this week October 1, 2009
Posted by highofseventyfive in documenting life.Tags: funeral, intervarsity, interviews, jobs, post-college life, Rider, work
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this was a fun week.
the closer i get to my freedom being removed (a job) the more fun i seem to be having.
monday: work, ride bike to hamilton library, ride back in the monsoon, completely soaked (ridiculous!) hang out at TCNJ library with deb and drew
tuesday: first day of training at starbucks, photo gallery with mom, buying clothes, dinner, evangelism, small group. evang was awesome that night, got to have some great convos and even bring a girl to large group!
wednesday: work, best buy, met hillary for dinner at panera, large group at Rider.
thursday: meeting with cathy, did some work/quiet time. read in the stud, dinner with nystrom, brought frosh to large group, central design meeting, back to large group, applebees.
friday: work, first friday with art kids in philly.
thursday was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. so when meeting with cathy, we briefly talked about the funeral designer job, and how i hope i never hear from them cause i probably wouldn’t take the job anyway. well, what do you know he calls during our meeting. i let it go to voice mail. he just says “call me”. oooyyy.
cathy mentions a plan for IV staff that would need me fully $’d by JUNE. hmmm.
i check my email, i get a call for a second interview at the theater! this is mucho exciting!
so here are the crazy thoughts going on in my head for about an hour straight just sitting there:
am i crazy for turning down this funeral job? i mean, i’m desperate, and in this economy.. do i say yes?
i mean, what if i say no, hoping i get the theater job, but dont actually get that?
i’d rather work at starbucks (which i just started) part time than work for the funeral peeps full time…
if i get the job at the theater i’ll have to quit starbucks, which was i kinda excited about! there would be alot of connections there.
if i get this job at the theater, i’d start and then quit again by june? that’d be kinda beat.
june is only 6 months to fund raise, from when i hand in my app, that seems like kinda crazy! maybe its more important to have a part time job instead?
well maybe the funeral people will just tell me they picked someone else. but what do i say if they offer me a job?
uggghhh too many decisions!
and so then, i finally just called the funeral people. he wanted me to work saturdays, for 12/hr until the “busy season” (for dead people?!) around november then go full time. [starbucks just hired me knowing i'd commit to saturdays] so that was a definite NO in my book. i told him i needed to think about it and get back to him next week. but i’m very grateful the offer was something i COULD refuse, haha.
so, now its on to the playhouse and starbucks and sorting out life and how that might work. oh ALSO, i got assigned to my mentee today, so i have to figure out when i’ll meet with her regularly, which seems impossible when my schedule/life seems all so up in the air.
and, this coming week i am working 44 hours between ritas and starbucks. oy. i mean, thats great because i could definitely use the money. but idk, i dont want to work 40+ hour weeks unless i’m in a real job with benefits and all.
I’m a plane in the sunset September 9, 2009
Posted by highofseventyfive in Media, just thoughts.Tags: plane, post-college life, sunset, switchfoot
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“Let That Be Enough”
I wish I had what I needed
To be on my own
‘Cause I feel so defeated
And I’m feeling alone
And it all seems so helpless
And I have no plans
I’m a plane in the sunset
With nowhere to land
And all I see
It could never make me happy
And all my sand castles
Spend their time collapsing
Let me know that You hear me
Let me know Your touch
Let me know that You love me
And let that be enough
It’s my birthday tomorrow
No one here could know
I was born this Thursday
22 years ago
And I feel stuck
Watching history repeating
Yeah, who am I?
Just a kid who knows he’s needy
Let me know that You hear me
Let me know Your touch
Let me know that You love me
And let that be enough
one of the greatest switchfoot songs. its neat to me that you can have music for a very long time, but one day, the song suddenly pertains to your circumstance, and then you discover it in a whole new light. this songs speaks to my situation in life.
post-college is terrible.



