So I got off the phone with Christine about half an hour ago and she mentioned something that made me think...
A two bedroom apartment in Abilene where she just moved to...in other words, roommates. Somewhere different, somewhere new.
Should I do it? Start looking into a job there, get an apartment with Christie?
I may be spending the weekend with her this coming weekend, since I don't work Saturday and Sunday.
Should I? Or should I stay in Waco? No, not Waco. I want somewhere different. I think I just may look into moving in with Christine in Abilene.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Noodles, Waffers, and Shortcake
My last weekend of January was spent sick in Austin...that's right, I drove down to Austin while sporting a 100.4 fever and stayed there until Sunday, running a fever between 100.1 and 100.5 all weekend. It was worth it.
I got my hair cut (broke out in a cold sweat the entire time I was there, I felt horrible), had lunch with Becca and Erin (thus the title...guess which one I am) at The Pit in Georgetown, had a Kaluha Mudslide with Becca (the alcohol was Becca's idea...interestingly enough), and got to attend the high school youth worship and Redeemer and see Joshua Jackson (meow).
That in itself was the saving part of my weekend...Becca had been teaching high school Sunday School for the last two weeks (?) and asked me to go with her on Sunday morning, which I did. It was eye-opening...
I realized, with shock and sadness, that I had given up on getting a call. I had assumed that trusting God to place me in a position meant sitting back and waiting instead of actively knocking on doors, and because of that, deep down, I had actually started doubting as to whether God even had a place for me to do ministry at.
I love ministry in its entirety. Not just high school or middle school ministry, but adult ministry, college ministry, children's ministry, cross cultural ministry, mission ministry, ministry as a whole. I want to do ministry...plural.
I've emailed Jim to ask him to email me my application since my USB crashed and I didn't have a copy saved on my computer. I am working on that application and then will be sending it back to Jim. He stated that the whole thing is going slow due to the economy but to not give up hope...there are churches seeking DCEs...such as one in California that's wanting a bilingual DCE. So I just pray that I continue to feel hope, knowing God has plans to prosper me and not to harm me.
Other than that, I am still getting over my four-five day cold. I still sound like a strangled chipmunk and my throat still hurts a bit. Oh yeah, my nose won't stop bleeding.
I did find out that I gained three pounds since last August 2008...but that's okay. I have two months to lose five pounds and hit 270lbs before my 25th birthday as planned...
As for my 25th birthday (it's on March 27th, Stephen. Am I going to have to call you to remind you...as usual? ;o)........I've been thinking morbid thoughts...you see, I know I'm not healthy (having five to six nosebleeds in the span of an hour pretty much makes me think that) and being a hypochondriac (Becca's assessment to which I agree) I can't help but wonder if I may have some form of cancer or illness...why does my 25th birthday make think of this even more than usual, though?
Because my father died of lymphoblastic leukemia when he was 25. Isn't that crazy. Twenty-five just doesn't seem like that many years to be alive....and yet, I never thought I would have made it past sixteen. God is amazing indeed.
Other than all that jazz, I've been drawing, creating my own little Texas town, which I have named Nowhere. Once I get down designing the first building (a little two room cabin), I'll make sure and take a picture and post it. It is looking awesome, if I must say so myself.
Well, enough is enough. I am going to either go work on my cabin or go read and watch Corner Gas at the same time. Yes, I can multitask my hobbies.
Oh yeah, something new that I am going to do here...reveal 25 things about myself that people don't know about me...except maybe my close CLOSE friends.
