Saturday, December 27, 2003
Talk about embarrassing! I went to go see The Return of the King for the 2nd time last night. I was already seated waiting for the others of the group to arrive so I could bring them their ticket. My friend Tony arrived so I went down to give him his ticket. As I walked back into the isle where my seat was I slipped and popped my knee out of place!!!! I don't remember how loud I really was but I was yelling because of the pain. Sam and Tony were wondering what the heck was wrong. I felt like I yelled that my knee was out of place. I couldn't pop it back in... It was stuck. It hurt like CRAZY! It's the most annoying/painful feeling ever! I finally got to sit down and Sam asked what he could do for me. I again felt like I yelled that he needed to straighten my leg and it would hopefully pop back in because I couldn't straighten my leg myself. He did that and it went back in and I remember just crying and shaking because of the pain. And wanting to crawl into a hole and hide! That just happened in front of over a hundred people waiting for the movie to start. I felt like EVERYONE was staring at me. One guy was sweet enough to come up and see if he could help them carry me out or something. I just wanted to sit down and hide.... I ironically had just received a packet of kleenex from a promotion they were having for "Monk" on USA network. So I used that to dry my eyes and cover my face. Sam was awesome though. He tried everything to make me comfortable. Made sure to get me some ice. Made Tony go give everyone else that we were waiting for their tickets. But I wanted to kill Tony when he came back in because as he walked back in at the bottom of the theater he looked up at me and mockingly reenacted me holding my leg screaming. A few people in the crowd looked back at me and smiled. I so wanted to hurt him at that moment. But I was laughing too hard to really worry about what exactly I was going to do to him. ;) Throughout the movie my leg just throbbed in a dull pain. My muscles were all tight. It felt like really bad growing pains from the knee down. When the movie ended I really did have a hard time walking. I hadn't realized how long it had been since my knee popped out. It's happened maybe 6-8 times in my life but the last one happened a good 3-5 years ago. Either way it was hard to walk down the stairs of the theater. I made sure to wait till most people left the theater to even attempt walking. When I got down to the lobby I decided to file a complaint about the grease that was on the ground that caused me to slip and humiliate myself. ;) So I told the manager and she gave me 10 free movie passes (I gave one to Tony cause he had to deal with the embarrassment of being with me when it happened, and of course Sam will share them with me since he did most of the work and is usually my movie partner anyways.) and they gave me information to send a letter to corporate and all sorts of stuff. I believe I will write a letter but it's not like this is the first time it's happened. I mean it's not good that they had the grease on the ground, but if I didn't have a bad knee the worst that could have happened is I fell on my butt. Anyways, today it's still a little tender and tight. But I'll be fine. I'm enjoying my day off. I'm gonna go spend all the gift certificates I got for Lane Bryant for Christmas. :) Big Sales! Bye!
posted by Charity at 12/27/2003 11:33:00 AM
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
 MERRY CHRISTMAS!
posted by Charity at 12/24/2003 11:30:00 PM
Monday, December 22, 2003
It's FINALLY over!!!! Last night we did our Candlelight Christmas Service! And it's FINALLY over! I can finally sleep in on Saturdays, get to youthgroup at a decent hour, and get mime movements out of my daily routine. :) My mime girls performed again and they were awesome! Maybe two mistakes TOPS... I was sooo proud of them! I wanted to stand up and scream "yeah that's MY girls!".. But I refrained to their relief. ;) I will be thankful to have my Saturdays back. I haven't been able to sleep-in for almost two months. We're performing again for Easter but we won't have to give up Saturdays till the month before. But I may have to get to youthgroup an hour early though, but I'm not sure. I'm taking a couple weeks off and then we'll see. I will have to post pictures of the mime team. Now all I have to do is get through Christmas (which shouldn't be too difficult) ;) and enjoy the rest of the year. hehe I'm just glad it's all over. I want sleep though. I need sleep. I am going to enjoy this Christmas. I am finally able to get my family Christmas presents. Though I hate to say I went a little overboard and my creditors won't be too thrilled with me. But I am still happy that I could do it. Well work is getting busy so I should go. Bye! I'll try to post mime pictures as soon as I can.
