Staff training 7.0

Halfway through staff training for the summer and where am I?

At home!!

Oh the joys of being only a half hour away and having such a chill training schedule.

I think it's shaping up to be a pretty great summer.

I'll keep you all as posted as I can.

But that's it for now.

Still Alive!

Hey there! Didn't realize I'd been gone so long. Hopw you all didn't miss me too much ;)

I've been busy the last week and a half or so job hunting/applying. I'm trying to find something for when camp ends. it's been going fairly well actually, I've already heard back from a bunch of people and have a phone interview this afternoon.

Of course everything I'm applying for is entry-level so I'm going to have to get really good at keeping an incredibly close eye on my finances for the next few years, but that shouldn't be too huge an issue. It's not like I'm a shop-a-holic or anything.

The search also could become much more narrow by the beginning of next week. I went apartment hunting yesterday with my best friend and we put a hold on a place until next Tuesday. So I have less than a week to decide if I want to commit to staying in this general area for at least a year or if I want to set off on my own right away. Or if I want to stay in my parents house.

So it's been going well, but there have been more important things vying for my attention than blogging. But that, anyway, is what's up with me!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Moms are so great :)

And God said let there be...

... understanding.

I had a GREAT weekend both visiting with people and being tapped on the shoulder by God. Many things were crammed into three days including, rummage sales, dinner dates, concerts, CPR training, church going and movie watching. I saw people from New Lex, Athens, Logan and even IWU (go figure). So I'm feeling both incredibly blessed in that I have that many people to visit as well as excited that God not only spoke but that I heard it as well.

In an attempt to not sound too preach-y or whatever I'm going to just say again that it was great. If you want details just get in touch.

Also thanks to Joel for being willing to talk Friday and to Mary Jo for a wonderful church service on Sunday.

:)

Will Starve for Food.

That was the slogan for the 2009 30 Hour Famine.

I was excited to be able to be a chaperone this year for my home church's youth group. I was especially impressed today with the number of donations that they got during our door-to-door canned food drive.

It's always sort of a bittersweet event though in the fact that I'm reminded of how huge the issue of world hunger really is, but great to see that people are taking a stand.

Now to figure out how to be more involved.

Things I've Learned from Middle Schoolers*

Here is a list of things that I have learned from middle schoolers in the past few weeks:

- It's still cool to dress like twins or triplets, even if you're a dude.
- Insanely bright, day-glow nail polish is still the best option.
- Who cares if they're an adult, go a head and ignore them.
- Saying "no offense" before a potentially offenisve statement makes it all ok.
- Even if you can't do something it's alright to tease others until they do the thing that you can't.
- Looking cool always comes before being safe.


Actually I really like middle schoolers, we've just had some interesting ones come through camp in the past few weeks. These were the funniest observations I made.


*Learned as in observed. Please don't miss the sarcasm!!