1.) I am talented at everything, and excel at nothing
2.) Hummers and vehicles shaped like boxes make me mad
3.) I think Brent Michaels (Poison) is really sexy, even when he's wearing eyeliner
4.) I own roller skates that I haven't used except once
5.) I own tap shoes I've only used once
6.) I think I have inner police car radar
7.) I've always wanted a straightjacket....just because
8.) I love the feel of paper that's got writing all over it...in other words, love used notebooks and journals
9.) I have more than ten journals
10.) I have more than ten stories going on in my head at once
11.) I am not schizophrenic even though I do hear voices in my head
12.) I used to hate dark chocolate but when I started eating healthy, I switched to dark chocolate so I wouldn't eat so much of it and now I love it
13.) I used to hate broccoli and couliflower, wouldn't eat it when my mom made it...I can't have enough of either now
14.) I have no concept of money
15.) I've never had a dream in Spanish...in other words, my mom speaks English in my dreams...my mom can't speak English in real life
16.) I am allergic to mornings...don't believe me, ask Becca
17.) If I ever bleed to death, it will more than likely be through my nose
18.) I always make plans and rarely follow through
19.) I've been in love three times and have striked out three times...which means, I've given up on love
20.) I've learned to be okay with being single
21.) I don't love myself but I no longer hate myself either
22.) Deep inside where no one can see, I am a wild child
23.) I hate long toenails...hate them, hate them, hate them
24.) I have to sleep on my stomach...I can't sleep any other way
25.) I am an organizational freak in disguise....
Well, I was having a hard time coming up with stuff by the end. Whew.
Enjoy!!!!
Oh yeah, I may be staying in Waco after March instead of heading home to El Paso the way I thought. My mother is doing alright...both tests for breast and stomach cancer have come back negative.
I got my hair cut (broke out in a cold sweat the entire time I was there, I felt horrible), had lunch with Becca and Erin (thus the title...guess which one I am) at The Pit in Georgetown, had a Kaluha Mudslide with Becca (the alcohol was Becca's idea...interestingly enough), and got to attend the high school youth worship and Redeemer and see Joshua Jackson (meow).
That in itself was the saving part of my weekend...Becca had been teaching high school Sunday School for the last two weeks (?) and asked me to go with her on Sunday morning, which I did. It was eye-opening...
I realized, with shock and sadness, that I had given up on getting a call. I had assumed that trusting God to place me in a position meant sitting back and waiting instead of actively knocking on doors, and because of that, deep down, I had actually started doubting as to whether God even had a place for me to do ministry at.
I love ministry in its entirety. Not just high school or middle school ministry, but adult ministry, college ministry, children's ministry, cross cultural ministry, mission ministry, ministry as a whole. I want to do ministry...plural.
I've emailed Jim to ask him to email me my application since my USB crashed and I didn't have a copy saved on my computer. I am working on that application and then will be sending it back to Jim. He stated that the whole thing is going slow due to the economy but to not give up hope...there are churches seeking DCEs...such as one in California that's wanting a bilingual DCE. So I just pray that I continue to feel hope, knowing God has plans to prosper me and not to harm me.
Other than that, I am still getting over my four-five day cold. I still sound like a strangled chipmunk and my throat still hurts a bit. Oh yeah, my nose won't stop bleeding.
I did find out that I gained three pounds since last August 2008...but that's okay. I have two months to lose five pounds and hit 270lbs before my 25th birthday as planned...
As for my 25th birthday (it's on March 27th, Stephen. Am I going to have to call you to remind you...as usual? ;o)........I've been thinking morbid thoughts...you see, I know I'm not healthy (having five to six nosebleeds in the span of an hour pretty much makes me think that) and being a hypochondriac (Becca's assessment to which I agree) I can't help but wonder if I may have some form of cancer or illness...why does my 25th birthday make think of this even more than usual, though?
Because my father died of lymphoblastic leukemia when he was 25. Isn't that crazy. Twenty-five just doesn't seem like that many years to be alive....and yet, I never thought I would have made it past sixteen. God is amazing indeed.
Other than all that jazz, I've been drawing, creating my own little Texas town, which I have named Nowhere. Once I get down designing the first building (a little two room cabin), I'll make sure and take a picture and post it. It is looking awesome, if I must say so myself.
Well, enough is enough. I am going to either go work on my cabin or go read and watch Corner Gas at the same time. Yes, I can multitask my hobbies.
Oh yeah, something new that I am going to do here...reveal 25 things about myself that people don't know about me...except maybe my close CLOSE friends.
