Last week was the end of finals. YAY! While I absolutely love school, and am sad when the quarters and years end, I couldn't be more happy to have the quarter behind me. It means I am one step closer to graduation! (June 14th, by the way).
So, I'm still working like crazy, I'm scheduled for 67 hours between today and Sunday - 40 at job #1, 27 at job #2 - and I'll be working from home a lot this week as well. (Trying to take care of some inventory and get some stuff moving.)
I must say, though, my bedroom looks like a tornado went through it. I just have not had time or energy to clean it at all. It was hard enough just picking a few things up before I had to get ready for work this morning, but in all seriousness, it is bothering me! I'm going to make some goals for myself this week so that I can get things done, and don't start the next quarter behind.
Which brings me to the point of this blog: my last quarter as an undergrad begins on Monday! I am SO thrilled! I'm more excited to actually graduate, I think, but essentially, it's just a huge accomplishment.
Wish me luck, as I have to go to Target tonight for more school supplies after work!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Dreaming of jewelry...
Hey guys,
My friend Kristin is an AMAZINGLY talented hand-crafted jewelry maker! Her blog is here: http://kristinfriesen.blogspot.com/
She's got the cutest and most unique stuff! I am jonesing for her Springtime Romance necklace....grrr, I wish I could bring myself to spend the money rather than save it, but I DO have a wedding to pay for. :)
Anyway, please do check out her shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5365727.
It's amazing, I promise!
My friend Kristin is an AMAZINGLY talented hand-crafted jewelry maker! Her blog is here: http://kristinfriesen.blogspot.com/
She's got the cutest and most unique stuff! I am jonesing for her Springtime Romance necklace....grrr, I wish I could bring myself to spend the money rather than save it, but I DO have a wedding to pay for. :)
Anyway, please do check out her shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5365727.
It's amazing, I promise!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Employment....
Well, I think that most of my readers pretty much know how I feel about employment: If you have it, do what's asked of you.
I just wanted to express the frustration that comes with people saying that, even though they may have employment, they don't care about it, or even saying that they don't care what's asked of them, they're not going to do it anyway, just because they don't feel like it.
Let me explain why this frustrates me.
I have 2 jobs. I work between 35 and 55 hours every week. I also work for myself at home, too, and I'm a full-time student at UW. I get very angry when people tell me that they just can't handle that darn 20-hour a week job that they get overpaid to do. It makes me feel like my efforts are futile. Not only that, but it really implies that there's a big problem in our society.
Shouldn't we all feel blessed to have employment, rather than whine and complain about it all the time? Surely I am not an exception to this, as I've definitely had awful days at work, and been treated unfairly. But truly, I just am angry with hearing this stuff all the time.
The Bible tells us that, "if a man shall not work, neither let him eat." Honestly, these days, I don't see that being the way that people view employment. People take advantage of the government and state assistance programs, people extort money from their businesses, they scam others, and not only that, but then they go and complain some more!
I think that if you have a job or jobs, you really should do everything in your power to keep them, and do well at them.
I just wanted to express the frustration that comes with people saying that, even though they may have employment, they don't care about it, or even saying that they don't care what's asked of them, they're not going to do it anyway, just because they don't feel like it.
Let me explain why this frustrates me.
I have 2 jobs. I work between 35 and 55 hours every week. I also work for myself at home, too, and I'm a full-time student at UW. I get very angry when people tell me that they just can't handle that darn 20-hour a week job that they get overpaid to do. It makes me feel like my efforts are futile. Not only that, but it really implies that there's a big problem in our society.
Shouldn't we all feel blessed to have employment, rather than whine and complain about it all the time? Surely I am not an exception to this, as I've definitely had awful days at work, and been treated unfairly. But truly, I just am angry with hearing this stuff all the time.
The Bible tells us that, "if a man shall not work, neither let him eat." Honestly, these days, I don't see that being the way that people view employment. People take advantage of the government and state assistance programs, people extort money from their businesses, they scam others, and not only that, but then they go and complain some more!
I think that if you have a job or jobs, you really should do everything in your power to keep them, and do well at them.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Recovering
You know, when I get sick, I usually just power through it, get more sleep, and I'm good to go.
But 2 weeks ago, I was flat on my back.
What started as a little cough and sniffle quickly reared its ugly head to a flu bug on top of a nasty head & chest cold.
Since I was sleeping 12-13 hours a night, napping a lot during the day, and not able to go to school or work for nearly 5 days, I'm still recovering. I'm bummed that I missed all that school and work hours, but thankfully, I'm not too far behind. However, I made a big mistake one day when I was sick that I am STILL paying for!
Robert had gone to Fred Meyer & bought me a bunch of medicines & cough drops & effervescents. No problem, right? Take the meds, go to bed. Wake up, take more, sleep more. Ect.
Yeah. It worked great until I woke up at 9:30am on Wednesday sick to my stomach and without a voice, and took the WRONG medicine - I drugged myself to sleep for the next 5 hours by mistakingly taking nighttime Tylenol Severe Cold. Since then, it's been near impossible for me to get back into a regular schedule. Grr...
Anyway, I stayed at my mom's last night after an incredibly long day, and I've got another one that I'm not even 1/2 way through with today. Yikes!
But Christmas is finally all put away at home, and the house is clean, which makes me happy. I'm just so darn tired!
But 2 weeks ago, I was flat on my back.
What started as a little cough and sniffle quickly reared its ugly head to a flu bug on top of a nasty head & chest cold.
Since I was sleeping 12-13 hours a night, napping a lot during the day, and not able to go to school or work for nearly 5 days, I'm still recovering. I'm bummed that I missed all that school and work hours, but thankfully, I'm not too far behind. However, I made a big mistake one day when I was sick that I am STILL paying for!
Robert had gone to Fred Meyer & bought me a bunch of medicines & cough drops & effervescents. No problem, right? Take the meds, go to bed. Wake up, take more, sleep more. Ect.
Yeah. It worked great until I woke up at 9:30am on Wednesday sick to my stomach and without a voice, and took the WRONG medicine - I drugged myself to sleep for the next 5 hours by mistakingly taking nighttime Tylenol Severe Cold. Since then, it's been near impossible for me to get back into a regular schedule. Grr...
Anyway, I stayed at my mom's last night after an incredibly long day, and I've got another one that I'm not even 1/2 way through with today. Yikes!
But Christmas is finally all put away at home, and the house is clean, which makes me happy. I'm just so darn tired!
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