Wow... August... where has the summer gone? (I don't want it to be fall because I don't want to go back to subbing.) Luckily I've been submitting more copies of my resume and have been getting more responses. *fingers crossed* LOL, I'm already falling behind in my journal entries. Ok, let's start with the awesomeness of God and how He always provides in His own way for those in need, and how He answers prayers when He knows we're willing to listen. Last Wednesday night I was working in Riverdale (not the greatest of areas to be in at night). Well, we finished the conversions and scanning really early, say around 4:30am, so they let us go home. I was one of the last to leave because I had a small section to finish scanning, and as I was pulling out of the parking lot, a guy was standing by his car with the front hood up... obviously broken down. And for some crazy reason, I decided to stop and ask if I could help. Well, to make a long story a little shorter, I ended up impulsively offering to give this guy a ride home... to Baltimore! So as I'm getting out of my car, his friend (another guy) climbs out of his car and starts getting inot my car. So now I'm giving 2 guys, whom I've never met before, rides home from D.C. to Baltimore @ 4:30 in the morning. Well yeah, hell yeah I was scared! I'm thinking "oh Lord, please protect me because I'm trying to do a good thing here." So we all get in my car and drive away, and within 2 min. of driving, one of the guys (Yousef) says "that was a really bold thing to do, offering to give 2 complete strangers a ride home @ 4:30 in the morning. You must be saved." Yay! both of them (the other guys name is Kinnley) are Christians!! So we spent the whole time talking about God's greatness, different things that we want to do for ministry, and just things about our lives. It was so great because God provided both ways. He provided someone for them to get them back home, and someone to help me to be spiritually uplifted and rejuvinated. God is so faithful all the time, even when we're not! :) And then this past week while I was working I saw both of them and was able to see how they were doing, talk a little bit, etc. It was really good... I love that through Christ we have eternal bonds and relationships with people who are mutually committed to Him.
Speaking of being uplifted and rejuvinated, I was able to spend some time last weekend with my friend Luke, whom I haven't seen for a really long time, even though we stay in touch via email. Barbara and I also went to the carnival that same weekend, which was all kinds of fun. I'm pleased with myself because I didn't get sick from any of the rides... but i stayed away from the spin around really fast in a circle ride because I knew that would do me in. We also almost got clobbered when a fight broke out right in front of us while we were waiting for a ride. It's Barbara's fault because right before the fight happened she said "Hmmm, I would hate being a police officer at one of these things, I'd get so bored of standing around and just watching everyone. I'd probably wish something would happen just so I can have something to do." And of course, 5 min. later, the fight broke out and the cops came running, trying to break it up, and rolling around on the ground with the guys because they were so heated. I told Barbara she wasn't allowed to speak anymore. ;) That same weekend Mom, Sean, and I all went to Six Flags and got completely drenched because of the turrential downpours. But then in th afternoon the sun came out for about 1.5 hours, and somehow I still managed to get sunburned on my face. Go figure. It was fun, in an unorthodox, imaginative sort of way.
I'm finally finished with night work!! Yay!! I'm really excite because I get to spend this coming week in Delaware for work... it's like a vacation without the guilt of taking off work or spending a lot of money to stay somewhere. And yes, I'm planning on spending all my time after work by the pool. ;) I'm really looking forward to it, though I'm sure by the end of the week I'll miss the conveniences of being at home. Also, I have a phone interview on Tuesday for a secretarial position with Coldwell Banker, Currier & Lazier. I really hope it goes well and that it's a job that will meet my needs. *fingers crossed* *prayers going up* It would just be really nice to not have to worry about finding a better job than subbing for the fall. So much to do, so little time.
I think I finally realized why I don't like sad books, sad movies, or sad songs that make me want to cry. It's because I make associations with things to my own life and it makes me upset. I realized this because one night while I was at work, it was a 24-hour Giant so there were customers coming in periodically. Well, at 2:30am or so I was working in an aisle and a middle-aged man came down the aisle grocery shopping. Anyone else might not give it a second thought and it wouldn't affect them at all, but it reminded me of when my dad had lost his job and he was struggling with depression really badly, so he would stay up almost all night, sleep during the day, and he was embarassed to see people he knew. So he would go grocery shopping at 2 or 3am because he knew no one would be there that knew him. So I'm standing in Giant, seeing this man getting his groceries, and it took everything in me not to start crying. Things remind me of all the turmoil I've been through in my life, things that people don't even realize upset me, and that's why I don't like to be "entertained" by anything that's not funny or happy... it reminds me too much of my own life. :\
Ok, enough for now, time to go pack... Ciao!
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