Sickness

Yesterday I woke up not feeling great. It was really hard just to get out of bed and take a shower.

I got to work and had an even slower start there, which frustrated me. My job is more independent than most, and so I was angry that I just couldn't get some motivation to get stuff done.

Well, I wasn't feeling like I had the flu or something, it was more like a really sore throat and a desire to just go back to bed. Last night at my second job, I started coughing even more. After awhile, I could start to sense that it wasn't just dry coughing. And it hurt really bad.

This morning was even worse.

I was armed by 7pm last night with Airborne, meds, losenges and cough drops. But none of it has really helped.

As a result, I wasn't able to get to work today, let alone make it to campus for Linear Algebra this afternoon.

I will be getting a Jamba Juice on the way to my second job tonight. Thank the Lord, I only have a 3-hour shift, and it should be slow.

Reminiscence of Cow Pie High

So this morning I had an interview at MPHS. It's for a senior project I am working very hard on. I walked onto campus and was immediately stopped by security. Haha! There I was, parking in the visitor's lot, with my backpack & cell phone, and I had no "late pass." It took a few minutes of convincing - and my UW ID - to prove that I was not a high school student. :)

I went into the NEW counseling office - I had no clue where I was going, but ended up in the right place - (since they've moved campus all around with the SLCs), and had a nice little chat with Jeff Thomas. It was so good to catch up! (And, work on my project, of course!)

Well, on my way out, I was stopped by about 5 different people who wanted to catch up, too, and it took me about 45 more minutes to get off campus than planned, but that was okay. It was fun! Just...surreal. And, I was trying to avoid running into my brother or his friends, (ya know, it's kind of embarrassing to run into your big sister at school), so during passing time, I had to dodge into the field house where I was stopped again to chat with my friend's mom in the Athletic office, as well as Mr. Tallquist. LOL! It was fun, though.

After receiving a text from Katie saying that work was a bit crazy today, I went to Starbucks to cheer her up.

Little did I know I'd see my friend Brien, whom I haven't seen for at least a year, and my friend Paul!

So, busy morning, busy day, but praise God for the blessings!

Rewarding Monday

"Somebody's got a case of the Mondays!"

That's a line from Office Space that my friend, Jeff, teases me with when I'm feeling down.

I woke up Monday morning with a slight case, but relented later.

Around 9:30am, when I was at my day job, my boss from my second job called and said that one of our other receptionists had quit, and she needed my recommendation on hiring someone ASAP.

Well, being that I'd suggested months ago that we hire Robert's sister, Ashley, I immediately hung up and called Ashley. Everything went through, and she came to work with me last night to train.

Let me just say that I'm a HUGE fan of ACTUAL on the job training, instead of the "on the job training" we do at the beginning of the tax season. It's so much easier to teach that way. And she did AMAZING! I'm so excited to have her working with me.

Granted, it's a really crappy time to hire someone, because it's "peak," or, our busiest time of year, right now. But I think she'll be just fine.

I started feeling sick last night, and went home to lay down promptly, but I'm feeling a little better now. I had some tea and lots of fiber this morning, so I hope I can kick whatever it is that's trying to attack my immune system. :)

God is good!

As most of you know, I am now working full-time.

Let me clarify...

My day job, at BXWA in North Everett, is allowing me to work whatever hours I can between 7am and 5pm (open & close of business at our work), Monday-Friday. That basically means that if I'm not at school, I'm there. My nights/ weekends job at H & R Block in Smokey Point is having me work Friday-Tuesday. (I don't work Wednesday & Thursdays because we have AWANA at church on those nights).

So, I just completed a 47-hour work week last week. I also squeezed in a dentist appointment and working from home, too. It was busy, but I never lost sleep (I get a minimum of 8 hours a night), and I'm feeling pretty good. My body is tired, but I'm not sick, and I feel like this is finally starting to look good for me.

I had kind of a depressing Saturday at work, and I called my dad to get a little perspective. I felt like I was just spinning my wheels. Almost like working all those hours was worth nothing.

But I've since dropped the "pity me" attitude, which is lame and unproductive, neither of which I wish to be. I'm just saving up money and trying to pay off my car.

So YAY! Things are going really well, and I hope that it continues this way. Please pray that it does.