Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Ever have a day that left you feeling like shit? Pardon the strong language, but some days its nessecary. By the end of the day I was stressed, tired, and had the worst headache I've had in years. Forcing a smile for the last 12 customers was harder than chopping off my own finger with a butter knife. But I smiled and fought the urge to roll my eyes when someone complimented my cheeriness. Lunch break wasn't even relaxing. I spent my hour trying to make it to my bank (which is not the one I work for) than back home to force medicine down my poor kitty's throat (who was not thrilled to say the least). Things after work seemed to all go wrong. Then, when things stopped going wrong and were just normal, I was already in a negative mood. Finally, I decided to clear my head with a run. The temperature was perfect. I ran in my special place, a back road no one else runs on. I love it. It cleared my head. Running is a good remedy for negativity. Downside: coming home and finding ticks on me from running in the grass and I had to be a girl and freak and swat them off. Now I can't find them to kill them. Hmm....not good. I guess they'll show up later on me or a cat.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
And then there are some weekends that are just wonderful...
Yea...enough said.
Yea...enough said.
Friday, June 24, 2005
I've lost two posts that I wrote this week. Kinda depressing eh? Makes me not want to write. I wasn't going to rewrite some of the stuff I wrote, but it held true for most of the week.
I've been happy this week. I dont' know why. Its not that I've drank more coffee, played ultimate bannana, been at the same office for work, or spent more time with family. Its something....I have no clue, but I've been wonderfully happy almost constantly.
You know the one thing I enjoy about my job? The customers. I'm getting to know them better now. There is the foil fencer from WCU (usually complaining about his unemployed status), Mrs. Badger (deaf as a doornail but sweet as anything, she actually choses to come to my window), the man who makes fun of Natalie, the one who complains that hte thirty dollar bills I give him arent' spendable (because there are no such thing as thirties), the made who brings us jolly ranchers and claims every day is good, the man who makes fun of me for going to Clemson, talking sports with Terre, the Lance guy knows the drill now....they'll all are such characters and love to talk. Its a small town and everyone seems to have plenty of time to spare talking to the tellers so I get to hear snap shots of so many lives. That is wonderful.
Today, we looked out the window to see people scurrying around like mad. Every Ingles worker and ever Cocula worker were running around the parking lot yelling as though someone had been shot. In know time sirens were blaring and the police came screeching onto the scene. "Wow, I wonder if there was a homicide, " my teller manager wondered aloud. "Maybe the bank was about to be robbed," Crystal suggested as we watched the flood of people enter our parking lot yelling "get him!" Later we learned that some guy stole a woman's purse. The guy was tackled and tazered. Yea...like I said, its a small town, not much ever happens in Laurel Park.
I started using my down time at work to read scripture this week. Its been really cool and given me alot to think about. I'm not going to say much else about that cause I'm tired and can't think straight.
Ooh! Wednesday Mike, Emma, Betsy and I played ultimate bannana at the park. Its ultimate frisbee with a bannana. Good times =-) Thursday I got to hang out with my daddy. It was wonderful getting to talk to him and spend time with him. Tonight was wonderful! I got to play soccer!!! I played indoor for the Plague, but only five of us showed up. I thought I was going to die, but I had soo much fun. We won 14-3, and I scored.
Its so cool to talk to the people who are about to be heading out to college as they come back from orientation. Hearing their thoughts about the coming year and hearing their orientation experience is fun.
Sarah was doing a lot better. Well, I guess she still is, but she relapsed this week. Which makes my dad paranoid, which makes him force me to eat more. Which is not fun. So I feel all nasty this week from eating so much =-/ I wish they would realize that I do not have an eating disorder and forcing me to eat more is more likely to make me develope one then letting me be. Ugh.
Good night everyone! Sweet dreams of a beautiful morrow.
I've been happy this week. I dont' know why. Its not that I've drank more coffee, played ultimate bannana, been at the same office for work, or spent more time with family. Its something....I have no clue, but I've been wonderfully happy almost constantly.
You know the one thing I enjoy about my job? The customers. I'm getting to know them better now. There is the foil fencer from WCU (usually complaining about his unemployed status), Mrs. Badger (deaf as a doornail but sweet as anything, she actually choses to come to my window), the man who makes fun of Natalie, the one who complains that hte thirty dollar bills I give him arent' spendable (because there are no such thing as thirties), the made who brings us jolly ranchers and claims every day is good, the man who makes fun of me for going to Clemson, talking sports with Terre, the Lance guy knows the drill now....they'll all are such characters and love to talk. Its a small town and everyone seems to have plenty of time to spare talking to the tellers so I get to hear snap shots of so many lives. That is wonderful.
Today, we looked out the window to see people scurrying around like mad. Every Ingles worker and ever Cocula worker were running around the parking lot yelling as though someone had been shot. In know time sirens were blaring and the police came screeching onto the scene. "Wow, I wonder if there was a homicide, " my teller manager wondered aloud. "Maybe the bank was about to be robbed," Crystal suggested as we watched the flood of people enter our parking lot yelling "get him!" Later we learned that some guy stole a woman's purse. The guy was tackled and tazered. Yea...like I said, its a small town, not much ever happens in Laurel Park.
