saturday May 8, 2010
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so lets see, what did i do today:
woke up at 4:15am, took a shower, went to work at 5am. (yes today is saturday. no rest for the weary!)
it was RIDICULOUSLY busy today at starbucks. I sometimes have to remind myself that i started working here because i like the rush of talking with customers, getting messy, team work to serve up something yummy, and NOT sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours. but on days like this, it just seems like slave labor to have to work so hard! fulfilling though. time went so fast that by the time it was 12 i didn’t even really realize, and i hadn’t taken my half yet.
after work, i drove home and let see… i went on the computer, checked email and facebook and stuff, printed up/stuffed 3 things to get out in the mail.
started doing laundry
took a quick nap before dinner
tacos!
put air in the tires and rode my brothers bike over to ritas to say hi. i miss working there. it was such a nice night i had to go outside and do something for a little bit. however it was extremely windy, to the point where it seemed kinda dangerous!
i listened to some billie holliday on my bike ride and it was quite delightful.
then i went to a.c. moore to get some of those silly band bracelets that are animal shaped, for camp. decided to go over to the dollar store too.
i got this watch! i’ll probably be very happy about this for about a week 
and i also got some “stationary” note type paper that i needed. picked up some mother’s day stuff too.
came back, watched the newest episode of Modern Family, put away some of the laundry while listening to ella fitzgerald now. i’ve been jammin to “Love is here to stay”. it plays at starbucks and i just love it. the rockies may crumble gibralter may tumble, they are all made of clay, but— our love, is here tooooooooo stay. yeaaaaah.
so all in all i think a rather productive day, huh? i’ll probably read for a bit or waste time on websites like engrish then catch SNL. and then SLEEP!!!
church tomorrow, then not much going on in the afternoon, dinner at memom’s (woot!) which means i can’t go to small group though, oh well.
4am January 1, 2010
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so, its 10pm on a friday night, but i am going to sleep now. i have to wake up at 4am. and well, i love my job!
i’m very very happy at starbucks. its such a fun job. wooot!
thought it was my art teacher. November 26, 2009
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so i saw a lady yesterday at work who looked JUST like my high school art teacher, so when i went up to the register to help her, i smiled and waved real big and said, “HIIIII!” and the lady just kinda stared at me.
hahahahhahahha. it wasn’t my art teacher. so i was just a REALLY enthusiastic employee. how’s that for customer service.
ok thats all.
let the journey… November 20, 2009
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Let the journey begin. I was about to say, Let the journey begin! but we all know that it has already begun. It began almost four years ago.
And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
eternity has already begun, and the journey has already begun. I even look at the things in my life the past year, have all been working to set this up. I have an amazing close-to-full-time hours job at Starbucks, and I’m volunteering at Rider and TCNJ, its all lining up. I turned down two full time jobs for this. And though things may change, the Lord might change my circumstances at any time, could sweep the floor right out from underneath me, I have a vision and a direction for my life “right now” and it will take me as long as it needs to. There is a 300,000 student mission field in central/south New Jersey and God is sending me strategically to a college.
My head’s spinning! I am in just such the right spot now.
I said something like, “I don’t feel very official” or “when will I feel official?” and Greg bops me on the head and says, “there, now you are”.
there you have it folks, the ordination. nothing fancy, nothing dramatic. a conversation at a table in a cafe, and a pat on the head.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Let the journey CONTINUE!
hello hurricane November 15, 2009
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so this coming up week is going to be one of those weeks. one of those weeks where every day is super calculated out. and any spare time is going to be spent sleeping. and the time awake is going to be spent complaining about how tired i am. and the whole week i will spend running my schedule over and over and over in my head. one of those weeks where things that aren’t happening for DAYS are making me exhausted just thinking about it. and i will ABSOLUTELY LOVE EVERY SECOND OF IT. (even the ones where i’m complaining)
are you pumped?! if you are a stalker, well now you get to see where i’m at all week. hopefully no stalkers read my blog. “go away stalkers!”
monday: pack, plan for trip. 1p-9:30p work at sbux, go to sleep as soon as i get home!
tuesday: wake up at 5am! gaah! 6a-1:30p work at sbux. 2:30p meet Loren, drive to Millersville, Pennsylvania. dinner, doors @ 6pm Anberlin concert at MU. sleep over tackalack’s house.
wednesday: wake up (!) drive back to NJ. nap time??? large group @ 8pm. go to sleep as soon as I get home!
thursday: wake up at 6 (!) 7a-3:30p work at sbux. mentoring at 4p & 7p? go to sleep as soon as I get home!
friday: wake up at 4am (!) 5a-1:30p work at sbux. 2pm lunch interview meeting with greg and cathy. pack, quick nap? 6pm Central youth group ALL NIGHTER.
