Rolling With The Changes: October 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

WILW

It has been a while since I've joined in
so I'm linking up with Jamie today for
What I'm Loving Wednesday!
Here's what I'm loving today:

I'm loving... my AMAZING friends. Especially my best friend. She calls me on my crap, and she usually knows when I'm struggling with my faith and she prays for me.. can't ask for a better friend than that.

I'm Loving... My Duckies! They're doin' work son! 6-1 with a loss to the number 1 team? I'll take it. Plus, call me crazy, but a national championship isn't out of our reach... Just sayin.

I'm loving... My anatomy and physiology instructor. He is super crazy, but he's a great teacher. He had us watch a video clip and literally stopped it in the middle to make fun of a dermatologists light skin and how all dermatologists were vampires. He's just a funny guy.

I'm loving... that I'm finally being assertive with what I want. I've always been the non-assertive type, which causes more stress, so I'm finally standing up for myself.

I'm loving... life. I have amazing friends and family who love me, and really.. what else does a girl need?

What are you loving? <3

Friday, October 21, 2011

Highway to Hell

So I didn't get the job. They hired someone with more experience. Psh! How am I supposed to get experience if you won't hire me? I'll admit, I was a little disappointed, but I'm honestly okay with it. I was praying while I was driving to work today and I asked God to keep me from getting the job if it wasn't the job for me and if it wasn't going to glorify him. I'm thankful that I have a job right now and it's not a I NEED A JOB RIGHT NOW kind of situation. I trust in God and what he's doing, so I'm just going to be patient. I'm still looking, but I'm being patient.

I'm making it a point to make it over to P-ville more often. Seriously, it's 20 minutes away and me not getting over there to see my peeps is just not cool. I mean, I work 24 hours a week and I go to school full time, but still, I should see them more! So I went over there last night and stayed over at my BFF's house. We watched Paranormal Activity 2 and after she went to sleep I watched Austin Powers in Goldmember with her daughter. We cracked up until finally passing out at 2:00 am. This morning I had coffee with my amazing and [very] pregnant friend, Aime and her beautiful 2 year old daughter. I'm noticing that when I get to see these people (who are really more like family than friends) my spirits are a lot higher than normal. I honestly just made it through a rough patch spiritually, so being around these women who are so in love with God is just what my heart needs!

Speaking of spiritual warfare, my church is currently going through a Heaven and Hell series. I know, I know.. it's intense. A lot of pastors shy away from that topic, but my pastor (who just happens to be my best friends' husband and my hermano) hasn't shied away from it at all. I sing on the worship team at church (pretty sure I mentioned that a million times) so I was asking Kelly (she's leading this week) what songs we were singing this week... this is how our conversation went:

Me: What songs are we singing this week?
K: Well.. we're starting out with "Highway to Hell,"... Chad's going to lead that one.
Me: *shocked look* Really?
K: Yeah
Me: Like... for real??
K: Like.. yeah!!
Me: Like... AC/DC Highway to Hell?
K: Yup
Me: Like... "I'm on a highway to hell!"????
K: That's the one
Me: Wow... that's freakin' awesome!

So.. we're keeping it interesting over here in Central Oregon. If you want to check out the sermons, you can go over here and slide the cursor over "Resources" at the top and it should pull down and show the sermons. The current series has been challenging, but sometimes that's what we need. A little somethin somethin to challenge us to be the best us we can be.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Woohoo!

Why is it so much easier to get job interviews when you already have a job than when you don't have one and desperately want one?

I have a job interview for a caregiving position. Which is right up my alley. Caring for people is the reason I want to be a nurse! So hopefully I'll get this job. It definitely helps that it would be $10 an hour rather than the $8.50 an hour I'm making now! Plus my job kinda sucks. I usually end up getting sent home 4 hours early (sometimes more) because we're so slow! So this job would be awesome!

So if you pray, please say a prayer for me. If you don't, then good thoughts would be great!

Thanks blog friends!! <3

Monday, October 17, 2011

Don't Be Such A Girl

I've been recently getting annoyed with the male species. I mean, honestly, who doesn't every once in a while? I'm 21 years old and I'm single. Not that that's a bad thing, I'm just throwing it out there. I'm in no way, shape, or form ready to start dating anybody. I'm most likely (God willing) moving to Hawaii in less than a year, so it would be silly for me to even be thinking about jumping into a relationship. But I've recently had a revelation. And it is this:

Guys have slowly been becoming more feminine.

I know, that's a bold statement. And obviously that doesn't hold true for a lot of the male population, but lately I've been overwhelmed with what Arnold would call "girly men." To be quite honest, it's a little disappointing. I have been getting to know a couple of guys who I go to school with, and we've been texting back and forth and even talking on the phone, and seriously, these guys are so clingy! Getting texts like..

"I missed you!" after not texting for an hour.. Really? It's sweet but man, we're JUST friends!

Or

"hehe I just want to hug you." I really have no words.

