You know, I've never really thought about it much until just now how so many people who are connected in some way can have so very different life experiences. I mean, think about it: Two people from relatively similar backgrounds can grow up with two very different views of the world. And then, the people we come across in our lives, they're views of the world may be TOTALLY different than anything we're familiar with.
I don't really know where I'm going with this... it's not even a rant, just more of an observation, really. I think I'm starting to notice this more and more because of my line of work. But as one of my friends noted in her live journal once, it's just strange how some people are born into some situations. It makes you wonder how they got there, and what God was seriously thinking when a child is born into those situations. I told someone else recently that I am a firm believer that God doesn't give us any more than we can handle, but honestly, what is He thinking when He says "Well, okay, this kid's going to go to this family and be loved and well taken care of, and this kid is going to go to a family where mom tries her best, but dad is in and out of the picture for his first 18 years, then gets arrested for drug possession, and THIS kid.... well.... THIS kid is going to be put in a home where they're not going to feed him and they'll beat on him now and then." Okay, I know this is straying from my thought of how people from similar backgrounds can have such different opinions, but this whole entry is really just a flow of thoughts.
Okay, so this "flow of thoughts" really hasn't taken me anywhere I was hoping it would... I had all of these great ideas when I started typing, but now I'm not really sure where they're at. I guess I've been up too long. I get all of my best ideas in the morning. Unfortunately I've been looking at this and doing other things online for so long (I started this post an hour before I actually put it up) that I've lost my great ideas now.
I guess I'll put these thoughts on hold for the time being... I'll have to come back to this another time.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Another Update with Not Much News
I love three day weekends. I guess that boils down to that I love working for the state - getting all the state holidays off is REALLY nice!!! I could totally get used to this. I'm so looking forward to my week starting on a Tuesday, then having training on Wednesday and Thursday morning, then only a day and a half in the office and BOOM! It's Saturday again!
This weekend has been a pretty quiet one though. We did a lot of the usual errands: grocery shopping, laundry, etc. Today we rearranged the living room a bit. It's not a whole lot different than the last set up, but we moved our TV into one of the corners and flopped it with a chair that was there. It kind of breaks the room up into two littler rooms, which is pretty nice, because it makes the part that has the couch and chairs and TV feel more cozy and it makes the center of focus not be John's desk anymore. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but it's usually pretty messy, and it'll be nice to not have people staring at it all the time.
Johns in the living room now, playing Final Fantasy X. That's all well and good - but I hate it because without realizing it, he makes me feel like an idiot when I play that game. I've been playing it since we got the PS2 and he's already just about as far along as I am, and he's been playing for less than 3 weeks. Not to mention, all of his characters are more "bulked up" than my party, and it's frustrating, because he talks to me like I should have known how to do that. I guess video games really aren't my thing. I guess I'll stick to playing The Sims. At least you can't suck lose at that game.
I've got to remember to sign up for line dancing this week. I promised Sarah L. that I would start going with her. I'm a little nervous about it, but it should be fun. It'll be good for me to get out and start meeting some new people and trying some new things. So far I've taken up scrapbooking, which has been a TON of fun. I've really enjoyed getting to be creative with photos and getting to host scrapbooking parties. It's nice having a friend that's a consultant for Creative Memories! I've also really got to remember to discontinue my membership to the gym, or at least, START GOING AGAIN! I'm leaning towards the latter, because starting March 1, my insurance company will pay for it, as long as I go 8 times a month. Well, I can handle that, I think. Besides, it would be VERY good for me to start doing that. Besides, all of the stuff they say about working out being good for the chemicals in your brain is totally true. So I've got to start going if for no other reason than that. I've had some of my old feelings starting to creep up on me, which I think happens when I feel like I'm in a rut. I am finally good at being able to identify my triggers... feelings... signs of when bad things are coming my way, and I'm getting better about doing something about them. So as soon as I finish up this entry, I'm going to do 2 things: 1) sign up for the line dancing and 2) change my membership to the PF in Concord.