posted by Charity at 12/22/2003 08:43:00 AM
Thursday, December 18, 2003
So if you want to see what I'd sound like as a 'gangsta' go to this site http://asksnoop.com/ and in the field enter this full address http://www.achairslife.com/observations it has to be the funniest thing to see. I guess they have a database of words and convert it to snoops lingo. Some guys at work showed me. Though they swear they don't like Snoop but think he's the shiznit. hahahaha Well Tuesday night I went to see the midnight showing of Return of the King! WOW! Worth every late minute of it! I so have to see it again! I left youthgroup that night and drove down the hill. Luckily Sam was in line earlier in the day so we were first in line! We got great seats! And I always love midnight showings because the diehards come out. Hoopin and holloring was just great. I can't wait till all three come out on DVD. That'll be the best! Anyways, I went to get bloodwork done for my checkup. Sadly I've never had my blood taken. So It was an odd experience. Kinda trippy to look down and see your blood coming out of you into a tube. But it was fairly painless. So I'm anxious for Christmas and VERY excited! This is the first year in a while that I will be able to buy Christmas presents. I'm really excited to see what everyone thinks of my ideas. :) Sunday I have our Christmas performance. That will be a relief when it's done. The girls are going to do great though! Well work is busy. Gotta go Bye
posted by Charity at 12/18/2003 08:30:00 AM
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Why is it that I depend so much on other people? Not like with every day things, but to be available when I need a listening ear, or to understand that I'm not in the best of moods, etc. Well even then I can't say that I don't have people like that in my life because I do. They accept me as I am, imperfections and all. But sometimes I feel so desperately lonely. This is when I should cry out to God right? Why is it different when you talk to a living breathing human being then someone who is with you during every breath you take? It just is. My heart is sad right now. I think I'm discouraged. I feel like I have so far to go. I just want someone to like being around me when I don't even like being around myself. I think that's it. And sadly I'm reading this book by Joyce Meyer *my favorite spiritual author* called "How to Succeed at Being Yourself" I mean how obviously sad and pathetic is that? But it's something I need in my life. I'm so far from where I want to be spiritually, emotionally, and especially physically! I'm at the point where I don't want to see anyone that I haven't seen in a while because I've gained so much weight in the last 6 months. I have to defeat this! If I keep on this path then surely I will fail. I almost need some affirmation. But that again should come from God. I shouldn't need someone to tell me that they like me. I should know that Jesus loves me and that's all that should matter. That he loved me so much that he died on the cross for my sins, past and present! Thank you Lord. Today someone at work said that I was always so smiley and cheerful and was considered the complete opposite of the human Eyore that we have at work. I still don't know how this is. Because deep down inside I am struggling to find out who I am again. I feel that I'm not as sincerely happy. (That's another thing. I've lost my ability to express myself in logical sentences. ;) It's so frustrating when I sit there stuttering and screwing up my words.) I wish for moments of genuine happiness. I realize that it's a dailey battle. And I've succeeded this week in a lot of things. So I guess now I know what this is all about, Ephesians 6:12 "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." So then I will not believe lies. But focus on the truths in life. So I apologize for that venting session. I needed it. Good night :)
posted by Charity at 12/09/2003 09:30:00 PM
Monday, December 8, 2003