1.) I am talented at everything, and excel at nothing
2.) Hummers and vehicles shaped like boxes make me mad
3.) I think Brent Michaels (Poison) is really sexy, even when he's wearing eyeliner
4.) I own roller skates that I haven't used except once
5.) I own tap shoes I've only used once
6.) I think I have inner police car radar
7.) I've always wanted a straightjacket....just because
8.) I love the feel of paper that's got writing all over it...in other words, love used notebooks and journals
9.) I have more than ten journals
10.) I have more than ten stories going on in my head at once
11.) I am not schizophrenic even though I do hear voices in my head
12.) I used to hate dark chocolate but when I started eating healthy, I switched to dark chocolate so I wouldn't eat so much of it and now I love it
13.) I used to hate broccoli and couliflower, wouldn't eat it when my mom made it...I can't have enough of either now
14.) I have no concept of money
15.) I've never had a dream in Spanish...in other words, my mom speaks English in my dreams...my mom can't speak English in real life
16.) I am allergic to mornings...don't believe me, ask Becca
17.) If I ever bleed to death, it will more than likely be through my nose
18.) I always make plans and rarely follow through
19.) I've been in love three times and have striked out three times...which means, I've given up on love
20.) I've learned to be okay with being single
21.) I don't love myself but I no longer hate myself either
22.) Deep inside where no one can see, I am a wild child
23.) I hate long toenails...hate them, hate them, hate them
24.) I have to sleep on my stomach...I can't sleep any other way
25.) I am an organizational freak in disguise....
Well, I was having a hard time coming up with stuff by the end. Whew.
Enjoy!!!!
Oh yeah, I may be staying in Waco after March instead of heading home to El Paso the way I thought. My mother is doing alright...both tests for breast and stomach cancer have come back negative.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Must Focus
I am all over the place nowadays.
Becca is the only one privy to my thoughts and plans and theories and doubts and such since she's the one person I really open up to when we're on the phone for two-three hours every other night or so.
But I thought I should update y'all on what I've been thinking lately.
One, I am contemplating moving to Louisiana at the end of May. Why Louisiana, you wonder? Because I am curious about what is in gumbo, I would love to listen to good ol' Louisiana music, which includes the saxophone, I am interested in picking up a Cajun accent, I want to learn how to cook Cajun food, I want to have a Louisiana Cajun Cowboy call me "shie" or something along those lines, and I want to experience the Lousiana Cajun culture.
Two, I am looking into applying for an FBI position...this is not a joke. I've already emailed the person in charge of the application hiring stuff so I can find out what the physical requirements are, that way I can work on getting in shape this year.
That's my third thing, getting in shape. I've decided to give up red meat (not that hard to do), I've given up sugar and taken on fruit instead, I'm giving up Wendy's, Sonic, Quizno's, and pizza as well as Dr. Pepper and Hot Cheetos. It's not going to be that hard. My goal is to be sporting size 18 jeans by the end of May. I'm pretty close, since I'm still sporting size 20 jeans at the moment.
Most wome don't like talking about their weight and clothes size, and I'm no different. But I want you to join me in my journey to being healthy, so I'm going to share those embarrassing tidbits you never ask a woman so you can rejoice with me as I work on reaching my goal.
I am five feet and six inches tall. That means my ideal weight is somewhere between 150 and 160. Last year, around August of 2007 when I started changing my lifestyle so I could be healthier, I weight 290lbs. That's right, I was ten pounds away from hitting 300lbs, which many won't believe because I don't look that heavy. So I was sporting ten pounds less than double my weight and wearing 2xLarge t-shirts and size 24 jeans. By the end of September 2007 (after two months of healthy living aka no Dr. Pepper, no chocolate, no sugar period, smaller portions, eating more often, no red meat and an INCREASE of vegetables) I was down to 278lbs. So that means I lost 12lbs in two months...I also dropped a pant size, going from size 24 to size 22.
I didn't weight myself again until August 2008, a year after I hit rock bottom when I realized I was dangerously obesse...anyway, I hadn't been working out for the past six months but I was still eating healthy...LOTS of vegetables. So I visited Becca, who had a scale and I weighed myself, expeting myself to have gained weight since I was last weighed (278lbs was my last known weight) but was overjoyed to find that I had actually lost weight....six pounds! So I weighed 272lbs...and then four months later, I discovered that I've dropped another pant size...so I am now sporting size 20 jeans and Large t-shirts.