I'm finally starting to make some friends at work, which is nice. Ann is my new buddy at work. She and I are the closest in age, as well as start date and being newbies together. She started 3 months before me and has gone through the core training already (the trainings I am going through now). So we hang out a lot at work, which is fun. It's nice when I actually look forward to going to work in the morning. It would be nicer if the commute was closer than an hour, but sometimes you gotta work with what you got. I keep trying to hint that I want to look for a house, but I think John is perfectly content right here. It's not that I have anything against the apartment (aside from when it's possible to hear the guy upstairs from us doing things in his bedroom that you really don't want to picture him doing, or when people are outside in the parking lot at 2 in the morning smoking right under the bedroom windows and yelling), it's just that I am tired of renting. I'm tired of living in someone elses place. I want to have my place. I want to have walls that can be painted whatever color we choose. I want to be closer to work, especially with all of the extra driving I have to do to get out and see clients. I want to feel like a grown up now. I keep hearing about people I know buying condos and houses... and I want to be one of those people so bad! But I don't feel like I can talk to John about it sometimes, because he's so content being right here. But I'm tired of knowing that if I'm at work until 5:30, I won't be home until 6:30. And it's hard for me, because my schedule can change daily. I've been fortunate enough in that it hasn't, for the most part, but wait until I start taking my own cases.... Ideally, I'd love to be in a house by the end of the summer. Unfortunately though, I don't picture that happening. We haven't even begun the process of looking.
Anyway, I'm done ranting about stuff now. This turned into a much longer entry than I had thought it would be. I guess I had more to talk about than I thought. I'm going to go find some other stuff to do now, like... update my webpage's new quote of the week. Oops.
This weekend has been a pretty quiet one though. We did a lot of the usual errands: grocery shopping, laundry, etc. Today we rearranged the living room a bit. It's not a whole lot different than the last set up, but we moved our TV into one of the corners and flopped it with a chair that was there. It kind of breaks the room up into two littler rooms, which is pretty nice, because it makes the part that has the couch and chairs and TV feel more cozy and it makes the center of focus not be John's desk anymore. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but it's usually pretty messy, and it'll be nice to not have people staring at it all the time.
Johns in the living room now, playing Final Fantasy X. That's all well and good - but I hate it because without realizing it, he makes me feel like an idiot when I play that game. I've been playing it since we got the PS2 and he's already just about as far along as I am, and he's been playing for less than 3 weeks. Not to mention, all of his characters are more "bulked up" than my party, and it's frustrating, because he talks to me like I should have known how to do that. I guess video games really aren't my thing. I guess I'll stick to playing The Sims. At least you can't suck lose at that game.
I've got to remember to sign up for line dancing this week. I promised Sarah L. that I would start going with her. I'm a little nervous about it, but it should be fun. It'll be good for me to get out and start meeting some new people and trying some new things. So far I've taken up scrapbooking, which has been a TON of fun. I've really enjoyed getting to be creative with photos and getting to host scrapbooking parties. It's nice having a friend that's a consultant for Creative Memories! I've also really got to remember to discontinue my membership to the gym, or at least, START GOING AGAIN! I'm leaning towards the latter, because starting March 1, my insurance company will pay for it, as long as I go 8 times a month. Well, I can handle that, I think. Besides, it would be VERY good for me to start doing that. Besides, all of the stuff they say about working out being good for the chemicals in your brain is totally true. So I've got to start going if for no other reason than that. I've had some of my old feelings starting to creep up on me, which I think happens when I feel like I'm in a rut. I am finally good at being able to identify my triggers... feelings... signs of when bad things are coming my way, and I'm getting better about doing something about them. So as soon as I finish up this entry, I'm going to do 2 things: 1) sign up for the line dancing and 2) change my membership to the PF in Concord.
I'm finally starting to make some friends at work, which is nice. Ann is my new buddy at work. She and I are the closest in age, as well as start date and being newbies together. She started 3 months before me and has gone through the core training already (the trainings I am going through now). So we hang out a lot at work, which is fun. It's nice when I actually look forward to going to work in the morning. It would be nicer if the commute was closer than an hour, but sometimes you gotta work with what you got. I keep trying to hint that I want to look for a house, but I think John is perfectly content right here. It's not that I have anything against the apartment (aside from when it's possible to hear the guy upstairs from us doing things in his bedroom that you really don't want to picture him doing, or when people are outside in the parking lot at 2 in the morning smoking right under the bedroom windows and yelling), it's just that I am tired of renting. I'm tired of living in someone elses place. I want to have my place. I want to have walls that can be painted whatever color we choose. I want to be closer to work, especially with all of the extra driving I have to do to get out and see clients. I want to feel like a grown up now. I keep hearing about people I know buying condos and houses... and I want to be one of those people so bad! But I don't feel like I can talk to John about it sometimes, because he's so content being right here. But I'm tired of knowing that if I'm at work until 5:30, I won't be home until 6:30. And it's hard for me, because my schedule can change daily. I've been fortunate enough in that it hasn't, for the most part, but wait until I start taking my own cases.... Ideally, I'd love to be in a house by the end of the summer. Unfortunately though, I don't picture that happening. We haven't even begun the process of looking.
