Uh-oh....I warned you all it would be a long time before I managed to put up another life update, and despite your premature thrill at seeing a new post, today is not your lucky day. I have only a few minutes to leave you a message, but a couple of sentences of summary of what's going on in my life right now should suffice to fill you in....
I'M TAKING THE MCAT TOMORROW AND I HAVE HARDLY STUDIED DUE TO WORK SCHEDULES...no wait, who am I kidding? Let me try again....and I have hardly studied because IT IS SUMMER and spending countless hours indoors with my nose in a textbook has just not seemed appealing at all.
THEREFORE, THE RESULTS OF THIS KILLER EXAM COULD BE HORRIBLE...... :(
The end. Have a nice day and weekend. :)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Anywhere but Here
Hi. I am feeling completely and utterly frantic, but yet lazy, and TOTALLY RESTLESS today. I have no sufficient explanation. I only know that this bizarre mood is leaving me feeling as though I need to blog now before I have a nervous breakdown this week and forget to get around to it.
This past weekend served to be round number two (back-to-back) in the category of "get no more than 4 hours of sleep in an entire weekend" challenge. On Friday night, some of my best friends from Mount Marty who are located around the state for the summer made the journey to Yankton. Of course, we began the evening at DQ with the most chocolately blizzards ever and ended up at a friend's house in Tyndall where we stayed until 4:30 a.m, at which time I panicked because I had to work at 9:00 in the morning and we still had to drive home, attempt to get some sleep, shower, and show up with somewhat of a functioning brain. Therefore, we left and I crawled into bed at 5:00 a.m. only to be rudely awakened two hours later for my shower. Let's just say Saturday was a LOOONG, miserably boring, slow day at work. So, needing a refreshing evening of sleep, I decided it would be wise to make the two hour trip home and then go to the drive-in movies with my brother and a bunch of friends from TEC. It was incredibly wonderful to see and hug all of those amazing people - so wonderful in fact that one of my newest friends, Anne, spent the evening at my house where we talked until somewhere around 5:00 a.m. before falling into exhausted sleep and waking up 2 hours later for church. Needless to say, I was quite exhausted come yesterday afternoon and my drive back to Yankton was a challenge.
So, today I fear I am suffering the side-effects of minimal sleep. I am irritable and restless and feel as though 87 things are going to plant themselves on my to-do list and I'll never accomplish it all in time. I DESPERATELY NEED to make myself study for the MCAT as I am taking it next Thursday and have barely cracked open the book, but my heart is just not in it. I need to sit down and just sleep, maybe process all of the great and thought-provoking things I experienced at TEC. I need to work on my brother's scrapbook, do some things for my tobacco coalition job, call friends who I have waited far too long to inquire about....I feel as though I should be anywhere but where I am at whatever moment I am thinking it today. And, my most consuming thought is that I just want to take off, on a completely random and spontaneous roadtrip to the east coast. I'd skip work tomorrow and a few random other appointments this week and be back for work on Friday. I just want to go to North Carolina for no reason other than I want to go (and once there jump into the ocean and feel instantly refreshed and alive and young).
But....I cannot find any friends who will share my crazy urge to do something so completely irresponsible. So, instead I am off for a long overdue visit with a friend and then to supper with a group of friends, hopefully some time for piano practice in there... And this week if you don't here for me, pray that I am STUDYING!!
This past weekend served to be round number two (back-to-back) in the category of "get no more than 4 hours of sleep in an entire weekend" challenge. On Friday night, some of my best friends from Mount Marty who are located around the state for the summer made the journey to Yankton. Of course, we began the evening at DQ with the most chocolately blizzards ever and ended up at a friend's house in Tyndall where we stayed until 4:30 a.m, at which time I panicked because I had to work at 9:00 in the morning and we still had to drive home, attempt to get some sleep, shower, and show up with somewhat of a functioning brain. Therefore, we left and I crawled into bed at 5:00 a.m. only to be rudely awakened two hours later for my shower. Let's just say Saturday was a LOOONG, miserably boring, slow day at work. So, needing a refreshing evening of sleep, I decided it would be wise to make the two hour trip home and then go to the drive-in movies with my brother and a bunch of friends from TEC. It was incredibly wonderful to see and hug all of those amazing people - so wonderful in fact that one of my newest friends, Anne, spent the evening at my house where we talked until somewhere around 5:00 a.m. before falling into exhausted sleep and waking up 2 hours later for church. Needless to say, I was quite exhausted come yesterday afternoon and my drive back to Yankton was a challenge.