Wow... Sometimes I wonder how we as humans can keep our sanity during the holidays!?! Well lets just say I didn't have a weekend. I hit the ground running both Saturday and Sunday and now I'm sitting at my desk at work feeling like I was just here yesterday. Luckily I'm in a good mood this Monday morning. Saturday I woke up at 7:00 and had mime practice in the morning and I can finally see it coming together. I can't wait to see what the church thinks of it at the Christmas Candlight Service which will be on December 21st at 7pm. After the practice I needed to find an outfit for my sisters 30th surprise birthday party that night. It was a 70's theme and we were going to do a mystery dinner theater (but that fell through), so my character was 'Share' based on Cher. I bought fake eyelashes, a funky flowered shirt and pink pearls. I'll have to post pictures. It was a lot of fun! We even sang karaoke! Either way it was a busy day/night. My brother-in-law did a good job. It was a progressive dinner that started at 5pm ended up at the church at about 8pm for the final course. He even went as far as to get a disco ball and a bubble machine. hehe I didn't get to bed till 1am. Then Sunday I went to church, had a meeting regarding our Lesotho trip in March, and got home, ran to walmart (to try to pick up Pirates of the Carribean for Jeff's Birthday gift, it was chaos and they didn't even have it!) I rushed back home, got home just in time to sit at the dinner table with my family (yummy turkey dinner!), and I took a nap, my mom woke me up to run out to the walmart in Apple Valley for Pirates because they wanted to watch it that night. So my brother, sister and I trecked out to the Apple Valley walmart and got home and had the left over fondu from the party the night before and watched the movie and then I crashed... HARD! And now I'm back to work and have a non-stop schedule for the next few weeks. Well work has gotten too busy to keep writing. I'll try to post those pictures of my sisters b-day party soon.
posted by Charity at 12/08/2003 08:38:00 AM
Sunday, November 30, 2003
Well I actually got pictures posted! This is a bunch of them that's for sure! So I put the family photos on top and the artsy photos at the bottom. I'll give lists of what each image is from left to right top to bottom. :) Top Row - Left to Right Grandpa Krieger (looking adorable) Grandma Krieger (looking so cute when she tried on my cousin Joey's hat) Aunt Cheryl, Aunt Darlene, and my mom (you can't tell their sisters at all huh?) ;) The whole family - me, Heidi, Grandpa, Grandma, Clint, Kari, Joey, my mom, Nathan Kari, me and Heidi (at the Beanery bar the first night) 2nd Row - Left to Right Kari and Heidi (Heidi wasn't feeling too hot) Joey and Me (we had the exact same style of shirt on just different colors and different brands) Madison ( my cousin Joey's little girl) Aunt Darlene with her only granddaughter (so far) Maddy Clint (my cousin) and his niece Maddy 3rd Row - Left to Right Nathan (my cousin Joey's husband) Clint ( I NEVER got a shot with his eyes open! Clint taking a picture of something (my grandpa is in the background) Heidi (my sis, posing in the snow) Me (also posing in the snow!) Top Row - Left to Right In front of my Aunt Darlene's house A horse in their backyard, it's not their's but they allow they're neighbor to keep it there Pretty shot of the horse running - it was nervous of me standing there A beautiful yellow rose from the larger bouquet The full bouqet 2nd Row - Left to Right Sunset in front of my grandparents house Tree Cool shed in the bad of the house another shot of the sunset and the last shot of the evening of the sunset 3rd Row - Left to Right Windmill and tree Side door of that shed from the night before Just liked the shot This looked like an eye (and I thought of the Lord of the Rings) Had to have proof of the weather... too bad I didn't get it when it was below 0 4th Row - Left to Right At the airport on our way out Another shot with a plane in it Up in the air above Billings Well goodnight. I hope you enjoy the pictures. It's late and tomorrow's my first day back to work and I want to make sure to give myself plenty of time to get my morning started. Goodnight
posted by Charity at 11/30/2003 08:13:00 PM
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posted by Charity at 11/30/2003 06:37:00 PM
Friday, November 28, 2003
YAY! I'm sooo home! I love my home! I'm thankful for my home! I'm thankful for my computer. Though I hated sorting through the 300+ emails that I received this week while I've been gone. But I am going to download my images from my trip and hopefully post only a few! If I can narrow it down. :) I'm soooo happy to be home! Bye !
