What?! She didn’t even update for her birthday!

Well, yes, I didn’t. There’s just been so much going on that I haven’t had time to sit down and put into words.

I started the new job and I absolutely love it, I will have been there a month now. They are a great group to work with and they have a really good, generally speaking positive work environment. We all have our days when a day is going to the crapper, but I really like being there.

As well as work, I’ve been a lot of housesitting. A LOT. I have picked up a new client (to me, not to the practice) from the new job and she uses me nearly every week now. Her job entails her traveling a lot so she needs someone with a flexible schedule. For the most part right now, i’m very flexible, plus she lives two streets over from me. That’s a big bonus! I’m enjoying working for her a lot as well.

I didn’t update for my birthday because I didn’t have a lot to say. Sibling and wife came for a visit, cowboy came over and we all sat around ate food, had ice cream cake, and played games most of the evening. It was very low key and very enjoyable.

I got a new bed! FINALLY! It’s been, oh, 10 years maybe? Since i’ve had a new mattress and boxsprings. Got a very good deal on a really nice bed so here we are. I am sleeping better. I’ve been having a lot of restless nights lately where I’ll be awake in the middle of the night for no reason. It will go a way soon enough.

Starting to save for the moving out process. I have a lot of things boxed up already that I know I won’t need. All I really have in my room right now are the things that i use currently, or will be using soon. Makes it easier on me for packing, and for moving stuff because some of the stuff is not going with me.

Things with cowboy Joe are going famously! He’s a lot of fun to have around and a good conversationalist. I find myself being myself with him. I helped him get all moved in, into the wee hours of the morning this morning so that today is project day to put everything back together and together in general.

I think that’s all for this quick update. i pray things are going well for all of you. I will come back eventually and post agaiin.

Until then, I’m outtie like a bellybutton.

The 4077th

While sitting around and doing nothing this week in final preparation of my re-entry into the “real world” as the people are calling it, I have been watching M.A.S.H. I love M.A.S.H.! I always have but haven’t had the money to find the collection of seasons. I am borrowing it from a cowboy this week because I love it and I have watched so many episodes it’s not even funny. The hilarity and serious moments of it have really had me thinking about my job and the importance of it.

I start my new job tomorrow! I am excited/nervous! I’m excited because I’m ready to work again, it’s been hard to find things to do when all I’ve done is go to school, study and work. I’ve occupied my mind with books, and chores, and t.v. watching. It’s been nice to hang out and sit around. I have thoroughly enjoyed it, but now it’s time to get back to work. I love it! I’m nervous because it’s the first day jitters. I have worked with this practice before so I’m not worried about the work and I’m not worried about the people. I’m nervous about the new practice procedures that I’ll be learning, since I will have much more responsibility as an employee as opposed to the lowly intern who showed up and worked for the good grade. I’m also excited because I think they will challenge me, and push me to become a better technician in a smaller practice. I really like the smaller practices and I have enjoyed it a lot. I’m excited to fill my head with knowledge and really push my potential not only as an employee but as a Veterinary Technician.

I am anxiously awaiting the results of my boards, they should be arriving anytime in the next few weeks from then I will be able to register with the state, pay them a bunch of money for them to give me a piece of paper that says I can practice legally. Yay! I am good to go right now as long as I under the supervision of the other registered technicians and of the doctors. I’m not worried they’re always around. They’re also not worried about me and they have told me. It’s going to be fun. I’m glad to be able to establish myself now and set some groundwork for the future. It’s rather exciting to see what God has planned through this job and what will be happening in the future.

I’m housesitting right now so I am pleased to spend some time away from home. I love my family a lot but it’s getting to that point.

I am also excited to make my lunch and take it to work again. I have missed making lunches and preparing for the next day. I’m a work geek, I might as well admit it. I really like making my lunches the night before and figuring out what to wear. Of course though, I wear scrubs everyday, that’s not such a big decision. It’s nice to have a purpose in life. It’s nice to know that the hard work is about to pay off. )

God has really been helping me out. He brought this job to me and I am beyond grateful.

