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Monday, October 24, 2005
Is Carman Crazy?
So, the other day, my good friend Justin Johnson gives me a call with a proposal. Justin is not only a great friend he also happens to be Christian recording artist, Carman’s drummer and band leader. Anyway, he knows that we have been knocking ourselves out trying to make ends meet and since he became aware of an opportunity, he gave me a call, which went something like this:
So anyway, the opportunity is awesome! But there was this little potential problem called my day job! I know how short staffed they are at my Kroger store, so I almost didn’t even want to ask, but the opportunity was just too good! The gist of it is that management at Kroger likes me. I am a very hard worker and do whatever is asked of me.
I was told by my immediate supervisor that I wouldn’t be able to take a leave of absence and that I might have to resign if I wanted to do the Carman thing… which didn’t sound too good to me. He advised me to talk to the head manager. I went into the store early to do that and learned that the manager I needed to speak with was off that day. It also happened to be payday and so I went to get my check. There had been an ongoing accounting issue with my pay and it was continuing to on go… grrr! Anyway, it’s no bad thing, because I think I was able to us the issue as spin for my situation. I talked to another manager and to pretend I am shortening a long story, I’ll just say that over the course of a few hours, I was granted the leave without having to resign, which is an exception to policy for anyone with less than a year’s tenor. And, I was told that not only would they fix my back pay, but that I would get a raise when I returned!
God is so cool! I think that He has something in store for me with this whole Carman thing. Although I have to wonder about the sanity of Carman and his management team… after all, they will be putting ME on a stage with a microphone in my hand before a captive audience of five to ten thousand people a night! This is either a brilliant move or something that they will regret for the life of Carman’s ministry!
Seriously, this will be an amazing thing for me from a ministry and a financial perspective. Plus, I wind up with a better situation at my regular job? How much of a God thing has that got to be!
I hit the road with Carman on Thursday, October the 27th and arrive back in Nashville on Monday, November the 14th. This will be the longest that Patti and I will have been apart in 15 years of marriage, so please keep us in prayer. While I will be thoroughly enjoying my work, I will also be missing my family in a way that I am not accustomed to.
When I am on the bus though, I will have plenty of “free time”, so I plan to do some required reading for the church plant process, read my Bible and plan things for Soultuary and Vineyard Nashville’s youth group. And, I may even get to post an audio blog or two from the road!
Later-
Ray
Humour and last laugh said...
well written!
- JUSTIN : Dude!
- RAY : Dude – What’s up?
- JUSTIN : Ahh… nuthin. You still lookin for work?
- RAY : No, the Kroger thing is keeping me plenty busy and getting the bills paid.
- JUSTIN : Oh. Well, look, the guy who does merch(andising) for Carman can’t make this leg of the tour and I thought you might be interested…
- RAY : Nah…. You know, like I said, the Kroger thing is working out pretty good.
- JUSTIN : Well, it would be great just to hang on the bus and I think the gig pays like (obscene amount of money for hanging out on a bus with your friends and selling CDs).
- RAY : Did you say (obscene amount of money)?
- JUSTIN : Yeah, (obscene amount of money repeated).
- RAY : For selling CDs and T-Shirts?
- JUSTIN : That and getting up in front of the crowd and getting ‘em going
- RAY : You know me too well…
- JUSTIN : Yeah, I thought it would be right up your alley!
- RAY : OK, can I call you back later this evening or tomorrow morning or something?
- JUSTIN : Dude, if you want the gig, it’s yours. I already told (the tour manager) about you.
- RAY : Sweet. I’ll call you back.
- JUSTIN : OK
- RAY : Later
- JUSTIN : Seeyah!
So anyway, the opportunity is awesome! But there was this little potential problem called my day job! I know how short staffed they are at my Kroger store, so I almost didn’t even want to ask, but the opportunity was just too good! The gist of it is that management at Kroger likes me. I am a very hard worker and do whatever is asked of me.
I was told by my immediate supervisor that I wouldn’t be able to take a leave of absence and that I might have to resign if I wanted to do the Carman thing… which didn’t sound too good to me. He advised me to talk to the head manager. I went into the store early to do that and learned that the manager I needed to speak with was off that day. It also happened to be payday and so I went to get my check. There had been an ongoing accounting issue with my pay and it was continuing to on go… grrr! Anyway, it’s no bad thing, because I think I was able to us the issue as spin for my situation. I talked to another manager and to pretend I am shortening a long story, I’ll just say that over the course of a few hours, I was granted the leave without having to resign, which is an exception to policy for anyone with less than a year’s tenor. And, I was told that not only would they fix my back pay, but that I would get a raise when I returned!
God is so cool! I think that He has something in store for me with this whole Carman thing. Although I have to wonder about the sanity of Carman and his management team… after all, they will be putting ME on a stage with a microphone in my hand before a captive audience of five to ten thousand people a night! This is either a brilliant move or something that they will regret for the life of Carman’s ministry!
Seriously, this will be an amazing thing for me from a ministry and a financial perspective. Plus, I wind up with a better situation at my regular job? How much of a God thing has that got to be!
I hit the road with Carman on Thursday, October the 27th and arrive back in Nashville on Monday, November the 14th. This will be the longest that Patti and I will have been apart in 15 years of marriage, so please keep us in prayer. While I will be thoroughly enjoying my work, I will also be missing my family in a way that I am not accustomed to.
When I am on the bus though, I will have plenty of “free time”, so I plan to do some required reading for the church plant process, read my Bible and plan things for Soultuary and Vineyard Nashville’s youth group. And, I may even get to post an audio blog or two from the road!
Later-
Ray
Humour and last laugh said...
well written!