posted by Charity at 11/28/2003 09:01:00 PM
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Well again it's 11:30. I slept all through the night and woke up at 5 feeling (for once) refreshed! I went to work and chaos ensued. I found that towards the end of my day though it mellowed out and I had my next two days planned out. If anything fell through then all I would need to do is just do it Friday... NOT! So I got a raise!!! I won't know officially how much. I was told it would be an additional $1.50 but I'm just not positive till I see my first pay stub with that amount on it! I was sooo excited I wanted to give my manager a hug! I was calling my mom and telling her that they were going to give me an official quarterly review and explain what a good job I've done and give me the raise officially then. At this point she told me that our flight leaves at 8am that day! I freaked. My dad had said that the tickets were for Saturday through Friday! But he said it wrong and I hadn't had the shift covered! I panicked and still feel awful! But luckily my manager understood. Everything I had planned to do won't get done and the things that had to be done I only had about an hour to do them in because it was almost 5! It was so crazy but I was on such an adrenaline rush since i found out I was getting a raise that I just laughed at every issue that shoved itself in front of my face. I would say I probably sounded insane! ;) And now it's 11:30 and I'm half packed, and it looks like things are going smoothly. I'm sure I'll forget something, if not more then one thing. My flight leaves tomorrow at 12:45 and I won't be returning till the next Friday evening, the day after Thanksgiving. SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! Well I should get going. I doubt I'll have internet. I know... what am I gonna do without the internet for a week!?! AHHHH! Well goodnight, it's time for me to go. Bye
posted by Charity at 11/20/2003 11:41:00 PM
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
It's 11:30 at night and I have a horrible headache. I came home from work today and crashed at 5:30 and haven't gotten up till now when I realized I needed water in my system and probably a piece of bread so I could take something for this headache. Oh at 8:30 I did get up and get my pjs on and wash my makeup off. Talk about a pressure filled day. I wouldn't call it stressful, and I finally realize that it was just a lot of pressure. My new position has brought me a lot of decision making along with it. My manager leans on me for advise which feels really good but can also make you humble, "who am I to be helping make these kinds of decisions?". Then we had a meeting in which all chats, personal calls, watching movies, playing games and downloading is prohibited while on the clock anymore because work isn't getting done. This didn't go over too well with a few individuals. So that was pressure. And out of the blue I got asked to be a witness for someone being let go!!!! Just let me say that I hope I'm never in the position to have to fire someone! I was sooooo uncomfortable just even being in the room. It was a horrible feeling. Especially since I knew the girl fairly well and considered her a friend. I even asked why they had to have me, and they wanted a female present just for safety reasons, they need a witness, and well the other female worker was her really close friend so they didn't want to make her do it. So she cried, I cried, and Jason said he needed something (stiff) to drink. It was not a fun experience. So after all that I'm having a rough day and I find out that my grandpa has taken a turn for the worse and now they want my mom their ASAP, but they don't want her driving but flying and I have to make a decision whether or not I can afford it, and even if I can't will I regret passing up the oportunity on seeing my grandpa for very possibly the last time! Gosh can't life be a little less complicated and pressured? Well I need to attempt to get back to sleep. 5 am comes early even though I will have slept 12 hours when all is said and done. Man I hope I can kick whatever it is that's trying to get me sick. Good night.