So my goal is to get down to size 18 jeans by the end of May 2009. As for weight, I don't have a goal, just to drop at least ten more pounds. If I continue dropping at least twenty pounds per year, I may make it to my ideal weight by the time I am thirty...which is my goal.
Let's see if that's the case, shall we?
Age 23 -290 LBS, Size 24
Age 24 -270LBS, Size 22
Age 25 -250LBS, Size 20
Age 26 -230LBS, Size 18
Age 27 -210LBS, Size 16
Age 28 -190LBS, Size 14
Age 29 -170LBS, Size 12
Age 30 -150LBS, Size 10
I was right! So that's lose 20 lbs every year...I am doing well so far since I've lost two shy of 20 pounds between 23 and 24...I still have two months to lose those 2 pounds before I turn 25. So that means by the end of my 25th year, I should be weighing 250 pounds...
Not only that, but I can keep dropping sizes until I get to a size 10...I don't think I've worn a size ten since I was in sixth grade....
I think this will become my new project aka addiction...getting healthy in a healthy way. I will keep you posted but I will not obssess.
Becca is the only one privy to my thoughts and plans and theories and doubts and such since she's the one person I really open up to when we're on the phone for two-three hours every other night or so.
But I thought I should update y'all on what I've been thinking lately.
One, I am contemplating moving to Louisiana at the end of May. Why Louisiana, you wonder? Because I am curious about what is in gumbo, I would love to listen to good ol' Louisiana music, which includes the saxophone, I am interested in picking up a Cajun accent, I want to learn how to cook Cajun food, I want to have a Louisiana Cajun Cowboy call me "shie" or something along those lines, and I want to experience the Lousiana Cajun culture.
Two, I am looking into applying for an FBI position...this is not a joke. I've already emailed the person in charge of the application hiring stuff so I can find out what the physical requirements are, that way I can work on getting in shape this year.
That's my third thing, getting in shape. I've decided to give up red meat (not that hard to do), I've given up sugar and taken on fruit instead, I'm giving up Wendy's, Sonic, Quizno's, and pizza as well as Dr. Pepper and Hot Cheetos. It's not going to be that hard. My goal is to be sporting size 18 jeans by the end of May. I'm pretty close, since I'm still sporting size 20 jeans at the moment.
Most wome don't like talking about their weight and clothes size, and I'm no different. But I want you to join me in my journey to being healthy, so I'm going to share those embarrassing tidbits you never ask a woman so you can rejoice with me as I work on reaching my goal.
I am five feet and six inches tall. That means my ideal weight is somewhere between 150 and 160. Last year, around August of 2007 when I started changing my lifestyle so I could be healthier, I weight 290lbs. That's right, I was ten pounds away from hitting 300lbs, which many won't believe because I don't look that heavy. So I was sporting ten pounds less than double my weight and wearing 2xLarge t-shirts and size 24 jeans. By the end of September 2007 (after two months of healthy living aka no Dr. Pepper, no chocolate, no sugar period, smaller portions, eating more often, no red meat and an INCREASE of vegetables) I was down to 278lbs. So that means I lost 12lbs in two months...I also dropped a pant size, going from size 24 to size 22.
I didn't weight myself again until August 2008, a year after I hit rock bottom when I realized I was dangerously obesse...anyway, I hadn't been working out for the past six months but I was still eating healthy...LOTS of vegetables. So I visited Becca, who had a scale and I weighed myself, expeting myself to have gained weight since I was last weighed (278lbs was my last known weight) but was overjoyed to find that I had actually lost weight....six pounds! So I weighed 272lbs...and then four months later, I discovered that I've dropped another pant size...so I am now sporting size 20 jeans and Large t-shirts.
So my goal is to get down to size 18 jeans by the end of May 2009. As for weight, I don't have a goal, just to drop at least ten more pounds. If I continue dropping at least twenty pounds per year, I may make it to my ideal weight by the time I am thirty...which is my goal.
Let's see if that's the case, shall we?
