New Job + No Time = lol

Heys, all...

       Normally maybe I'd be kind of disappointed that I had no time to do my comics or artwork much at all, but I'm actually quite happy. Thus to "lol" in the title. It's because I'm choosing to be happy despite all things, and getting rid of extra responsibilities like the SuperMilo webcomic (which will return when I have time - count on it!) to lighten the stress load helps. It took me a LONG time (over a year?) to finally accept that I run my comic, it doesn't run me, and that means I don't have to do it right now if it's not increasing the quality of my life. Also, since it's free, I don't have an obligation to fans to produce it, ha ha (you'll get your fix someday, lol).

       Anyway, so... I have a new job! Been employed for a little over a month now. In about a week or so I should become permanent and get health benefits and what not. It's a real blessing from the Lord. You know, bare with me, I feel like talking about that suddenly.

       I look back and see past disappointments as parts of God's blessings for my future now. Before I met Mandie I felt the Holy Spirit telling me to quit a job working for Forsyth Tech. It paid good but didn't have a lot of hours. I told God it was a good job and I needed to make a living for myself and didn't want to quit, so He quite quickly let me get away from Him and become kind of an arrogant jerk which He found quite useful to get me fired over, lol. It was humbling too, which is what I needed. I had met my honey Mandie right before I lost the job and after getting into a relationship with her immediately set out job hunting like I never have before. After 6 months or so I was finally hired for a minimum wage temporary Material Handler position working 7 days a week for a couple months last fall that ended badly (my lady Mandie - love you, honey! - was glad the job didn't keep me from her all 7 days any longer though, ha ha) and I sadly allowed that to make me unhappy and irritable, which influenced those around me. I took it out on God and felt He had let me down. Then about 4 or 5 months later I finally got hired for another minimum wage job, this time with the GoodWill through another temp agency. During this time I became more aware and interested in taking a forklift class through the GoodWill and did so, getting my license and certification. Not long after I was let go from the temp agency. The very next day I received a call and was immediately hired that day for a temp-to-direct hire job for a little more than what Forsyth Tech was paying me - which is almost twice as much as what my last two jobs paid per hour - and in the area where Mandie and I are planning to buy our house and move to after we get married. It's a great job, although at times difficult, and I need every bit of Christ's strength to perform. But, looking back, I see that God was always looking out for me and I was wrong to worry about it, be afraid, or feel like the Lord wasn't answering our prayers. He had a plan. He had me work a couple months in a Material Handler position and then get fork lift training so I could put both on my resume, making me a good candidate for my current job. I just needed to have patience and trust that He had a plan. And still does.

       I'm excited and looking forward to the continual unfolding of God's plan in my life. And I've only talked about the unfolding of His plans concerning my employment. He's been doing things like this for years but half the time I'm too blind and bitter to see Him at work. I've noticed some bits and pieces of His plan here and there through out the years, and there's a lot more I could share if I had time.

       Oh, just remembered something cool that happened today. I've been really tight with my money lately, haven't bought much for myself in a while. But today the Lord reminded me through a conversation with my honey that I don't need to worry about those things and that life is more than that. After all, I'm not the one who lead me to animation college, I'm not the one who put a wonderful woman into my life, and I'm not the one who got me this wonderful job opportunity here lately. God is in control, not me. I want to be a good provider, but Jesus wants me to have life and have it more abundantly. So today I felt like going to the book store to look for an Usagi Yojimbo book that maybe I didn't have since I hadn't bought much comics in a long while (well, I did on Free Comic Book Day, ha ha). I found an Usagi Yojimbo I didn't have, so I went to buy it. Guess what? About 2 years ago or so I had store credit built up there but no one had checked my account until today. The store credit was almost the same exact price as the Usagi book! Not only did I get the book completely free, but I have 5 cents left in my store credit account, lol. Well, okay, I didn't get it for free since that store credit represented stuff I had sold to them long ago back in 2008 or 2009, but - WOW! It was a blessing. I practically got to treat myself but also get to keep saving up for the future too, ha ha.

       Anyway, so... Just wanted to let you guys know what I've been up to and to share in my joy about the new job and just being excited about the future Mandie and I are planning together. Hope maybe what I've shared will be an encouragement to someone!

       SuperMilo and my other art and comic projects will return. But when it's the right time for me. Otherwise, still working when I can on the children's book project. We're on the last page!!! Woohoo!!! I'll be uploading some more of those pages sometime soon.


Until next time,
Will Boyer







Jeremiah 1:5a (The Message)

"Before I shaped you in the womb,
   I knew all about you.
Before you saw the light of day,
   I had holy plans for you"



Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."







P.S. - I see I have a bunch of messages and 2 Notes. I want to check them. BAD. But for some reason the Messages and Notes pages won't load right now. The rest of the internet/deviantArt seems to be working fine. Drop me a comment on my journal here if you're trying to get a hold of me.




***EDIT*** 5/26/11
I just found out that a short script I wrote for over a year ago has finally started to be turned into a comic in her webcomic AGENCY. It features the characters Sam and Max by Steve Purcell and featured in Lucas Arts and TellTale games and comics. Hope you like it!

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DD- www.drunkduck.com/AGENCY/index…