Anyway, I'm done ranting about stuff now. This turned into a much longer entry than I had thought it would be. I guess I had more to talk about than I thought. I'm going to go find some other stuff to do now, like... update my webpage's new quote of the week. Oops.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
A Little Fun
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Monday, February 13, 2006
So what if this was my comment in Kerry's LJ?
I figured it was entry worthy...
Okay, I don't watch all that much TV, and what I do watch consists of 7th Heaven and CSI (two totally opposite ends of the spectrum, I know). But, one night I decided to sit down and take in an episode of Arrested Development - see what all the hype was, because just about everyone I know loved it. Maybe I'm uncultured, or maybe it was over my head, but I just didn't like it. I didn't get why everyone loved it so much. In fact, the humor in it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. On the flip side, I don't understand the addiction to most reality shows either. American Idol, I'll admit, I watch in the very, very beginning to just see the people that think they've "got it" but they totally don't.
So I'll just stick to my 7th Heaven and my CSI. Feel free to let me know your thoughts.
Okay, I don't watch all that much TV, and what I do watch consists of 7th Heaven and CSI (two totally opposite ends of the spectrum, I know). But, one night I decided to sit down and take in an episode of Arrested Development - see what all the hype was, because just about everyone I know loved it. Maybe I'm uncultured, or maybe it was over my head, but I just didn't like it. I didn't get why everyone loved it so much. In fact, the humor in it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. On the flip side, I don't understand the addiction to most reality shows either. American Idol, I'll admit, I watch in the very, very beginning to just see the people that think they've "got it" but they totally don't.
So I'll just stick to my 7th Heaven and my CSI. Feel free to let me know your thoughts.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Another Boring Update
Again, I'm sorry to say, another very boring update. I just felt the need to tell the world about what I've been up to, but it hasn't been very exciting! I still love my new job, which is cool. The last two weeks I've been in training every other day or so, but fortunately next week, I'll get to be in the office every day. It was nice on Wednesday when I was in the office, because it was really the first day that I was busy the whole day and was doing (mostly) my own work. I've officially closed my first assessment, and I've got 3 now that I am working on. One of them is such a bizarre case that it will be interesting to see how the whole thing plays out. Tomorrow I'm having a scrapbooking party. That should be fun. I'm new to the whole scrapbooking thing so I'm looking forward to it. One of my friends became a consultant for Creative Memories, so she's doing the whole thing, I just am providing the space, and in return, I get a free gift! So how does that work out badly for me? Unfortunately though, only one person is coming right now, out of the like... 15 that I invited. Everyone either had something come up or forgot that I invited them and scheduled something else that day. Honestly? It's enough to give you a complex! I probably would have picked a different weekend, but my weekends fill up fast and this was the first one that both me and the consultant were free. So, thanks to Sarah L. who is coming. To everyone else - consider this a last chance invite! Get a hold of me one way or another to let me know if you can make it!
John's been home sick the last couple of days. I feel bad for him - I haven't ever seen him this sick. Fortunately it's mostly just him being achy and sleepy and coughing and stuff. It's like a bizarre cross between a cold and the flu. Whatever it is though, I'm just praying I don't catch it. I only have one sick day available right now and one annual day available. I don't want to use up all of my available time off just because I got sick. Okay, I know that's what the sick days are for, but not the annual days!
Anyway, I hope he gets better...
The kittens are good - they're trying to kill each other right now. I've got to go get ready for the training I have today. Woo-hoo. At least it's here in Concord, so I don't have to drive very far and I got to sleep in this morning!
John's been home sick the last couple of days. I feel bad for him - I haven't ever seen him this sick. Fortunately it's mostly just him being achy and sleepy and coughing and stuff. It's like a bizarre cross between a cold and the flu. Whatever it is though, I'm just praying I don't catch it. I only have one sick day available right now and one annual day available. I don't want to use up all of my available time off just because I got sick. Okay, I know that's what the sick days are for, but not the annual days!
Anyway, I hope he gets better...
The kittens are good - they're trying to kill each other right now. I've got to go get ready for the training I have today. Woo-hoo. At least it's here in Concord, so I don't have to drive very far and I got to sleep in this morning!
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