Age 23 -290 LBS, Size 24
Age 24 -270LBS, Size 22
Age 25 -250LBS, Size 20
Age 26 -230LBS, Size 18
Age 27 -210LBS, Size 16
Age 28 -190LBS, Size 14
Age 29 -170LBS, Size 12
Age 30 -150LBS, Size 10
I was right! So that's lose 20 lbs every year...I am doing well so far since I've lost two shy of 20 pounds between 23 and 24...I still have two months to lose those 2 pounds before I turn 25. So that means by the end of my 25th year, I should be weighing 250 pounds...
Not only that, but I can keep dropping sizes until I get to a size 10...I don't think I've worn a size ten since I was in sixth grade....
I think this will become my new project aka addiction...getting healthy in a healthy way. I will keep you posted but I will not obssess.
Monday, December 22, 2008
I FINISHED IT!!!
Yesterday was a monumental day for me!!!
For the first time EVER since I started writing, I have finished a story. It totaled to 41 chapters (the 41st being the epilogue) and 90,000+ words.
Even though the story was based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, it was still original in the sense that I created my own character, Annabelle Causley, who came with her own story and her own situations. If you are interested (not many of you would be since I don't think many of you have read the Twilight series) you can look it up at fanfiction.com
The title of the story is Good as Gone by SamJayandHolyMae.
It is done!!!
I can finish a story!!!
This is wonderful!!!
Now on to the next story!!!
For the first time EVER since I started writing, I have finished a story. It totaled to 41 chapters (the 41st being the epilogue) and 90,000+ words.
Even though the story was based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, it was still original in the sense that I created my own character, Annabelle Causley, who came with her own story and her own situations. If you are interested (not many of you would be since I don't think many of you have read the Twilight series) you can look it up at fanfiction.com
The title of the story is Good as Gone by SamJayandHolyMae.
It is done!!!
I can finish a story!!!
This is wonderful!!!
Now on to the next story!!!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
StayCation...Traveling
Last Sunday, I spend it in Costa Rica. It was absolutely amazing.
I hiked up the Costa Rica waterfalls most of the morning and then spent a relaxing afternoon in the terrace of my open and airy suite.
For this Sunday, I have caught the red-eye flight to Poland...I have a little room, really cute and cozy, at this hostel in the middle of this little snow-filled town in Poland.
Tomorrow morning, I plan on going out for a walk, hopefully get some fresh baked bread at the bakery on the street corner and maybe learn how to ski.
Will be sending a postcard to Becca for StayCation #2!!!
I hiked up the Costa Rica waterfalls most of the morning and then spent a relaxing afternoon in the terrace of my open and airy suite.
For this Sunday, I have caught the red-eye flight to Poland...I have a little room, really cute and cozy, at this hostel in the middle of this little snow-filled town in Poland.
Tomorrow morning, I plan on going out for a walk, hopefully get some fresh baked bread at the bakery on the street corner and maybe learn how to ski.
Will be sending a postcard to Becca for StayCation #2!!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
It Has Begun
Three days ago, the prologue to my soon to be best seller book spilled out while I was having my lunch/dinner break at Wendy's.
It is exciting to see that it has begun as I continue to do my research for this book. It will be an amazing book that somebody will someday want to turn it into a movie...after what was done with Twilight, I might not allow it.
Other than that, I am exhausted. I worked nine hours today and completed 7 interviews for Columbia. The stress and pressure is really being put on us now...we each have to complete 4-5 interviews per day and they are asking us to work Saturday AND Sunday...problem is, I haven't gotten a day off since December 1st.
I am so stressed that I cried after finishing an interview...the lady that called in to have me interview her was really mean to me...not just rude like most New Yorkers are but downright mean.
She asked me to speak clearer and slower so she could understand me, which I did. After a minute or two, she made the comment that she graduated from Harvard and that even though I may be using big and intellegent words, she couldn't understand me and that I should transfer her to someone who speaks native English or just do the interview in Spanish.
Do I have that thick of an accent? Because I know I have some form of an accent and have a problem with my diction, I tend to speak slower when I am interviewing people at work. Most people understand me but this lady made me feel so crappy about my accent.
The only reason I stuck out the interview to the end is because I wanted the interview so I could meet my daily quota. Today, I surpassed it by two. And I pray that I surpass it every day by one or two interviews.
