop into another financial "black hole."
But, alas...all I can do is have faith, so that's what I'll do. Until then, all we can do is divert our financial "power" to other areas (i.e., less spending, less driving the gas-hogging Expedition, etc.)
Last night, we hooked up with J-mo and Kyle at Pizza Hut. Food was good, though I ordered wings instead of pizza (I was bummed that they were no longer running the Buffalo Chicken Pizza promo).
Afterwards, we headed to the mall...ducking our heads as we passed Guadalajara, since we decided not to go there. Did the usual...walk around, pause as J-mo and Kyle's early warning radar indicate 'opportunity' (yeah, sure), play with Kailyn, browse clothes at Dillard's, browse games at EBgames, and look for friends working at Sears. Doesn't your heart just beat rapidly in your chest with excitement at reading about life here? Hehe... Came home, played on the computer, went to bed.
Today, Stacey's in Birmingham working for Walgreen's. I need to go down to the house in B'ham sometime so I can take care of a few things, but I don't know if I'll do that today or not.
KEY PHRASES: "Retreat!" "Stacey, that check should be made out to Jonathan, NOT Pizza Hut."
"Sir, we've slowed, but the anomaly is still pulling us towards it."
"Divert power from life support if you have to, but get us stopped."
"Aye, Captain." Slowly the ship came to a stop.
"Captain, we've stopped, but we cannot maintain this power level for long before the impulse engines overload."
The captain gazed at his science officer, who only raised an eyebrow to affirm the seriousness of their predicament.
Fearing he may have finally met his own Kobiyashi Maru, the captain looked back at his ensign and said, "Understood."
(hehehe)
No, I'm not diving into the writing of science fiction (yet). Actually, this scenario serves as a good metaphor to describe how I feel financially right now. Our house in B'ham is finally on the market, but until it sells, we're paying 2 mortgages, 2 utility bills, and we no longer have the rent income to compensate. We can make it, but if the house does not sell quickly enough, we could drop into another financial "black hole."
But, alas...all I can do is have faith, so that's what I'll do. Until then, all we can do is divert our financial "power" to other areas (i.e., less spending, less driving the gas-hogging Expedition, etc.)
Last night, we hooked up with J-mo and Kyle at Pizza Hut. Food was good, though I ordered wings instead of pizza (I was bummed that they were no longer running the Buffalo Chicken Pizza promo).
Afterwards, we headed to the mall...ducking our heads as we passed Guadalajara, since we decided not to go there. Did the usual...walk around, pause as J-mo and Kyle's early warning radar indicate 'opportunity' (yeah, sure), play with Kailyn, browse clothes at Dillard's, browse games at EBgames, and look for friends working at Sears. Doesn't your heart just beat rapidly in your chest with excitement at reading about life here? Hehe... Came home, played on the computer, went to bed.
Today, Stacey's in Birmingham working for Walgreen's. I need to go down to the house in B'ham sometime so I can take care of a few things, but I don't know if I'll do that today or not.
KEY PHRASES: "Retreat!" "Stacey, that check should be made out to Jonathan, NOT Pizza Hut."
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