I love dealing with my finances... it always brings me some great joy and pleasure. In a sense I am not being facetious about that. I am in such desperate need of God to touch my financial life, and He is!!! I have work to do, but God has sustained me this far! I got to talk with my Mom today about some of this stuff and she expressed her worry about me because of me, "being under a huge rock and burden" because of my finances. Being able to tell her that my God is bigger than any financial burden was so cool!
I have had to humble myself, admit I don't know what I am doing (and for those of you who know me well, you know that this is not easy for me to do!) and actively look for guidance and counsel that will get me some good solutions. God is really coming through. Wait... lets think about this for a second. HE ALWAYS COMES THROUGH!!!
Today is a big day for me. I have two interviews today. My first one was this morning. It was at the Fred Meyer store in Sumner and after only 15 minutes of meeting with me, the manager offered me the job as a cashier in the store. I told her that I would get back to her by Wednesday and tell her if this would work for me or not. The job would pay $9.37/ hour and is guranteed for 20 hours per week. Tonight, I interview at the Forza coffee shop on Steele St. near PLU. This job would be a little better fit for me I think, as I am planning on moving into Tacoma soon. If that store can build a good customer base and begin to attract PLU students and the like, I can see myself making a good deal more at Forza than at Fred Meyer. Or maybe I can work both jobs. Both would be part time so between the two, I could have full time employment, with a third job essentially at PSCC...
After all this time by myself, I am beginning to exit the time of introspection and un-employment and I am embarking on the adventure of life after college for real. I am excited about it. I know that I have a guranteed job in Sumner, but I won't be living in Sumner any longer than I have to.
My Grandpa comes back from Yuma, AZ on April 12th, so I believe it is wise to move out of his place before then... I have been talking to the Dupea family about what moving into their rental house would look like and I am excited about the prospects. Mark Wolbert has already named the house, "The Southside Home for Wayward Boys" I love that name, it has a nice ring to it, don't you think? I would be moving in with Jason Dupea and Warren Angus for sure, and Warren has a few friends that might be interested in moving in as well. Between the three of us, I know it would be quite the mix of people and I know that God would stretch me a ton!
Once again my life is changing, but this time I am open and looking forward to the change. I have enjoyed this last period of time, but it is time to move on as well. I will always remember the lessons God has taught me during this time, and you all know that I am a different person than I was when I was at PLU... that won't change. My life will look different next week. It excites me!
Completely off subject, but I am beginning to become addicted to an author, Ted Dekker. You should check him out. He is a Christian suspense/thriller writer and it is hard to put his books down.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
New Music
With all this free time I have been having, I have also been writing and playing music more and more. I LOVE IT!!!
Anto has been sending me some of his stuff to look over and play along with so that we can go and make some demos when he gets back from Spain next week. It is really cool!!! Anto is a great song writer, especially since English is his second language, and the themes of his songs are so good and true. I look forward to collaborating with him more in the future and writing stuff.
On another related note, my Dad has been sending me all this wonderful audio production stuff. He is really helping me to fill in some empty holes in my knowledge of audio and production in general. When I was helping Harrison with his school project, my Dad came and listened to it and was able to really give me some amazing pointers and in fact, he saved the project and made it sound good!!! It was so cool to have him come and teach me the stuff instead of just watching him do it. A really cool facet of our relationship has opened up because I have started doing some of this stuff, we now have another thing in common that we really didn't share before.
On less related notes... I have an interview with Fred Meyer in Sumner this Monday for a checkstand position. I have heard rave reviews from people who have worked there in the past (Cori Boyt) and I have lots of experience with the checkstand. I don't know if I will be taking this job because I am hoping to move to Tacoma within the next couple of weeks. Maybe I could talk to them about submitting my application to another Fred Meyer store in the Tacoma area... I am also applying at Starbucks, the question is which ones should I apply at? Oh well.
Life is good! I had a great time this weekend with a lot of the ReWire guys. They came over to my house and we did stupid guy stuff. If you are male you understand and if you are female, you don't want to know anyways. Some of it was caught on camera and the footage, while poor, is funny in places... or maybe it was 5 am when we watched it?!!?!? Not to sure right now.
I probable should write about my new responsibilities at church. While they are small, I love having them. It is nice to be tasked with something and asked to run with it. More on that later though...
Anto has been sending me some of his stuff to look over and play along with so that we can go and make some demos when he gets back from Spain next week. It is really cool!!! Anto is a great song writer, especially since English is his second language, and the themes of his songs are so good and true. I look forward to collaborating with him more in the future and writing stuff.
On another related note, my Dad has been sending me all this wonderful audio production stuff. He is really helping me to fill in some empty holes in my knowledge of audio and production in general. When I was helping Harrison with his school project, my Dad came and listened to it and was able to really give me some amazing pointers and in fact, he saved the project and made it sound good!!! It was so cool to have him come and teach me the stuff instead of just watching him do it. A really cool facet of our relationship has opened up because I have started doing some of this stuff, we now have another thing in common that we really didn't share before.