ALL NIGHT.
saturday: 8am, kids go home. 1p-9:30p work at sbux. CRASH
sunday: church.
average sleep each night: 5.3 hours
rock on.
wow, no more, ever. October 15, 2009
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ritas gelati
and so, I handed in my keys, for the very last time, at Rita’s. The weather this week has been so cold and yucky, boss just decided to close on a thursday and not wait the whole weekend. so, i have OFF friday all day, just working 7-11 at starbucks. woot! i have to figure out what i’m going to do with myself.
anyway, i would just like to document this time, and the fact that MAN, i must really be growing up. because i’m never going back to rita’s (at least to work) ever, ever again. wow. i’ll miss ya Rita’s, I really will. You were my favorite job. 6 years! I’m looking forward to the tip money this year, hoping its a nice chunk of change. I usually donate most of it, because it feels like a “christmas bonus” or something. and idk, it feels good at least once a year to do something nice with my money. depending on how much it is will determine who gets what, but i’ve got quite a few friends who are missionaries/campus ministry staff and some people going on missions. there is plenty to give to. We shall see how the Lawd has me use it.(there is a slight twinge of wanting a new digital camera instead. thats so terrible! especially when I’m going to have loans on me pretty soon. but man, a nice canon or nikon, its just calling my name..)
I pray my new job gives me just as much satisfaction, and is just as fun, in new and different ways, as Rita’s. By next week, I will be an official barista.
wow, no more Rita’s. wow.
Today was incredibly overwhelming. October 10, 2009
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Today was incredibly overwhelming.
i cried a couple times. you know thats bad then, huh. they just threw me on the register. and well, i hate messing up, i hate being wrong, i hate feeling stupid, i hate letting customers down, and doing things wrong, and being flustered. i mean, i can take it for a little while. but like THE WHOLE DAY! i was really about to cry AT the register but that would have been a little ridiculous. i’m a tough cookie, i’m sure other people would have just given up. i was pretty close to it. i don’t think it was a very smart way of training me. but whatever. maybe i just need to study more.
it really put me in a bad mood. and i think they could tell. i guess i started to feel a little “abused”. i mean, i know i’m new, so i know that i’m going to be the one to clean, and sweep and take out garbage. i know that. but somehow after the overwhelming stuff, i didn’t want to be helpful anymore. i’ll get over it.
i’m thinking i might want to start seeing a counselor or something. i can’t expect my friends to listen to me all the time. plus i feel like i don’t see/talk to anyone on a regular enough basis, where its not boat-loads of catching up and explaining things. its just too much. i hate the fact that i’m surrounded by amazing people who care about me, and i still feel so alone. i dont understand why i feel that way. i have so many decisions and things going on in my life, and i can’t seem to find a good way to deal with it. i mean, i haven’t been dealing with it in a bad way, just no way at all.
Jesus, i need you so much right now. i need you to help me see things through a lens of gratefulness, of blessings, and contentment. I need to feel your presence and your direction. I need your strong hand to uphold me. Will you remove the confusion? Will you end the waiting? I don’t want the situations to change, I want my attitude about them to change. well, actually i want the situations to change too, but i know that’s not the best way to pray.
heck, i’ve been stressed out about finding a good time to bring my car in to the shop for an oil change. maybe this week is just, a good test for me.
and i don’t even get my sunday off. i just really need ONE day to just recoup. i guess i had opporunities to rest during the week, but chose to fill them up, with things and people, because it helps me not think. but then it all snowballs and i become a wreck. who knows. i don’t know how to pace myself, to handle myself. i need help.
this is what growing up is.
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.
spring break recap March 17, 2009
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So this past week was terrific the more i think about it.
SPRING BREAK 2009:
monday: up early, hiking with deb and dyana–in the rain. that was terrific. drive back, go with laura and christine to get laura’s tattoo. that was entertaining. i love hanging out with those two.
monday late night had an intense talk, unexpected, but much needed.
tuesday: hung out with my mom. that went pretty horrible, although we did go grocery shopping and i’ve been able to eat some vegetables this week. then, went to my grandma’s for a hair cut. we talked about God a little! she thinks the recession is God’s way of waking America up. interesting…
then i got to go to a media team meeting at Central. semi-productive.
then came home and watched LOOK AROUND YOU videos all night with Anna. TEE-riffic.
wednesday: went to laura’s, did funnel stuff, went to work. monthly STAFF MEETING! yay!
met with jess cheng after and went to small world coffee. sweeeet. i love jess cheng hang outs. went to Rider for dinner!! mucho fun, and stayed for their LG. heavy confusing stuff for me. good to see all mah buds again. they are so pumped for basileia! came back home and got all distracted and stuff again.
thursday, work 9-5. came home, watched a movie with anna and derouv and ice cream.
friday- homework, errands ALL DAY. hockey game with sarah at night to see carly. some drama on the home front, but resolved nicely. more movies and ice cream. another super INTENSE talk that night with Anna. much needed. spirit led.
saturday- homework, errands ALL DAY. church at 5 at wash cross. AWESOME. met the guy from school i had met a few weeks earlier. pretty sweet! i feel like i’m supposed to make it on saturday nights for a while. came back, more homework. i think i remember there being some fun craziness in there with all of us.
sunday- church, grocery store, lunch(grilled cheese!) went with Anna to Target in East Windsor. Always an adventure. funny music and car dancing. got the KELLY CLARKSON CD! and we made quite a ruckus all the way home and then AT home. deb came back from her retreat. BIBLE STUDY! with the cool brazilian couple! who are just SO AWESOME! i’m pumped for it. every other sunday night. woot. more craziness in the house at night.
high light jokes of the week: PETTICOAT 5, just about every line is hilarious.
