Geek Breakfast

Geek Breakfast-12, originally uploaded by pr9000.

Ever have one of those mornings where you just can't sleep? You toss and turn, trying to get your mind right, and you look outside and think "Wow, it's cloudy this morning" because it's so dark until you realize that it's about 4:45 a.m. and of course it's dark at 4:45 a.m. unless you live above the Arctic Circle?

No? It's just me?

Anyway, that's what I had this morning. I try to talk myself into going back to sleep, which is impossible. So then my mind starts to wander over the past week and all the techno-geeky computer stuff I've been doing for a client ... which, truth be told, isn't all that complicated, but you need to stretch your muscles before you exercise, right?

Yesterday we put into place the first piece of a puzzle that, when completed, will have accomplished something my client has been needing for four years. It feels good to get it started, and it feels even better to know that I'm putting my stamp on it – my design, my implementation. It was so liberating that, after the day was officially over, I stuck around for a bit and started rearranging the cubicle I inherited from the former IT director.

When I start nesting, I'm feeling good about things.

What I haven't been doing, though, is praying, reading the Bible, etc. I'm not walking with The Big Man™ the way I should be, and I realize that it's not good. I can't keep thinking that I'm doing it all on my own; in my one year of living in Franklin (yesterday was the anniversary) I've been blessed far beyond what I expected. And as much as I'd like to think that it's my natural, boyish charm that's responsible for the success, I've got to realize that everything in my life comes from the Lord, and I need to start acknowledging that.

And I need to stop eating things like the photo above, which came from the Geek Breakfast I attended yesterday morning. I didn't order those pancakes -- I stuck with the feta/spinach/mushroom omelette -- but I've not been a stranger to the chocolate chips lately.