On less related notes... I have an interview with Fred Meyer in Sumner this Monday for a checkstand position. I have heard rave reviews from people who have worked there in the past (Cori Boyt) and I have lots of experience with the checkstand. I don't know if I will be taking this job because I am hoping to move to Tacoma within the next couple of weeks. Maybe I could talk to them about submitting my application to another Fred Meyer store in the Tacoma area... I am also applying at Starbucks, the question is which ones should I apply at? Oh well.
Life is good! I had a great time this weekend with a lot of the ReWire guys. They came over to my house and we did stupid guy stuff. If you are male you understand and if you are female, you don't want to know anyways. Some of it was caught on camera and the footage, while poor, is funny in places... or maybe it was 5 am when we watched it?!!?!? Not to sure right now.
I probable should write about my new responsibilities at church. While they are small, I love having them. It is nice to be tasked with something and asked to run with it. More on that later though...
Thursday, March 01, 2007
The joy and curse of free time.
I have been really grateful for the amount of free time that I have had lately... For the most part, it has been really good for me. I don't have internet or TV at my house, so many tempting distractions are not present. I have myself. Not much else. Just me, my Bible, a guitar and Jesus. Oh, sure, I will do other things, like go into Tacoma and goof off at Church, but for the most part, I am getting comfortable with being alone.
Here is the scary part. It is really good for me to be alone!
So much of the things I do are motivated out of a fear of being alone and not having people around me. This is weird, because for most of my life, I prided myself on not needing anyone else to help me...
I am realizing woundings and areas of my heart that need a touch from God and I am getting better at allowing Him in there to do the work He needs to. I am not seeing much obvious fruit from some of this, but I know that my heart is in a much better place now than it has ever been. I have more joy and peace. I stress out about stuff less and it is much easier to enjoy the presence of the Lord than it has been in quite a while.
I have also been writing songs. If you are lucky, I may share them with you, but I may keep a lid on them for a little bit and let the song seep into my spirit (also to let me perfect the songs a bit). Sometimes, a good thing can be ruined by sharing it too early with other people. Anto and I have begun the process of collaboration and I am really enjoying working with him. I just wish that I could go to Spain with him this weekend! Maybe I will go there with Janae and him in May. I need to get a Passport!!!
The curse of free time is that it means I still don't have a job. I am in the process of testing for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, but if I had my way, I would magically be made a Paramedic and hit the streets tomorrow. I will know if I get a job with PCSD well before I finish my EMT recertification class, so I am presented with a choice. If I get offered a job with PCSD, do I take it or hold out for a possible chance at Mary Bridge and eventually (hopefully) a paramedic's job. I would start with PCSD at 22+ an hour ($50,000) a year!!! Dinner would be on me if I got a job like that!!!
I love my free time due to no job, but I would like to take this season of loan defferment and build a financial base for my future... get out of debt... save up some money for a rainy day... save up for the toys I want (Taylor, MacBook Pro, house eventually, trip to Spain...)
Oh, the pressures of life... Just Kidding! I still have a roof over my head, food in my belly (at this moment too much), gas in my truck, some money in the bank, my health, great friends, close confidants, parents who love me (may not understand me but they do love me!), a hope and a future and most importantly, a God who sees me as His beloved son... what more could a guy want!!!
Shout out to Joy for her new page! Keep up the good work and frequent posts!
Here is the scary part. It is really good for me to be alone!
So much of the things I do are motivated out of a fear of being alone and not having people around me. This is weird, because for most of my life, I prided myself on not needing anyone else to help me...
I am realizing woundings and areas of my heart that need a touch from God and I am getting better at allowing Him in there to do the work He needs to. I am not seeing much obvious fruit from some of this, but I know that my heart is in a much better place now than it has ever been. I have more joy and peace. I stress out about stuff less and it is much easier to enjoy the presence of the Lord than it has been in quite a while.
I have also been writing songs. If you are lucky, I may share them with you, but I may keep a lid on them for a little bit and let the song seep into my spirit (also to let me perfect the songs a bit). Sometimes, a good thing can be ruined by sharing it too early with other people. Anto and I have begun the process of collaboration and I am really enjoying working with him. I just wish that I could go to Spain with him this weekend! Maybe I will go there with Janae and him in May. I need to get a Passport!!!
The curse of free time is that it means I still don't have a job. I am in the process of testing for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, but if I had my way, I would magically be made a Paramedic and hit the streets tomorrow. I will know if I get a job with PCSD well before I finish my EMT recertification class, so I am presented with a choice. If I get offered a job with PCSD, do I take it or hold out for a possible chance at Mary Bridge and eventually (hopefully) a paramedic's job. I would start with PCSD at 22+ an hour ($50,000) a year!!! Dinner would be on me if I got a job like that!!!
I love my free time due to no job, but I would like to take this season of loan defferment and build a financial base for my future... get out of debt... save up some money for a rainy day... save up for the toys I want (Taylor, MacBook Pro, house eventually, trip to Spain...)
Oh, the pressures of life... Just Kidding! I still have a roof over my head, food in my belly (at this moment too much), gas in my truck, some money in the bank, my health, great friends, close confidants, parents who love me (may not understand me but they do love me!), a hope and a future and most importantly, a God who sees me as His beloved son... what more could a guy want!!!
Shout out to Joy for her new page! Keep up the good work and frequent posts!
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