I want me a man's man. A guy who can work hard and be the HEAD of our relationship. I want 100/100 in a relationship, but I also want my guy to be able to be the leader.

This cheesiness and girly-man business is driving me up the wall! I seriously thought it would be easy to find a guy with similar interests (I mean, I'm an AVID sports fan.. I hate shopping, and I have a perverted sense of humor!!) but I guess the age of video games and skinny jeans is among us. And I just don't fit in with that.

What a shame. I met a guy who was had the perfect amount of cheesiness with an equal amount of manliness, and I fell hard and fast.. so I know they're out there somewhere. Maybe I'll find one in Hawaii. Until then, I'll just have to keep telling my guy friends "don't be such a girl."

Thursday, October 13, 2011

One Tree Hill

Anybody else have a OTH addiction that's not being fed? I'm really sad that I have to wait until January to watch a new episode.. But I stumbled across some interesting news.. Lucas is coming back! And there is going to be another "time jump"!! A 5 year jump this time. It will be interesting to see Brooke and Julian's twins.. As well as Nathan and Haley's kiddos. Especially Jamie! Anybody else excited to watch the final season of this awesome show or is it just me?

I just had to share my revelation. I should be studying for my Anatomy exam.. But, well distractions happen! Hope you're having a great Thursday!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

It's OK!

Woohoo! It's Thursday, you know what that means!

It's OK!

Go link up with Neely and share what's OK with you!

It's OK...

To hate it when R&B singers remake country songs or when country singers remake r&b songs.

Seriously? It's just wrong!

To skip your 5:45 lecture because the Ducks play at 6:00. I checked with my professor, it was just a review, so I don't feel too bad.

To HATE having to turn on your heater for the first time. It got down to 29 degrees last night!

To automatically blame the gray strand of hair on the weave. Hey, it's BLONDE not gray ;)

(P.s. I'm 21, that shouldn't even be a problem! UGH!)

To mouth breathe at the guy who knocked my drink over in class today. It's better than what I was thinking!

To have Honolulu Hawaii on my weather app, just so I can check and see where I could be ;)

To have one of those days and start randomly crying in Safeway. Life beat me up yesterday.

To not allow life to beat me up a second day in a row. Take that!

Really, it's ok.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm linking up with Jamie again for What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Here's what I'm loving...

I'm Loving... the stress management class that I'm taking. It has been really helping me with studying for my Anatomy exams (it's funny how things totally coincide sometimes, too bad my math class has NOTHING to do with ANYTHING I've been doing ;))

I'm Loving... My God. He's putting me through some tests right now, and I can't wait to see what He's teaching me. I just have to smile and be thankful for all of the blessings I do have right now.

I'm Loving... My iphone.. like seriously, I'm rarely EVER on my computer anymore, this thing is AWESOME!

I'm Loving... my BFF. We're going to have a Kelly/Brittany day on Monday and I'm going to just hang with her all day. I miss her.

I'm loving... the colder weather. But I heard snow is on the way next week? No bueno!

I'm loving... College football! Duh! Ducks game tomorrow night! Go Ducks!

I'm Loving... the fact that I'm on a job hunt, for something that will actually be in the same field as what I want to do when I graduate from college :)

What are you loving today?

Go link up with Jamie and share :)

Monday, October 3, 2011

Tough Decisions

With all of the other times I have written about moving somewhere, I probably sound like the most indecisive person on the planet. While that might be sorta true, it's for a good reason. I want to make sure I make the right decision for myself. I don't want to end up doing something or going somewhere I will regret later. Or even that I will regret WHILE I'm there. So I do pros and cons all the time. I think about the difficulty of me being able to get home in case of an emergency or just to go home for the holidays. I think about the cost of living in each city I contemplate living in. I think about how much school itself is going to cost me. I think about the football programs (don't judge me, I'm being real here). I think about the weather and if I'll be able to handle it year round. I live in Oregon and with our winters, one would think I could handle almost anything.

With all of that being said, I have two schools that I'm seriously considering transferring to next year. I have a 4.0 that I have worked really hard for and I think I owe it to myself to allow myself to follow my dream and go to a university. I want that whole experience, and I thought I had cut that dream out completely by not giving a crap in high school. I care now, and I have the opportunity to do something awesome and move somewhere very different and very far from home. Not that going far from home is something I want. It's just an opportunity I'm grasping with both hands. So here are my top two schools:

1.) University of Hawaii
2.) University of South Florida

South Florida was my number one for almost a year, but today I called and spoke with someone in the admissions department at UH. I found out that they have a special program for Oregon students. They get a special tuition rate. It's like "resident and a half".. 12,000 per year rather than the 23,000 for non resident. So I could finish my degree at UH for less than I could go to school for one year at USF. AND it's the same as what I'm paying for community college! That alone put Hawaii on the top of my list.

So for now, I still have a lot of thinking and praying to do to figure out which choice is right for me. I'm definitely applying to both though!