I started using my down time at work to read scripture this week. Its been really cool and given me alot to think about. I'm not going to say much else about that cause I'm tired and can't think straight.
Ooh! Wednesday Mike, Emma, Betsy and I played ultimate bannana at the park. Its ultimate frisbee with a bannana. Good times =-) Thursday I got to hang out with my daddy. It was wonderful getting to talk to him and spend time with him. Tonight was wonderful! I got to play soccer!!! I played indoor for the Plague, but only five of us showed up. I thought I was going to die, but I had soo much fun. We won 14-3, and I scored.
Its so cool to talk to the people who are about to be heading out to college as they come back from orientation. Hearing their thoughts about the coming year and hearing their orientation experience is fun.
Sarah was doing a lot better. Well, I guess she still is, but she relapsed this week. Which makes my dad paranoid, which makes him force me to eat more. Which is not fun. So I feel all nasty this week from eating so much =-/ I wish they would realize that I do not have an eating disorder and forcing me to eat more is more likely to make me develope one then letting me be. Ugh.
Good night everyone! Sweet dreams of a beautiful morrow.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Wow, been a long time eh?
As I was driving with two guitars in my trunk and kicking myself for not getting my soccer ball back from Josh, Iris came on the radio. So many memories... Its weird to go to Old Europe and play on a team with a different group (although a few of us are the same). Its sad but its good. I think I tend to dwell too much on the sad part, the part where I miss you all. But it has been awesome getting to know new people, and also doing new things.
The amount of times I nearly got in a wreck between going there is not only scary, but amazing that I made it. Speaking of cars, my parents are going to sell me the car at the end of the summer! Its kinda depressing knowing that all the money I'm making is going to go into one thing (basically), but having a car is important and worth it. I'll be able to go on road trips without begging my parents and explaining that the miles being put on it are worth it.
I havn't been to the zoo in forever, it was so fun! I love seeing all the different animals. It would be so awesome to visit a rain forest or India and get to see some of them in the wild. Our Creator is amazing, isn't he? All the unique and diverse animals, such beauty, it leaves me in awe. I was going to try to say a favorite that I saw, but I don't think I have one. It was a fun group to go with, I miss all the Clemson people and enjoy it when I get to see them again. It stunk that I got so dizzy though. I felt really bad cause I know it made me less sociable and less talkative. I started doing better around dinner, but it came back later. I don't know what causes it, I just get so dizzy sometimes. Oh well.
The rest of the weekend was full of movies and baking cookies and hanging out and people all on computers. That was strange, I never thought I'd regret leaving my laptop at home, lol. Requiem for a Dream is a depressing movie, or at least the part I was awake for was. Speaking of sleep, I didn't have a nightmare all weekend! That may not seem like a big deal, but I've had nightmares almost every night the last week and a half.
I came home to a phone call that took me completely off guard. It was a good phone call, but...completely unanticipated. Hopefully there will be healing as a result.
A wonderful weekend almost to a close. I get to catch up with Heather tonight!! I havn't seen her since December. Crazy huh? Good times. Have a wonderful Father's Day whether it is with your family or relaxing alone or wherever you may be.
As I was driving with two guitars in my trunk and kicking myself for not getting my soccer ball back from Josh, Iris came on the radio. So many memories... Its weird to go to Old Europe and play on a team with a different group (although a few of us are the same). Its sad but its good. I think I tend to dwell too much on the sad part, the part where I miss you all. But it has been awesome getting to know new people, and also doing new things.
The amount of times I nearly got in a wreck between going there is not only scary, but amazing that I made it. Speaking of cars, my parents are going to sell me the car at the end of the summer! Its kinda depressing knowing that all the money I'm making is going to go into one thing (basically), but having a car is important and worth it. I'll be able to go on road trips without begging my parents and explaining that the miles being put on it are worth it.
I havn't been to the zoo in forever, it was so fun! I love seeing all the different animals. It would be so awesome to visit a rain forest or India and get to see some of them in the wild. Our Creator is amazing, isn't he? All the unique and diverse animals, such beauty, it leaves me in awe. I was going to try to say a favorite that I saw, but I don't think I have one. It was a fun group to go with, I miss all the Clemson people and enjoy it when I get to see them again. It stunk that I got so dizzy though. I felt really bad cause I know it made me less sociable and less talkative. I started doing better around dinner, but it came back later. I don't know what causes it, I just get so dizzy sometimes. Oh well.
The rest of the weekend was full of movies and baking cookies and hanging out and people all on computers. That was strange, I never thought I'd regret leaving my laptop at home, lol. Requiem for a Dream is a depressing movie, or at least the part I was awake for was. Speaking of sleep, I didn't have a nightmare all weekend! That may not seem like a big deal, but I've had nightmares almost every night the last week and a half.
I came home to a phone call that took me completely off guard. It was a good phone call, but...completely unanticipated. Hopefully there will be healing as a result.
A wonderful weekend almost to a close. I get to catch up with Heather tonight!! I havn't seen her since December. Crazy huh? Good times. Have a wonderful Father's Day whether it is with your family or relaxing alone or wherever you may be.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
It hit me this morning, I dwell so much on the bad things and what's going wrong and forget how much I've been blessed. I have been blessed beyond anything I deserve or could have asked for. If you hear me whine, please hit me over the head. =-)
