Dang it, I had such a nice plan worked out! Work here until January, then go see Gabe with Dad, then go to Heifer at the end of January until the end of May, then work through the summer, and head to New Zealand in October 2011.
Buuuuuuut, I just heard from Heifer that because of downsizing they can't afford to have any more volunteers before next May at the earliest. So that kind of changes things. On the upside, that frees me up to go to New Zealand earlier, but that means that instead of breaking the working for money up into two chunks, I'm going to do it in one chunk, and I'm already feeling a little burnt out.
I don't know what it is (maybe I'm just having an off day) but I feel like my life is out of balance. Based on next week, I'm going to be working from 10am to whenever the Reub lets me go (sometime between 8pm and 2am) four days a week, with a possible fifth day. On the one hand, I feel like a wimp for whining about this when the hours total somewhere around the usual 40-50 hour work week, but on the other hand, I don't want to sign my life away to being a waitress for the next six months or so.
I already don't have time for working out, and I'm feeling sick because of some meds I'm on, and I have no social life to speak of because none of my friends live in Northfield anymore...
And this is fast turning into a whine fest, so I'll stop! Life really is good, and I'm doing well over all, but I feel out of balance. That's the bottom line.
So how do I fix this?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
It's My Half-Birthday! Keen!
Well, let's see.
I've been to Phoenix and Las Vegas since I last updated, so you know there's got to be something to say.
Last Thursday I jetted off to see my good friend Gabriel in Phoenix, AZ, and he picked me up at the airport and dropped me off at a Starbucks and the Phoenix public library for a few hours while he was at school. We spent Thursday night catching up, sitting on the golf course near his house, and staring at the stars. Friday morning came with a wonderful flurry of getting-on-the-road-ness, and we wound our way through the desert, seeing Joshua trees and other deserty things on the way, not to mention some amazing mountains and the Hoover Dam, which was a pain in the neck to cross because of traffic. Through all this the music was on full volume and Gabe and I were having a great time singing along and making random stops when we found something cool.
Then Vegas. Friday night, Saturday and Sunday we stayed with Paige, Willie and Paige's roommate Gavin who are all spectacularly awesome. Fun was had by all, but you know what they say about what happens in Vegas.
I WILL say, though, that Vegas has AMAZING food. Wow, did we eat at a lot of great places. Yum!
So then on Sunday Gabe and I headed back late afternoon and drove through the desert at night, which is something I don't think I'll ever forget. I have rescinded all of the bad things I've said about the Southwest; at least it's beautiful at night. I kind of wish that drive would have gone on forever.
But we ended up back in Phoenix, and I spent Monday at the house stealing Gabe's music and watching Incubus in concert DVDs. Alright, I admit, I really like them. After the boy got back from school we headed out to meet his family (including his super cute niece who's two!) and then off to dinner with his uncle and out to see "Easy A," which may be one of my new favorite movies. Emma Stone is great.
Then on Tuesday I got up, got dropped off at Starbucks and then got my new tattoo about ten minutes before I got in the car to go to the airport. Ta da!
It's a heart chakra symbol called an "anahata." The outside is a lotus flower with twelve petals which represent twelve sacred sounds in meditation. The star is actually two triangles representing male and female and the middle ground in between. The symbol in the middle is to remind me to breathe, be aware, and live with an open heart. I really like it.
So anyway, I flew home and now I'm back with my nose to the grindstone, working at Hogan's and the Reub. The only news to report there so far is that one of the managers at the Reub (who really stressed me out and was a bit mean) got fired over the weekend, so that's sort of made the place feel a little different.
In other Northfield news (but sad!) I saw that one of the white squirrels near my house got hit by a car today. I'm not sure if he (or she) is ok, but the person that hit it got out of the car to tend to it, so hopefully it was just stunned.
ALSO, now that I think about it, the biggest news I have is that I've decided to take the job working with Heifer. It means I'll start on December 20th down in Little Rock, Arkansas and be down there until mid-May. I called my contact there to confirm today, but she was out of the office, so I'll try again tomorrow. Anyway, it's a big decision, but I feel like it's the right one, even though it means I'll be postponing my trip to New Zealand this way. It's an amazing chance, and I can't pass it up. Let's hope everything goes well on that front.