posted by Charity at 11/19/2003 11:36:00 PM
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
So wow... ok today I was given the position Support Lead. So one step under the manager. Which is cool... It's really only just a title. I am doing the same job but with more authority. That works. Luckily for me there is a possible pay raise but not much of one. But my managers manager realizes that he hired me on lower then he should have and feels kind of guilty for making that choice and I think he'll be more apt to pushing for a raise. [crossing fingers] ;) But he said maybe in a couple weeks. I'll have to remember to ask him! Also my grandpa is in the hospital so now more then ever do I want to go out to Montana but now my grandma is saying she doesn't want us to come out because she's already going to be stressed and worn out because grandpa is in the hospital. I truly understand but am completely bummed! So it's all up in the air till Thursday the day before we're supposed to leave. Ack! I hate that! Let's see... oh and my drivers license expired and if I go to Montana now I'll have to make sure that's taken care of before/ *IF* I leave. But I've been so busy this week trying to make sure everything is accomplished before I might be going out of town that the only day I may have to do it is Friday either on the way out of town or the day before. The thing I'm thinking is that I need a vacation. Whether or not I am going to Montana I may keep my week off and go somewhere... Anywhere for some alone time. Time for myself and time to think, write, and READ! I have 3 books that I've been trying to read, and a couple side books that I want to get to eventually. I just never have the time to read! Well it's late and I gotta get up at 5am so I need to stop babbling and get to bed. Goodnight
posted by Charity at 11/18/2003 10:44:00 PM
Rovi from work showed me this while I was working overtime on Saturday. It's a cool link: Sand Art
posted by Charity at 11/18/2003 07:56:00 AM
Monday, November 17, 2003
So it's been a while since I've posted I know. Well survival wears one out. But I'm doing ok now. (My friendship was only momentarily lost, she's decided to start talking to me again) Let's see... About a week after the fires got under control I went to go see Joyce Meyer in San Diego. I needed the short break. Right before I left though I felt like God was asking me to make a tough decision. I realized that there was something I needed to give up in my life. I had a really hard time because I didn't want to give it up. But when I made the final decision to do what is right, there was a bunch of confirmations throughout the weekend. I spent my weekend getting completely convicted on how I handle a lot in my life. Joyce Meyer is an amazing teacher! She truly talks on your level. She's not high and mighty and she makes it seem possible to strive for holiness. So I left San Diego refreshed and renewed. I came back and my life changed. I stuck with my decision and feel really good about doing that. It's not always easy to stick to it, but I know it's best in the end. No guilt because I'm not living in what I know to be sin. I mean I live in sin on a daily basis, but most of it is my own ignorance. Living in sin (to me) is when you know it's sin but you continue because it's what you want to do. My life is not my own. I was created to praise and serve Jesus who died on the cross which was the ultimate sacrifice. So last week Thursday my mom tells me she's come up with this wonderful plan of having me, my brother Brian, my sister Heidi and her two kids, Megan and Bailey, and my mom driving 20 hours to Montana!!! And not only that but she wants this to happen at the end of this week! Knowing that we are completely understaffed, and how short of notice I just humored my mom and said I would check. But then it overwhelmed me that this is important and I needed to stress on getting it worked out. I looked at the calendar and it hit me... Thursday (Thanksgiving) is a paid holiday and the day after is too! So I actually only needed to ask off for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday! So not to write a huge story... I got the time off and I leave this Friday! So I'll be gone from November 21st to November 30th! I can't wait! A 9 day vacation for only taking 3 vacation days off! And I'm going to South Africa in the end of February or March for a mission trip to Lesotho (lesutu) to plant perpetual gardens. Pretty shocking huh? It'll be a pretty intense trip. I'll be roughing it all the way. Flying in a small 6 seater plane, hiking up for about a day, sleeping overnight and riding horseback into the village! And then staying in huts... actual huts!!! Well it'll definitely be fun! Well work is over and I'm gonna post this cause it's a novel as is. Bye
posted by Charity at 11/17/2003 11:05:00 AM
Thursday, October 30, 2003
I've survived. I've survived the fire, the smoke, the long drives, the frustration, and even losing a friendship. These last couple weeks have been pretty stressful.
