Sunday, August 29, 2010

Back to School

Ok so back to school after only a week and a half off going back to school would be so hard...for everyone except those of us that are super excited for their classes. This week has been so crazy!

On Monday we had our first LDSSA council meeting and let me tell you it was so amazing! Ever since retreat I have felt so close to these people! I love them! (P.S. a post on retreat is still on its way im waiting for pictures to go up that I can use:) I can not even tell you the way a feel around these people the best was to describe it is that i know that each and everyone of us are there for a reason and that the lord is having us work together and be friends for a reason. It is truly amazing! I think on thing that plays a major role in it is knowing that there are a few people that are on council that honestly i couldn't say that I would be friends with with out it. I am so glad that we are friends though because some of them are my best friends now.

Anyway back to the meeting as i said it was amazing..we tend to get off track but im hoping that that will soon change. I was just loving the meeting so much that I honestly forgot to watch the time so that i wouldn't be late to work (meeting starts at 7 and i have to be at work by 8) So Sitting there taking notes and then as if on cue Dani turns to me and whispers "char char dont you have work?" right as i get a txt from my boss. yeah i was ten min late to work no big... only very big deal because I waled in and we had a lot to do....which normally not a big deal but in the case it was a HUGE! deal. why you ask? Well i work with ALL men and have ever since i started working there. I havent minded to much until this monday. The men i work with...have stoped caring that they work with a woman and its a hard environment to work to work in because of it. I pretty much went from super amazing spirit to spirit gone its like it left as soon as i walked back into the kitchen. i still love my job only I dont I hate being there like i dread going into work. I never dread going into this job ive loved it since the day I started....My boss stared noticing this...its a good thin that i started looking for another job.

however the job hunt is for more then one reason. The main reason is that I have to get into my major I have fallen in love with my music again which can i just say is so hard to explain to people that say they are my "friends" because they dont believe me but its all because i moved that I lost it and now its back I can't wait to get into my music major! and that means finding a new job because right now i work right over the times that they hold their classes. so lets all pray that I have a new job soon ok?

Tuesday was a normal day Except for the whole job hunt thing which is not so fun but i have to apply for at least 3 jobs a day and yeah.

Wednesday day...oh Wednesday. I loved Wednesday it was such an amazing day! I went to work and THERE WERE PEOPLE!!! I haven't seen people in so long i loved it! I was so happy about it. i worked 7 hours the longest shift that i have worked in about four months which is nice because that means money which makes me so happy! my only problem with it is because I dropped my 3pm class i can now work til im not needed....which i know is my own fault but i wish i had a set time to get off ya know?

After getting off work I went and did institute stuff (shocker) the had my first class which is Group Guitar! It is so much fun! I need an instrument to perform with so its about time that I learn how to really play this one as apposed to pretending like i do haha. I love the class already. A guy walked in with my friends Guitar and because of it we are practicing together it should be fun! Then an institute class YAY!!! I love it! I am excited to be back in the game last year all i took was choir so this will be awesome!

Thursday I love because i only work til 1130 and dont have class til 12 so i get to go chill at the institute and the go to more music! Its fundamentals of music and its the last class i need before going full swing in my major and I cant wait!

Friday i have Zumba and even though we didn't work out this week i came home so drained and ready for bed (it was only 7) I love Zumba but It will kick my butt because its at the end of the week!

My cousin got baptized on Saturday so we stayed the night up at my grandparents. My grandma informed me that i would no longer be getting birthday money (my birthday is on Tuesday so this wasn't out of no where that she brought it up) i am the oldest single grandchild so they had to cap it somewhere and so they choses 20 for the cap and that is totally ok with me. But then told me that they were giving me money for school!!!! this was such a blessing! It wasn't a lot but it was enough to get what i needed to still get i love them! and I am so excited for this amazing semester to get going :)

and on to the next crazy week...

Sunday, August 22, 2010

The love of my life



No I'm not dating anyone but i do have a new love of my life it is known as LDSSA. We had a retreat this last week to kind of kick things off and im not going to lie to you i have never been so in love with a call in my life! I dont know what it is about it but sharing the gospel and making all those around me happy is worth it.

these girls are total life saves when I have felt like no one else what there ( which pretty sums up my summer) they were I cant tell you how many times i heard "what Charmaine why didnt you tell me!!!" for any kind of news that I had.
I know that the Lord placed me here right now for a reason and I can't totally tell you why but I know that I have been.
I have not had the easiest summers but because thats kind if a normal thing i decided to just ignore it. let me clarify one thing before i move on this summer wasn't hard for me because of things I was going through but things others were going through. i didn't know how to help and in some way it made me feel a lone. I couldn't talk to them about it for fear of it only making it worse for them but also i wanted them to know that I loved them. it was not easy. Because of this and a few other things I found myself in s rut that i couldn't get out of. Then retreat came along and we were asked to take some time to just be with ourself and the lord. i went off and cried for about and hour and a half and came back so happy. i am so thankful for the lord and this calling. I cam back with a testimony of where i am who i am and that the Lord has lead me to the right calling and that I have been prepared to do a greater work. A work that am so excited for! "Its more then i deserve and It takes my Breath away"

Cheri Call has a song that explains exactly how i feel right now i couldn't find it on you tube for it...so i bought the song and made one really fast. Its called leave it like it is. Enjoy!


Friday, August 6, 2010

procrastination clock

In My English class we have this clock at a two second glance you might wonder if it was working or not. However if you were to just stare at the clock (this class can be that boring at times) the second hand is just waiting for five seconds. Every five seconds the second hand moves rapidly to the next number then stops for four seconds then races to catch up its quite entertaining to be honest but it got me thinking. I am on the institute council at the orem institute of religion and have learned how procrastination effects those around us. I have had to pick up others "dropped balls" and they have left me racing to catch up so i like to think that this procrastination clock has taught me a lesson...but we will see