As for the next few days, I'm working, as usual. I plan to get a haircut tomorrow, though, which is exciting! I'm also considering dying it red again, which I haven't done since....jeeze...freshman year of college, I guess. We'll see. And a bunch of Lance's relations are coming to stay this weekend, which means the house will resemble a can of sardines for a while. AND because I'm working, I'm missing out on the traditional Norwegian dinner out at my great-uncle's church on Saturday, which is the suck, but maybe Maddie and Julia can smuggle me some krumkake and lefse.
OH, and I plan to be baking my ass off whenever I'm not working for the next few weeks, as
YES FOLKS, FALL IS HERE AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
APPLE DISHES OF ALL SORTS AND HOMEMADE DOUGHNUTS!
I can feel my diet being ruined already.
I've been to Phoenix and Las Vegas since I last updated, so you know there's got to be something to say.
Last Thursday I jetted off to see my good friend Gabriel in Phoenix, AZ, and he picked me up at the airport and dropped me off at a Starbucks and the Phoenix public library for a few hours while he was at school. We spent Thursday night catching up, sitting on the golf course near his house, and staring at the stars. Friday morning came with a wonderful flurry of getting-on-the-road-ness, and we wound our way through the desert, seeing Joshua trees and other deserty things on the way, not to mention some amazing mountains and the Hoover Dam, which was a pain in the neck to cross because of traffic. Through all this the music was on full volume and Gabe and I were having a great time singing along and making random stops when we found something cool.
Then Vegas. Friday night, Saturday and Sunday we stayed with Paige, Willie and Paige's roommate Gavin who are all spectacularly awesome. Fun was had by all, but you know what they say about what happens in Vegas.
I WILL say, though, that Vegas has AMAZING food. Wow, did we eat at a lot of great places. Yum!
So then on Sunday Gabe and I headed back late afternoon and drove through the desert at night, which is something I don't think I'll ever forget. I have rescinded all of the bad things I've said about the Southwest; at least it's beautiful at night. I kind of wish that drive would have gone on forever.
But we ended up back in Phoenix, and I spent Monday at the house stealing Gabe's music and watching Incubus in concert DVDs. Alright, I admit, I really like them. After the boy got back from school we headed out to meet his family (including his super cute niece who's two!) and then off to dinner with his uncle and out to see "Easy A," which may be one of my new favorite movies. Emma Stone is great.
Then on Tuesday I got up, got dropped off at Starbucks and then got my new tattoo about ten minutes before I got in the car to go to the airport. Ta da!
It's a heart chakra symbol called an "anahata." The outside is a lotus flower with twelve petals which represent twelve sacred sounds in meditation. The star is actually two triangles representing male and female and the middle ground in between. The symbol in the middle is to remind me to breathe, be aware, and live with an open heart. I really like it.
So anyway, I flew home and now I'm back with my nose to the grindstone, working at Hogan's and the Reub. The only news to report there so far is that one of the managers at the Reub (who really stressed me out and was a bit mean) got fired over the weekend, so that's sort of made the place feel a little different.
In other Northfield news (but sad!) I saw that one of the white squirrels near my house got hit by a car today. I'm not sure if he (or she) is ok, but the person that hit it got out of the car to tend to it, so hopefully it was just stunned.
ALSO, now that I think about it, the biggest news I have is that I've decided to take the job working with Heifer. It means I'll start on December 20th down in Little Rock, Arkansas and be down there until mid-May. I called my contact there to confirm today, but she was out of the office, so I'll try again tomorrow. Anyway, it's a big decision, but I feel like it's the right one, even though it means I'll be postponing my trip to New Zealand this way. It's an amazing chance, and I can't pass it up. Let's hope everything goes well on that front.
As for the next few days, I'm working, as usual. I plan to get a haircut tomorrow, though, which is exciting! I'm also considering dying it red again, which I haven't done since....jeeze...freshman year of college, I guess. We'll see. And a bunch of Lance's relations are coming to stay this weekend, which means the house will resemble a can of sardines for a while. AND because I'm working, I'm missing out on the traditional Norwegian dinner out at my great-uncle's church on Saturday, which is the suck, but maybe Maddie and Julia can smuggle me some krumkake and lefse.
OH, and I plan to be baking my ass off whenever I'm not working for the next few weeks, as
YES FOLKS, FALL IS HERE AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
APPLE DISHES OF ALL SORTS AND HOMEMADE DOUGHNUTS!
I can feel my diet being ruined already.
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