posted by Charity at 10/30/2003 02:18:00 PM
Monday, October 27, 2003
I'm sitting at home, Monday morning, feeling completely immobile because the pass is all clogged up because of the fire and they are escorting people and my manager told me it was cool if I didn't come in. I called him yesterday to warn him he might need to come in an hour early because I might not be able to make it down the pass. So then this morning I wake up at 5am and check the road conditions and they say that it's intermitten passing and it would be a slow drive. I called Carlos and he said it was fine and he understood that I should take this day off just in case I got stuck down there. So I get a call this morning at 7:15 from my manager's manager and asked how I was doing, I said fine but then asked that he please tell me Carlos was there. He said no one was... I explained the situaiton and he called carlos and everything was worked out by 7:30 at least... But now I'm feeling responsible. I'm trying really hard to just accept the fact that I'm stuck up here. But I feel like I could have tried harder. But what good would it have done? Though I still feel responsible. Well I guess I just need to take it as a forced day off and try to enjoy myself... There's nothing I can do now. So my neice is here begging me to make cookies with her. I guess I'll try to start enjoying my day off.
posted by Charity at 10/27/2003 10:06:00 AM
Friday, October 24, 2003
I took more pictures Wednesday night that I have yet to post. They are in the evening and are much more intense because you can see the fire is down by the freeway. But here it is Friday morning and the pictures I took and posted on Tuesdays entry and the ones I have yet to post seem so minor compared to the site I saw on the way to work this morning. First of all I'm at the top of the pass (Cajon Pass) and it's still dark out. I get to Cleghorn Rd, and see a glow at the top of the mountains. The fire has gotten all the way to this particular valley of the mountains and is making it's way down the one side of the valley. This part of the fire seemed contained and not out of control. Then I hit the 15/215 interchange and the traffic has slowed considerably. Once you get around the bend, past Glenn Helen you see that the sky is brown with smoke, it looks like an intense storm. My car is suddenly pushed with the force of the wind which makes me realize that this fire is not contained in any way and this wind is going to affect how long it takes them to get this fire under control. At this point I am at the straight away and haven't even reached Sierra yet, and I look to my left and see the most impacting site of the morning, a very beautiful white house had huge flames in its backyard! The scene took my breath away and after a moment realized that my mouth was dropped open! I decided at this point to say a prayer for the people that were living close to the fire, and prayed for the safety of their homes. I started tearing up just imagining what it must feel like for them. I kept driving further to be even more surprised the the flames and spread all the way to the 210 freeway and if I had the time I would have taken pictures because it was an amazing site! Well I should get back to work. But I had to share my morning drive. ;)
posted by Charity at 10/24/2003 08:11:00 AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
So on my way out the door from work today I hear that there is a fire on the freeway and the pass is probably closed. So we checked the net and it looked like the freeway was clear. Luckily my mom had been down the hill so I called her and she had just made it to the top of the pass so she said it was free and clear, so I jammed! I wanted to make sure to get up the hill if they did decide to close it for any reason. And as I drove I suddenly remembered that I had my camera on me. So I took it out and (don't tell my highschool driving instructor) I snapped a couple of these on the road. *I didn't endanger anyone in the collection of these photos!* ;)
posted by Charity at 10/21/2003 05:37:00 PM
Monday, October 20, 2003
So today on my way to work, as I'm hitting the 15/215 interchange I am abruptly stuck in stop and go traffic... Looking to see ahead around the bend things mellowed out so I tried to wait patiently for whatever it was to break up so I could get to work. I then saw a surprising site, an 8 car pile up! Nothing life threatening, but each were interlocked to the others bumper. I tried to figure out what could have happened to have that take place. And as I contemplated this on the right there were two cars, a big rig and a small 2 seater, and of course the big rig was fine. And then a little futher up I saw yet ANOTHER 3 car pile up, involving 2 cars and a big rig. What a horrible way to start the week!!!! I was just thankful that I was running late or I could have been involved in that accident. Could you imagine? Well today is a new day and a new week. I really do feel that God is working on my heart. I feel stronger and more willing to do His will and not my own. It was an extremely relaxing weekend and I'm very thankful for that! I am reading two books now, A Purpose Driven Life and The Power of a Praying Wife. You may wonder why I'm reading a book for a married woman when I'm not even married. I figured it couldn't hurt to start praying for my future mate. Whether he be in my life right now or not. Either way it doesn't hurt. :)
posted by Charity at 10/20/2003 09:18:00 AM
Thursday, October 9, 2003
"This world is fading away, along with everything it craves." 1 John 2:17Sounds like a beautiful line from a poem doesn't it?