In more news, the cowboy is sweet and we shall be spending some time together this weekend. I’m hopeful to see Rebecca tomorrow and hang out with her after work. Saturday brings work. Sunday brings church.

I pray you all are doing well. Time to finish some last minute laundry and settle down with some M.A.S.H. for a while. Until we meet again!

I’m outtie like a bellybutton!

Get off your knees & pray

It’s been a while since I have updated or felt the patience to deal with helga while I update. With the new job, will come a new computer, eventually. ) I pray you all are doing well aand staying cool in the humid depths of ohio.

Yes, you read that right! I accepted the offer at Linworth and decided that, that’s where I really want to be. I really want to be with the animals. I miss working with them and if I got into a research team, or into a lab, I could be in a lab and not work with animals for a while. Yes, the pay is little, but that’s not why I’m in this field. As of Aug. 1, I will be in the position of Veterinary Technician. All i’m waiting for now is my board results, and for my diploma and official transcript so that I may pay the state some money and be a registered technician. It feels kind of surreal.

I chose this title today because our women’s ministry at church started a book club. This is the title of the book we are reading by Sheila Walsh. I just started reading it, a few weeks late, but I really like the book so far. I’m hopeful this book and the weekly meetings will help me develop a better understanding of prayer and fellowship with other women who are as well. Also, a better relationship with the women of my church. I’m very excited to see what this entails!

In other news, this week and next will be very relaxing as I prepare to go back to work, finally! I’ve been going just a little bit crazy and excited to get back into working. I ordered some more scrubs so I am hopeful they will arrive before I start. This week also entails, book club, spending time with a very sweet cowboy, the beginning of a week long housesitting, and a random dinner or so with a few friends. Oh yes, and room cleaning.

I will try to come back and update soon. Have a good week all!

I can never think of a good title for these posts.

I told John I would work on my post titles, because frankly, they aren’t very good. I never know what to title them. You all are lucky I started using titles for the longest time I didn’t.

Here we are at another week. I’m anxiously awaiting to hear about interviews and stuff. I know God has the right job out there for me, it’s just finding that job he wants me to take. It’s very frustrating because I never stop moving! It’s hard for me to slow down and do nothing. We shall see.

Helga is getting worse and i’m ready to throw her out the window. If you could see what this post looked like before I went back through and revised it. It looked like a toddler trying to type a term paper. I am very excited that just maybe with a new job will come, a new car, and a new computer. Poor Helga.

I haven’t felt very well today but I am hopeful that maybe, just maybe I can at least go for a walk. i haven’t eaten very much either so i hesitate to go out at all. I’ve been drinking water but I can at least try to do half of the time. Tomorrow I am excited to hang out with Steph! She and the family have been under the weather so I am very excited that she and the family are feeling better.

The fuzzy children are still fighting. I am still desperate to get her out. I may have to bite my tongue and take her to a shelter. Just maybe.

Siibling and wifey are doing well. They are beginning to get settled into their new home environment in Indiana and into their new jobs.

Rebecca started her new job today so I am anxious to hear how that went for her.

Those are some of the highlights. Hope you all are doing well. I’m becoming impatient with Helga but i’ll come back and post again.

I’m outtie like a bellybutton.

Proverbs 3:5

Oh Father, my heart feels heavy today. I feel as though there is something big, I see it in the eyes and faces of those I look upon. There are tears but no one hears a sound. There is hurt and no one knows. Where is the hurt, Father? Whoever you may be, be encouraged, God loves you very much and so do I. He is in control and knows your will for you, whether He reveals everything at once or one step at a time. There is always someone around to listen in your time of need or whenever you need a listen. Father, be with this person whoever they may be and let them know that they are loved and they are not alone. Let them know that you are listening and hear every word that they say as they cry out to you. Whether you are going through a tough time, are feeling alone, or feel as though no one is listening. Someone is listening, someone is always there to listen to you.

Amen.

Happy 4th of July!

Hello All!

