Tuesday, June 27, 2006
"Officially" twenty-six
I am "officially" twenty-six years of age now. It's weird, you know, you spend so much time focusing on the actual number but when I think about it, I don't really feel 26 years old. I sometimes still feel like I am just graduated from college and freaking out about being a part of the real world. It's funny how some things never change. I look at my life and wonder how I got where I am not? How did I end up in Washington, DC with a great church, a great group of friends, a semi-wonderful job and living on my own? That is the exact opposite of how I had always imagined my life would be. I had always dreamed that I would graduate from college, get married and probably already have a kid by now. Now I can't even begin to imagine being a mom already. Now that isn't to say I couldn't imagine being married or that I wouldn't be more than willing to leave this all behind to start a family but...well I am definitely not where I thought I would be.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Knocked it out of the park....
HOMERUN FOLKS!!!!!!!! I knocked that interview so far out of the park, noone else even stands a chance. I really think it's mine!!! I will hear for sure Monday or Tuesday. Will be sure to let everyone know!!! Thank you so much for all your prayers and thoughts!!! I couldn't have done it without you.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
News, News, News!!!!
I am so excited!!! I have an interview tomorrow afternoon for a job I really want. It would be as a Conference Room Scheduler and Administrative Assistant. I would be working for a company that is contracted to perform services for the Secretary of Defense. I would get the amazing opportunity to work at the Pentagon. I am very excited about the position. The pay is good and the job is right up my alley. Besides what small-town Pennsylvania girl wouldn't want to work at the Pentagon for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. SAWEET!!!!!
So please keep me in your prayers tomorrow. I am a bit nervous and it will be a busy and long day.
My schedule for tomorrow.
5:15am wake-up
6:15am leave the house
6:50am arrive at work
7:00am Starbucks for my morning wake-up call
7:10am Run copies for the 8am meeting
7:30am set up breakfast and room for 8am meeting
8am attend meeting until 10am
10am Brown Bag coordination and planning
11am PowerPoint planning for "generation gap"
12pm meet with HR Director
12:30pm leave for interview
1pm Interview
2:30 return from interview
3pm plan for next day's offerings
4pm plan for gameboard offering
5:30pm leave for softball game on the mall
6:30pm softball on the mall
8pm leave to get bridesmaid gown
9:45pm finally get home
10pm homework
11:30pm SLEEP
Long day but over all, by the time it's done it will have been a productive day. The only bad thing is that my Bible study group that meets Thursday mornings starts the same time that I have to already be at work. I am disappointed because we were going to be covering Journaling as a way to grow in your relationship with God.
On a good note though, my birthday is in 5 days!!! I will be 26 on the 26th!!!!!! I can't wait. A group of friends are getting together at a local restaurant for burgers and beer and then on Thursday we are going to my favorite restaurant for live Jazz and great food.
So please keep me in your prayers tomorrow. I am a bit nervous and it will be a busy and long day.
My schedule for tomorrow.
5:15am wake-up
6:15am leave the house
6:50am arrive at work
7:00am Starbucks for my morning wake-up call
7:10am Run copies for the 8am meeting
7:30am set up breakfast and room for 8am meeting
8am attend meeting until 10am
10am Brown Bag coordination and planning
11am PowerPoint planning for "generation gap"
12pm meet with HR Director
12:30pm leave for interview
1pm Interview
2:30 return from interview
3pm plan for next day's offerings
4pm plan for gameboard offering
5:30pm leave for softball game on the mall
6:30pm softball on the mall
8pm leave to get bridesmaid gown
9:45pm finally get home
10pm homework
11:30pm SLEEP
Long day but over all, by the time it's done it will have been a productive day. The only bad thing is that my Bible study group that meets Thursday mornings starts the same time that I have to already be at work. I am disappointed because we were going to be covering Journaling as a way to grow in your relationship with God.
On a good note though, my birthday is in 5 days!!! I will be 26 on the 26th!!!!!! I can't wait. A group of friends are getting together at a local restaurant for burgers and beer and then on Thursday we are going to my favorite restaurant for live Jazz and great food.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Spiritual Reflections
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
The average child asks 125 questions a day, the average adult, 6. What happened between childhood and adulthood that so jaded us we no longer have the same thirst for knowledge?
We should never lose our curiousity for the Holy. Question everything, eagerly seek to know more about Him. Question constantly the acts of glory and holiness that happen daily around us and in us.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says "A mind stretched by a new idea never returns to its original shape."
As Christians, we daily risk letting our spiritual lives fall into the pre-determined ruts on the road in front of us. We daily struggle with keeping things like prayer, worship, and scripture reading from being heuristic.
Heuristic - something that is rote and takes no thought to complete. It is habitual action. (i.e. tying shoes, typing, and walking.)
Find new ways to get into the Word and get the Word into you.
Psalm 63:1
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
God responds to spiritual desperation, not some routine or huristic bias.
Live like you were to die tomorrow, and learn like you were to live forever. Gandhi
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
The average child asks 125 questions a day, the average adult, 6. What happened between childhood and adulthood that so jaded us we no longer have the same thirst for knowledge?
We should never lose our curiousity for the Holy. Question everything, eagerly seek to know more about Him. Question constantly the acts of glory and holiness that happen daily around us and in us.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says "A mind stretched by a new idea never returns to its original shape."