So, today I fear I am suffering the side-effects of minimal sleep. I am irritable and restless and feel as though 87 things are going to plant themselves on my to-do list and I'll never accomplish it all in time. I DESPERATELY NEED to make myself study for the MCAT as I am taking it next Thursday and have barely cracked open the book, but my heart is just not in it. I need to sit down and just sleep, maybe process all of the great and thought-provoking things I experienced at TEC. I need to work on my brother's scrapbook, do some things for my tobacco coalition job, call friends who I have waited far too long to inquire about....I feel as though I should be anywhere but where I am at whatever moment I am thinking it today. And, my most consuming thought is that I just want to take off, on a completely random and spontaneous roadtrip to the east coast. I'd skip work tomorrow and a few random other appointments this week and be back for work on Friday. I just want to go to North Carolina for no reason other than I want to go (and once there jump into the ocean and feel instantly refreshed and alive and young).
But....I cannot find any friends who will share my crazy urge to do something so completely irresponsible. So, instead I am off for a long overdue visit with a friend and then to supper with a group of friends, hopefully some time for piano practice in there... And this week if you don't here for me, pray that I am STUDYING!!
Friday, July 17, 2009
TEC 28 - Take Me...
Hello all! So I sit here at this trusty library computer on a Friday morning, preparing to head into work in about 45 min where I will stay until 9:00 p.m. this evening. I work Saturday from 9-5 as well. And, I must say that the thought of a weekend filled with work and not Tintern and my fabulous wheat crew family is weighing heavily on my heart. :( Let me explain...
In my previous post, I mentioned that I was heading to Tintern retreat center near Oakdale, NE to help with the Teens Encounter Christ retreat last weekend. It was amazing in every way possible!!! My role for this TEC was to serve as the assistant wheat crew director. The wheat crew is the group of 15 individuals (depicted in the awesome mustache picture above)responsible for the behind the scenes work - dishes, cleaning, setting up, games, you name it. But, more importantly, the crew is the prayer group of the weekend. We pray over the speakers and keep adoration in the chapel. I would never be able to do the weekend any justice with any sort of description on here, so I will simply say that 27 young candidates walked away after experiencing Christ's love and a full crew did the same.
I met some amazing people on the weekend who I am now calling my newest friends. We did so many great things like running at the odd hours of 5 and 3 a.m., painting a gorgeous banner to a melodious song and getting a little messy with the paint in the meantime, playing dress-up with random clothes in an old back closet, singing off-beat and off-tune, yet beautifully,behind a campfire, beneath the stars on a very powerful/eye-opening evening, bonding until 4:30 a.m.......sleeping only 4 hours in 3 nights....
Anyway, I returned to Yankton completely exhausted, but absolutely refreshed. I was also a bit confused on time. I had my phone turned off all weekend and so I missed quite a few calls on Tuesday and Wednesday because I had grown accustomed to not worrying about reporting to my phone. I was thrown right back into the chaos of work and life and it was slightly overwhelming. I feel like I need a week of pure summer sun and relaxation to process things and recuperate. But, instead, I've been getting phone calls from my friends asking me what the weekend plans are. It has only resulted in a lot of confusion, as I do not feel like it is the weekend again already and I have not had time to consider plans...nor do I want to. I'm feeling very go-with-the-flow-ish....could be quite a random weekend. I do get to see Brittany, one of my very favorite people in the whole world tonight after work though!! :)
In the meantime, I am taking the MCAT in less than two weeks and I have done MINIMAL studying. I think I should panic now....
Summer. is. running. away. :(
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Another New Job, Another busy weekend
It has been a BUSY, BUSY week! I feel drained, so I'll give you a somewhat brief synopsis....