Why? Because if we don't meet our goal of 300 interviews by December 31st, the client will roll over our account to the other vendor, which seem to be way ahead of us (I also wonder when they went live...we didn't go live until, what, November 14th?) and that makes me nervous and slightly worried that I may lose my job.
Which is a problem because I am paying school loans and just signed a 6month renewal on my lease. Maybe I should just do a three month renewal? I am going to talk to Monica about that since I haven't given back the signed lease yet...see if we could change the lease to March instead of May.
Well, enough of that. I am watching the Jay Lenno show (which I actually find humorous) and waiting for the Drano stuff to make it through the drain.
Oh yeah, I bought myself a brown winter coat...and A&M printed fleece to make a double sided blanket since today was such a crappy day for me...at least I didn't buy chocolate for me.
It is exciting to see that it has begun as I continue to do my research for this book. It will be an amazing book that somebody will someday want to turn it into a movie...after what was done with Twilight, I might not allow it.
Other than that, I am exhausted. I worked nine hours today and completed 7 interviews for Columbia. The stress and pressure is really being put on us now...we each have to complete 4-5 interviews per day and they are asking us to work Saturday AND Sunday...problem is, I haven't gotten a day off since December 1st.
I am so stressed that I cried after finishing an interview...the lady that called in to have me interview her was really mean to me...not just rude like most New Yorkers are but downright mean.
She asked me to speak clearer and slower so she could understand me, which I did. After a minute or two, she made the comment that she graduated from Harvard and that even though I may be using big and intellegent words, she couldn't understand me and that I should transfer her to someone who speaks native English or just do the interview in Spanish.
Do I have that thick of an accent? Because I know I have some form of an accent and have a problem with my diction, I tend to speak slower when I am interviewing people at work. Most people understand me but this lady made me feel so crappy about my accent.
The only reason I stuck out the interview to the end is because I wanted the interview so I could meet my daily quota. Today, I surpassed it by two. And I pray that I surpass it every day by one or two interviews.
Why? Because if we don't meet our goal of 300 interviews by December 31st, the client will roll over our account to the other vendor, which seem to be way ahead of us (I also wonder when they went live...we didn't go live until, what, November 14th?) and that makes me nervous and slightly worried that I may lose my job.
Which is a problem because I am paying school loans and just signed a 6month renewal on my lease. Maybe I should just do a three month renewal? I am going to talk to Monica about that since I haven't given back the signed lease yet...see if we could change the lease to March instead of May.
Well, enough of that. I am watching the Jay Lenno show (which I actually find humorous) and waiting for the Drano stuff to make it through the drain.
Oh yeah, I bought myself a brown winter coat...and A&M printed fleece to make a double sided blanket since today was such a crappy day for me...at least I didn't buy chocolate for me.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Titanic...the silent Torpedoe
I have gotten my car fixed...new catalytic converter and new muffler, which means that the noise (which sounded like marbles in a tin can) is gone and I can now sneak up on people...and, well, I'm back to driving five miles over the speed limit.
Oh, the title of the blog? Well, do to the rattling and groaning that my car was doing, I changed his name to Titanic, which left me praying that he wouldn't sink on me when I most need him.
The only reason I am not changing his name again is because he likes Titanic...so I taked on Torpedoe to him...a silent, deathly missile.
So what's new with me? I am now sporting size 20 jeans...two sizes smaller than what I was sporting last year.
I am going to be getting my wisdom teeth removed.
I am renewing my lease with Brazos Place.
I have bee working at EMSI for a month now.
I have posted Chapter Thirty-Seven of my story, which is close to being done.
Well, that's all. Y'all have a great night now!!!
Oh, the title of the blog? Well, do to the rattling and groaning that my car was doing, I changed his name to Titanic, which left me praying that he wouldn't sink on me when I most need him.
The only reason I am not changing his name again is because he likes Titanic...so I taked on Torpedoe to him...a silent, deathly missile.
So what's new with me? I am now sporting size 20 jeans...two sizes smaller than what I was sporting last year.
I am going to be getting my wisdom teeth removed.
I am renewing my lease with Brazos Place.
I have bee working at EMSI for a month now.
I have posted Chapter Thirty-Seven of my story, which is close to being done.
Well, that's all. Y'all have a great night now!!!
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