posted by Charity at 10/09/2003 03:23:00 PM
Saturday, October 4, 2003
I have purchased a new cell phone. Nothing with bells and whistles but I sure was tempted on spending $200 on a cell phone. I decided to stick to a cheap $99 phone, which sadly is 10x better then the one I had just lost. But I still haven't decided whether or not I'm going to go back and exchange this one for the original one I wanted but isn't going to be in till Tuesday, it's exactly the same phone but has a color screen and allows for slightly more bells and whistles. ;) It's only $30 more but I still haven't decided if I need it. I mean considering what I was using my new cell is great as is, why do I need more? The battery alone is worth the buy! My old cell phone would die after a few minutes being on a call. This one should last me a day or two without a charge at least! Either way, like I said before the only huge bummer is that all my phone numbers are GONE! Oh well I guess sometimes it's good to start from a new beginning, ya know? Well my brother is FINALLY doing better! It's sooo much nicer to see him out of the hospital and actually eating. I'm just thankful that his infection in his eye has gone down. His face looks like it has more color. He genuinely seems to be in better spirits! Thank God for that! That took a lot of my time, when he spent almost two weeks in the hospital at the Kaiser in Fontana. I went there almost every day after work, stayed until I couldn't stay any longer and went home and got to bed and woke up for work and went by again after work. It was a stressful time. I think Brian was pretty afraid for his health. In the end he had 5 units of blood put into his system. He finally is able to lower his dosage of prednizone(?sp) and his arthritis in his knees have settled down a bit, and like I said his eye infection is almost gone. I just talked to an old friend Collette the other day after work and she told me she just experienced the same thing. She was in the hospital for 3 weeks, and she also has ulcerated colitis! She told me of alternate medicine that could be taken. I think it's totally God that I talked to her. I haven't talked to her in easily over two years and she just got out of the hospital for hers! Crazy, but I do believe it's God. I need to contact her again and make sure she sends me that information for my brother. So work is going um... ok. I had a breakdown Thursday. I couldn't handle it after I had just had a rough morning and had a customer tell me that I probably couldn't get something done about an issue in the company because I was just a peon but he was glad to set me straight. I'm not kidding this guy was a complete JERK! I went outside and wanted to keep walking. I finally calmed down and decided that I needed to talk to my upper management. I decided to ask when I could set up a time, he said right then but I knew I was too emotional to talk right then, but he wanted to anyways. So there I was, laying it all down, crying and everything. Yup... it was pathetic. But he amazingly understood everything and agreed with most of it. But I felt better, and he made me smile again. I think it just helped having someone understand, especially when he didn't even realize the stress and pressure the tech department is under. I don't think anything will happen right away, but his acknowledgement will help get something done, maybe. :) Either way I felt a new sense of strength when I went back to work, and even the next day the stress and business didn't get to me. My brother Shawn came into town last weekend and it was great to see him. I haven't had too many opportunities to hang out, and sadly I didn't get much time with him this time. Except on Sunday after he spoke at church. I went up for prayer and just asking for a closer relationship with God, and he prayed for me and felt that I needed to go out and get a passport. I started the process. :) I have my birth certificate, but found out that getting a passport is not that easy. I found that for my area the only time they give out passports is by appointment only m-f 10-2 which is directly in the middle of my shift. So I am going to research places closer to my work so I can go on my lunch break. :) So we'll see. Maybe God is calling me to go into another country? I'm not sure. But I'm going to be obedient, maybe that's all it's meant to be, an act of faith and obedience. Speaking of going to another country, my manager went to Ireland for his honeymoon and oh my goodness! Breathtaking! I know Ireland is a place that I will want to see someday. The other day I was driving and am bummed that I missed