Rick-Written by Rick too!

I made it to 40 this year! I sure feel older now...great!
Work has not been the easiest, but at least I'm still employed. I completed 10 years with the City of Fairfield in May. Layoffs will be announced soon, so maybe my next job is coming sooner than I would like. We pray that my job is safe, but truly no one knows. Furloughs were put into effect January 1st; taking 10% of my pay. At least I no longer work on Friday now. The extra Friday time does let me help out in Todd's kindergarten class. I'm also working on home improvement and other chores around the house.
I completed a full year in the Bishopric in our ward at church. Hopefully this hasn't impacted the family too much, I do get to spend more time with the older children at church (attending youth classes on an intermittent basis, going to youth activities during the week, going to Scout Camp for a week and Girls' camp for three days, etc). Sundays are longer though.
All-in-all, it's been a very good year. After-all, as Andrea has pointed out to me, technically the glass is always full—even if most of it is filled with air and not water!