As Christians, we daily risk letting our spiritual lives fall into the pre-determined ruts on the road in front of us. We daily struggle with keeping things like prayer, worship, and scripture reading from being heuristic.
Heuristic - something that is rote and takes no thought to complete. It is habitual action. (i.e. tying shoes, typing, and walking.)
Find new ways to get into the Word and get the Word into you.
Psalm 63:1
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
God responds to spiritual desperation, not some routine or huristic bias.
Live like you were to die tomorrow, and learn like you were to live forever. Gandhi
Thursday, June 15, 2006
You know you're busy when...
You still have two days left in the pay period and all the hours worked on those days go toward overtime.
Sleep is a by-product of your body just shutting down on you.
Your idea of free time is walking to Starbucks for coffee (10mins)
Your day starts at 5am and ends at 12am.
School is the last thing you want to be thinking about, but the first thing you think about.
You sleep, but dream of what you have to do the next day.
Coffee no longer works!
Your desk looks like a hurricane hit it, even after you have cleaned it off.
You spend your time at a MLB game worrying about time for homework and the last two innings working on homework.
Sleep is a by-product of your body just shutting down on you.
Your idea of free time is walking to Starbucks for coffee (10mins)
Your day starts at 5am and ends at 12am.
School is the last thing you want to be thinking about, but the first thing you think about.
You sleep, but dream of what you have to do the next day.
Coffee no longer works!
Your desk looks like a hurricane hit it, even after you have cleaned it off.
You spend your time at a MLB game worrying about time for homework and the last two innings working on homework.
Monday, June 12, 2006
My first design
Well this is the first necklace I have designed with noone particular in mind. I really like it and I think it turned out pretty good. Let me know what you think...
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Al-Zarqawi and seven aides DEAD!!!!!
The US finally did it!!!! read here for more information on how they did it!!! Only one cog in the wheel of terrorism but an important cog.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Life
Well it is finally my golden birthday month!! Sometimes I don't know whether or not to be excited about that or not. As of right now, I am trying to get a group of friends to go to dinner on the 26th and then have a b-day happy hour later in the week at my favorite resturaunt on Barracks Row. But...I don't actually want to think about getting any older, I mean I am not THAT old but sometimes I feel like it :-).
There has been a lot going on in my life lately. I have a whole new experience taking place that I have never had before and trying to keep my perspective and focus where it needs to be is getting harder and harder. I keep finding myself wanting to take things into my own hands instead of trusting God to do things His way. Since He did start the whole deal I shouldn't have a problem, but I guess being human, its that whole control aspect.
I have been studying Philippians and been reminded daily that I need to find the joy in every situation as well as reminded that with God as my foundation there is nothing I can't handle. Its funny how you read something all the time while growing up and going to a Bible college but until you are actually ready to be open to what God is saying in His Word it doesn't make any sense to you. I can't tell you how many times I have read Philippians because it is my favorite book but I just never saw it in the same light as I have recently while delving deep into its precious treasures.
I praise God daily that He never let go of me! I praise Him for great friends like Sarah and Beth who constantly push me to be the woman of God I should be. Who constantly encourage me to find my value in my Father, the King. I praise God for my church here in DC. He has blessed me far beyond anything I could have asked and I keep forgetting to see it. I praise God for new friends and a great part-time job that allows me to get to know more and more people. PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
There has been a lot going on in my life lately. I have a whole new experience taking place that I have never had before and trying to keep my perspective and focus where it needs to be is getting harder and harder. I keep finding myself wanting to take things into my own hands instead of trusting God to do things His way. Since He did start the whole deal I shouldn't have a problem, but I guess being human, its that whole control aspect.
I have been studying Philippians and been reminded daily that I need to find the joy in every situation as well as reminded that with God as my foundation there is nothing I can't handle. Its funny how you read something all the time while growing up and going to a Bible college but until you are actually ready to be open to what God is saying in His Word it doesn't make any sense to you. I can't tell you how many times I have read Philippians because it is my favorite book but I just never saw it in the same light as I have recently while delving deep into its precious treasures.
I praise God daily that He never let go of me! I praise Him for great friends like Sarah and Beth who constantly push me to be the woman of God I should be. Who constantly encourage me to find my value in my Father, the King. I praise God for my church here in DC. He has blessed me far beyond anything I could have asked and I keep forgetting to see it. I praise God for new friends and a great part-time job that allows me to get to know more and more people. PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
UPDATE
PRAISE THE LORD!!! Thanks to everyone who prayed it was greatly appreciated and answered.
Okay everything has been worked out in my crazy life of housing situations. I am going to be able to stay in the same place for one more month for the difference between my security deposit and the actual months rent. I also will only have to pay for my part of the untilities as well. This is a massive blessing since I didn't really have a place to go for a month. I had a friend from church offer me a place for two weeks and another friend offer to take my baby for the same amount of time. But GOD takes care of His children and I am going to be okay. I just wish He wouldn't wait until the last second to keep me up to date. :-)
Okay everything has been worked out in my crazy life of housing situations. I am going to be able to stay in the same place for one more month for the difference between my security deposit and the actual months rent. I also will only have to pay for my part of the untilities as well. This is a massive blessing since I didn't really have a place to go for a month. I had a friend from church offer me a place for two weeks and another friend offer to take my baby for the same amount of time. But GOD takes care of His children and I am going to be okay. I just wish He wouldn't wait until the last second to keep me up to date. :-)
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