Happy 4th of July! It’s a gray day so far but not a bad one )

I have been enjoying my time off so far. Tuesday I had an interview with a company for a position at OSU so hopefully, I can get an interview set up with OSU and see what this job entails. It sounds really neat, I’d be doing a lot of microbiology work, antibiotic susceptibility testing, reading slides and such. Not a lot of work with animals but i’m ok with that, for now. I’m getting ansy for a job though so hopefully I can get some more interviews set up within the next week. I’m not one to sit around and do nothing, I have to keep moving. )

I’m excited to see what God has planned for my life. I did the college thing, now I’m ready for life to really begin. Strengthen friendships, make new friendships, and actually have a real life where I get to do things instead of using that dumb line “I have to study.” More than anything, that line did get old for me, I love to study but there comes a point where I was sick and tired of it, but I couldn’t blow it off, all the tests, all the studying, was all very important for me to pass the courses. Unfortunately, I did have to spend all that time studying because 75% of the information was new to me and being the perfectionist, I had to make sure i was learning it correctly and had it all memorized. I know it made others unhappy, it made me unhappy, it made my family unhappy, but I feel a great weight is gone now that I’m done.

Speaking of studying, we got an email last week sometiime inifoorming us that we should have our board test results by the beginning of August. Yay! I am anxiously awaiting these results so tha I may register with the state, pay the fee and be a registered technician!

In other news, I tried to catch a cast iron pan with my foot last night while I was washing dishes and it backfired. My foot in fact did not catch the pan, but the pan did leave a mighty lump on my foot. Stupid! I don’t know why i did that. I say I caught it out of habit from being at work, but I really don’t know why  I caught it, I should have let it fall.

Today John is having a 4th of July cookout! For which I am very excited about. I love cookouts! I am however, waiting for a client to call me back regarding watching her dogs over the weekend. Hopefully she calls soon, I will still go to theh cookout, I’m just worried that I have not heard from her.

Well all , I need to make a quick phone call about saturday, sweep the floor in my room, and then later, cookout!

I’m outtie like a belly button, have a good day all!

So it begins

VBS starts tomorrow and I am very excited! I love going and helping out! It’s so fun to see all these kids come and learn about God and have fun doing it. This years theme deals with the beach and waves. I forget what the exact theme name. But it will be exciting! I’m aa little behind on everything this year because I joined the staff late. I originally wasn’t going to because I thought I wouldn’t be working. God has this all planned out for me. I will be at VBS in the mornings and then for the afternoon I will be at The Vet Clinic, filling in for one of the other technicians who will be out of town.

Speakin of the Vet Clinic, I think I did well on the National Board Exam. I think so anyway, we’ll see what my score says in 7-8 weeks. But I didn’t feel like I did a terrible job. Half of it was easy and the other half I felt was hard and some stuff I just plain didn’t know the answer. However, we don’t get penalized for the answers we guess and are incorrect. My understanding is that these are graded by how many we get right and we have to pass with a certain amount of questions to then be able to register with the state and be declared a veterinary technician.

No job yet, but the Recruiter called me back and informed me that Batelle was interested in my resume so I have an interview Tuesday morning with Batelle Biomedical Research Center. I think it will be interesting. I’m nervous but I think if I prepare myself, I will be okay. )

Must finish cleaning my room! Hope you all are having a good day!

Unspoken Words

“If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.”  ~Moliere

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.  God is the friend of silence.  See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…. We need silence to be able to touch souls.”  ~Mother Teresa

Some express themselves through their own words, some express themselves through song lyrics, I find myself trying to express through quotes. Sometimes I just don’t have the words I want to say so I turn to quotes.

I don’t feel stressed out, I feel anxious because of boards Friday, I’m not ready but I’m having so much trouble concentrating. I feel itchy because of the poison ivy sweeping over my body. I feel almost sad, depressed. About what? I don’t know, a lot of things I guess. Not about graduation, or getting into the real world. I’m very excited to finally start life! But a lot has been going on family wise that has just made me feel like this.

Over worried? Probably. About mom, and sibling and his wife, my Great Aunt, dad. A lot going on and I move to silence to cope. Silly huh?