Howdy Kids:

Look, I posted again before another whole month went by.  Woo-Hoo for me.  So, stuff going on lately, more personal than outside things.  Outside things seem to actually be working...for now.  Job is going well, nothing has broken (yet), no more issues with the old apartments, no more issues with Comcast, no more issues with my phone service (I swear these people gun for me because I'm honest and they think they can sucker me into paying money I don't owe...they thought wrong).  However, I'm having some interesting spiritual revelation.  Things that even I don't get.  I am so confused as to who I really am as a person in that I'm not sure what to do.  Do I like going to clubs, having a few drinks and being loud and rowdy on the dance floor?  Yes.  Is that who I really am?  I couldn't say.  I feel that with each different group of people I'm with I am someone else, although all those people are just different parts of me.  Who's to say all those people are bad or good?  I was made this way, but why?  Do I deny parts of who I am to make other parts stronger?  Such inner turmoil.  And I am seconds away from blocking my father's phone number and not speaking to him for a while.  He has said things about me and my choices in life, which by anyone else's standards are fine choices, that I don't care to hear about anymore.  What's worse it that they are about Sean and you know, when he starts in on people I care about with no basis or reason I start to get a little pissed, and rightfully so.  He can badmouth the whole 1 friend he has but he'd better steer clear of mine. 

And I turn 27 next Saturday.  Not a big deal really, but I thought I would document that for posterity.  Good times.  Hopefully I can see some of you folks soon.  Now that I'm more settled in my job and all.  Come to the Carmina Burana on the 11th or the 12th.  It should be fun.  Hope my dress shows up soon!

Holy Crap!  Has it been this long since I last updated?  Wow, shame on me.  Well, since I last wrote I have been busy doing a bunch of things.  Work, first and foremost, is moving right along.  It has its ups and downs but I like it there and feel good about working there so it helps me get through the not-so-exciting times.  Choral Union is fun.  On Monday nights I usually commence with the "I don't want to go to choir" chant when I get home after long hours at the office and a few extra tacked on sitting in traffic.  However, once I get there and start singing things are good and I'm glad I went.  Choir at church is also going pretty well.  I've conducted once so far and am up again in November 6th, then again sometime during Advent and then a few more times so far next year.  Yay me!  Other than that, I've been enjoying having a real paycheck and have since purchased a bunch of things I've needed for quite sometime and not had the money for like clothes and food and a new couch and the Sims 2, you know, important stuff.

I guess that's all for now!  Sorry about the lull in the updates to any of you who actually read this silly thing.

I finally have some good news!  I start work tomorrow!  Yess, I'm working at World Vision through a temp agency and the assignment is into February!  So that gives me gainful employment for at least a few months.  And by then I can not only put some money away and buy a few things I've needed for a while (like glasses, oy) but it also gives me the opportunity to get to know just that many more people to whom I might want to work for when my assignment is up.  This is really quite a blessing because instead of just waiting for a job to come up I can actually do some research and see what jobs there are within the whole of the company and then I can decide what I want to do, and talk to those supervisors, and maybe, if I'm a really good girl, I can get a job that I really love.

On another note, tomorrow night I start Choral Union.  I'm excited to get going with that.  I love my church choir (whom I get to conduct next weekend) but I also love singing with people who are serious musicians.  The challenge is wonderful and you get to do so much.  It will be interesting to see the dynamic of the group.

That's all for me.  Thanks to everyone who kept me in they're prayers, there were more of you than I had realized!

Okay, so Friday is officially my last day here at work and I'm glad on one hand and a little sad on the other.  I know a lot of people here, and I care about a lot of people here.  However, I know that if I were to stay most of those people will be gone in a year or two anyhow.  Moving on is always a tough thing because while there are rough times that really try your patience and persistance (and generally just piss you off) there are those other times when you are really content in your situation and are happy and comfortable with the people around you.  I'm excited to get out and see and experience more of the world though.  That is so different from what I used to be so it's kind of weird that I feel that way.  I never wanted to leave Salem when I was growing up, and now that I'm gone I never want to go back.  Go figure!  But I can say that I've certainly grown while I've been here and I've become quite a ...unique individual (yeah, we'll say that).  I just keep praying that a great job opportunity comes up soon, if you have a chance would you have a word with The Man upstairs on my behalf as well? 

Enough with all that, on the good news side I won't be far from PLU...I was accepted into Choral Union.  I'm pretty excited about that.  There will be some folks I know in there and we'll be doing some pretty cool stuff this year so I can't wait to get started!  So for all of you who are still on campus...come to my concerts and I'll come to yours!