the opportunity to take a picture of something that is not normal for me. It was a picture of urban city life that's for sure! ;) I saw something beautiful in construction for some reason. I was in a line of traffic and happened to look at my side mirror and I was at an angle that saw the line of cars behind me at a 45 degree angle and then in the background of my mirror which would be to the left of my car you saw the dividing barriers with metal rods sticking through them and then a line of traffic coming from the other side with orange constructions signs everywhere, with the orange poles blocking an open trench. It's hard to explain and sounds like every other construction site but the angling of everything would have been really cool. Oh well I've written a novel and think I should probably go play with some of my pictures now so that I can post them and let you guys see how much fun it's been for me to have my very own camera!! :)
posted by Charity at 10/04/2003 10:18:00 PM
So I'm sitting here on hold with Sprint PCS waiting to report my cell lost or stolen. This sucks! All my phone numbers and everything GONE! :( The sadly ironic thing is that I was going to purchase a new cell with my next check. This is two weeks early but oh well. I have needed a new phone for a LONG time and I guess this just makes me * have* to get one. It'll be nice but I'm just not sure if I have the money to do this right now. But I guess I don't have a choice now do I? :) Well last night I went to Knott's Scary Farm! Gosh I love that place! And for some odd reason I must have had a huge sign over my head of "SCARE ME and not the other people I'm with!" Cause they picked on me the whole time. I mean it makes it fun, but I remember last year when I went I felt kinda bored cause no one was going after me. I remember the best scare of the night, I was walking in a maze and in front of my group of friends. I had stopped the line to fix my shoe string and I was stopped right before a corner... So when I turned the corner they jumped out at my feet, and then I was still laughing at that when someone dressed the same as the wall decorations came scurrying out like a spider and I litterally stumbled backward. :) It was great! hehehe Well I found out information on cell phones, I need go shopping now. I will try to keep updating cause there has been a lot going on in my life the last few days/weeks. Bye
posted by Charity at 10/04/2003 02:36:00 PM
Saturday, September 27, 2003
So today has been a completely productive day. I was able to sleep in till 9:45 which was wonderful! And I had my friend Rachel come over to help me organize my room. We had a full day so we planned on getting most of it done. We worked from 1pm to 8pm and I'm not kidding, it's amazing! I love it! I can actually walk into my closet! I have so much space! I never knew how much of a packrat I was. I took out 5 bags to the trash of things I didn't want and were old and not something I could give away. But I still have a good full day left. The room itself will be done in another 4 hours of work. But I still have to do paperwork. I have to go through and organize all my bills. But it feels good. It feels REALLY good!. Tomorrow we're having my nephews birthday party. It's a dress up so I will make sure to take some pictures and post them. I love my new camera. I have just posted some pictures below. Lately I've even taken shots while on the road. I never knew how much I'd use a camera, but since it's all mine I take my camera EVERYWHERE I go. I take shots of the sunrises on my way to work. I take pictures of my drive home. I have captured a couple *really* nice shots that I will try to post soon. And here they are. Long overdue but these are the first pictures taken with my *new* camera! I went out September 5th, the day after my birthday with a bunch of my friends. We went to Dave & Busters and here are the images of that night. :) 1st photo - a picture of our entire table. A couple people's faces were covered. But from left to right at the table it was... Sam, Carlos, Erin, David, Tom H, Tom F, Melissa, Brian, Laurie, Jeff, Heidi, Rachel, me, Tim, and Annette. 2nd photo - My big sis(Heidi), my best friend(Rachel), and me. 3rd photo - Tom and Melissa Friedhoff, me, Brian and Laurie Webb. 4th photo - Heidi, Rach, me and Tom. 5th photo - Me, my manager Tim, his fiance' Annette. No joke I'm standing straight. My manager is 6'10"! 6th photo - Jeff and Heidi Doss, me, Rachel and Tom Hodkinson. 7th photo - Sam, me, David and Erin Berry.
posted by Charity at 9/27/2003 10:45:00 PM
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