I started my job at the Yankton Medical Clinic Pharmacy on Monday and have worked the past four days. I never enjoy starting new jobs because there is always so much to learn and it is usually quite overwhelming. I never fail to feel completely stupid the first day on a job. My new pharmacy tech position was a case in point. Thank goodness I have had quite a bit of experience running cash registers, as that part of the job has not been a problem. The challenge has been in locating specific drugs among the shelves of thousands in order to count out prescriptions. It wouldn't be so bad if the drugs were organized alphabetically by whatever name they are, but they happen to be alphabetized by brand name with generics (no matter what their names) stashed on the shelves to the right of their brand name counterparts. When 90% of prescriptions are generic drugs with no indication of what their brand names may be, it makes finding their locations rather difficult. Nevertheless, I think I may actually enjoy this position. I'm excited to be able to get so much hands on experience. Whether I end up in Med School or Pharmacy school (or on the streets....) it is sure to be valuable experience.
Sadly, when working 9-6 though, my summer sun time is significantly destroyed. I do feel that I am suffering some extent of nostalgia on that matter. But, my hours will not be as strenuous in a couple of weeks after my orientation/training period is over. In fact, I will be working mostly nights and weekends which will make the job keep-able for the school year. But for this week, I have only managed to see the sun long enough for a lovely nature hike. I happened to take a picture at the top of a ridiculously steep hill and then texted it to multiple friends telling them that I took the picture and then proceeded to tumble down the hill and break my ankle. As a testament to my extreme clumsiness, all of them believed me. Though probably not a very funny joke at all, I was feeling very ornery and was highly entertained for a while.
So as the weekend approaches, my business status only increases. I am blessed to have the opportunity to work another TEC (teens encounter Christ) weekend. I have to be out at the retreat center at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow and will be there until late Monday evening. The weekends are always amazing and I'm predicting less than 10 hours of sleep for me in the next 3 days. I'll be sure to give you a run-down of the weekend in a future post, but for now, I need to pack and organize a few more things for the weekend and then hit the sack for one final night of sleep before I destroy my body's sleep cycle.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
I started my job at the Yankton Medical Clinic Pharmacy on Monday and have worked the past four days. I never enjoy starting new jobs because there is always so much to learn and it is usually quite overwhelming. I never fail to feel completely stupid the first day on a job. My new pharmacy tech position was a case in point. Thank goodness I have had quite a bit of experience running cash registers, as that part of the job has not been a problem. The challenge has been in locating specific drugs among the shelves of thousands in order to count out prescriptions. It wouldn't be so bad if the drugs were organized alphabetically by whatever name they are, but they happen to be alphabetized by brand name with generics (no matter what their names) stashed on the shelves to the right of their brand name counterparts. When 90% of prescriptions are generic drugs with no indication of what their brand names may be, it makes finding their locations rather difficult. Nevertheless, I think I may actually enjoy this position. I'm excited to be able to get so much hands on experience. Whether I end up in Med School or Pharmacy school (or on the streets....) it is sure to be valuable experience.
Sadly, when working 9-6 though, my summer sun time is significantly destroyed. I do feel that I am suffering some extent of nostalgia on that matter. But, my hours will not be as strenuous in a couple of weeks after my orientation/training period is over. In fact, I will be working mostly nights and weekends which will make the job keep-able for the school year. But for this week, I have only managed to see the sun long enough for a lovely nature hike. I happened to take a picture at the top of a ridiculously steep hill and then texted it to multiple friends telling them that I took the picture and then proceeded to tumble down the hill and break my ankle. As a testament to my extreme clumsiness, all of them believed me. Though probably not a very funny joke at all, I was feeling very ornery and was highly entertained for a while.
So as the weekend approaches, my business status only increases. I am blessed to have the opportunity to work another TEC (teens encounter Christ) weekend. I have to be out at the retreat center at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow and will be there until late Monday evening. The weekends are always amazing and I'm predicting less than 10 hours of sleep for me in the next 3 days. I'll be sure to give you a run-down of the weekend in a future post, but for now, I need to pack and organize a few more things for the weekend and then hit the sack for one final night of sleep before I destroy my body's sleep cycle.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
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