southern ramblings

Wow - I love money!!!! Actually I hate the fact that my life right now is pretty much ruled by money. I have bills to pay, money to raise for England, an attempted social life (which requires money), and school books to purchase. Money is so much FUN!!! So in an effort to increase the amount of green in my wallet and hopefully pad by bank account (for the first time in a very long time) I will be taking a second job.

The good news about my job is it is very close to my apartment, so when I'm pushing exhaustion I don't have to worry about driving across town. I'm working at an Arts and Crafts supply place, so I at least know what I'm dealing with. The manager who I will be working under seems very energetic and fun - so hopefully it will add up to a good experience.

One semester in college I worked 4 different jobs, took a full load of courses, and still had some semblence of a life. I don't EVER want to do that again. Hopefully this will be a short lived stint, until I get caught up and then get ahead. This job will provide me my spending money for England I hope. The pay isn't great, but I've had worse. I just hope the people are OK - co-workers can make any work experience awful - no matter how great the job/company.

Wish me luck on my new adventure. FYI - this means to those of you I'm close to - I will probably be dropping off the radar for awhile. I will resurface - I promise.

Well, Harry Potter book six has been released. I'm slowly making my way through its pages. I avoided the whole HP scene when it first emerged, but I must admit, I really love the stories now. Anyway - life is going on.

I have laid out my school schedule for the remainder of my graduate work. I wonder if God ever laughs at us for planning the future? I have decided to take a part time job to increase money and pay some bills off. I'm not really excited about this option, but my chosen career is not exactly rollin' in the dough, if you know what I mean.

I'm finally getting excited about my upcoming trip to England. We are going to a small little town called Loughbourgh, right in the middle of England. I'm hoping that as the trip gets closer our group w/ begin working more smoothly. Right now we are sort of all over the map. I guess that is normal for any mission team. At least we are trying to cover all our basis and do as much prep work before the trip as possible.

I'm currently watching "When Harry Met Sally" one of my all time favorite movies. It's during the dark time, when they aren't really friends or dating or anything. She tells him, "I am not your consoliation prize." How can you not love this movie? It has everything you ever need in a movie. I wonder if Billy Crystal really runs that way 0- it looks funny from behind.

I'm obviously rambling so I must go - until next time.

Ok - so I fell off the face of the earth for awhile. No worries - I'm doing fine. Life just gets a bit crazy sometimes and something had to give. Unfortunately it was my blog. My apologies to the few loyal readers I have. My friends will never cease to amaze me I think. We have a pretty tight circle in which we run - it is nice because I haven't been part of a group this large since high school. It is nice to belong and have lots of friends again. Wow - I sound like a freakin' PBS commercial - shoot me now!!! However with cirlces of friends sometimes comes drama. We have had our fair share over the last couple of weeks. I always think its funny that spending too much time together just fuels drama even more. The trip to England in October could be interesting. Our group leaders (who are two of my closests friends) wanted to start meeting weekly from now until we leave - the group has vetoed that - not because we don't think it necessary, but because we are afraid of getting on each others nerves. Now, one of the leaders posed this question to me, "wouldn't you rather the irritation happened here, before we left, then when we are over there?" I don't guess I had ever thought of it that way, but it makes sense. I dont' know which is better, any thoughts?

I'm starting to get really excited about Team England (original I know) - the mission team from church that I'll be a part of this fall. It is becoming a reality for me, not just a concept. I've got to get my passport!!! I think about it once a week or so, then forget. Maybe I can do that this week!!! That should be my goal for the week - to get my passport application filled and paid for by Saturday afternoon. That's five days from now. Maybe I can make it happen.