The Consequence of Boredom

Friday, March 10, 2006

Much Ado....

Wow! Sometimes I really wish I was a bit less of an emotional person.

Soooo.....this morning I had the last $150 of money that I needed to turn in for my campaign in the form of a check from my mom. The originial plan was to just cash in at the Campus Store and hand the money over to Alan at chapel.

Yes, well, that would have been entirely too simple.

My original impression was that the Campus Store would cash checks up to $200, but that is actually only for ACU checks...personal checks can only be $100. Shot down once.

Next stop, First Financial Bank at Wal-Mart. Nope, won't cash it because I don't have an account with the bank. Shot down twice.

Next stop, one counter over at Wal-Mart customer service. Stand in line about ten minutes, get to the counter....they only cash payroll checks, not personal checks. Shot down thrice.

My only remaining option: one of those shady check cashing stores. I hand over the check, but they have to verify that it is legitimate by calling the phone number of the person on the check, which is my home phone, which naturally will not be answered because my mother is at work. Shot down four times. (is there a word that comes after thrice? cuz there should be.)

Finally, I have given up on the check and decided that I would just pull the money out of my savings account and have my mom redeposit the $150. At this point, I was extremely aggravated and I was suffering from a massive sinus headache (again).

ATM in the Campus Center (right as chapel is letting out): type in $150 cash withdrawl.....do you want a receipt...yes...receipt comes out, screen goes back to beginning....no money. That makes....five times shot down. By now, my stress level and emotions are on complete overload and I just started crying, pretty much uncontrollably. I finally talk to the wonderful deskworker extrodinaire, Julie, who knew exactly what happened. It was simply that the ATM only gives money in $20 increments. I go back to the ATM try again with $160, and Ta-da! I have money.
(thanks, Julie!)

The End...everything's fine...

...except for the fact that I'm an emotional basketcase and I'm still crying and I have to go to band. After insisting to several people through my continuing tears that everything is really fine now, I took a few minutes in the bathroom to wash off my face, slow my breathing down to a normal rate, and take some Excedrin for the headache.

I finally went in to band and made it through rehearsel, and I am actually in a very good mood now.

I'm going back to Honduras tomorrow! Yay!!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

My passport made it.... *big sigh of relief*


Random thing that I just heard a guy say as he was passing by:

"I just have to lift my leg..."

Gotta love only hearing one piece of a conversation...



The end

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Jesiree and I wore the same shirt today...

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

A Day of Random Happy Moments

- Becoming increasingly happy and excited because I am now going to Honduras for Spring Break, and it's basically completely paid for!!***

- Discovering a ladybug during chapel and watching it crawl all over my hands, and then on to my jeans, and then up to my propped up feet and toes...and after chapel I set it free on a bush outside the Bible building.

- It makes me happy when people come into the office looking for something they've lost and we have it. Today was especially exciting because a guy came in looking for his iPod that he left in chapel (basically expecting that it was stolen) and there it was in the drawer. I'm not sure...but I think he may have skipped down the hall out of joy. It made me feel like I did something good...even though I had nothing to do with finding it.

- I got a bloody nose at work (okay, it's not a particularly happy moment...but it was unusual, so it counts)

- Listening to Dr. Ash talk about the Chronicles of Narnia and use the voices of Puzzle and Reepicheep...and using the word "orgyastic" in his lecture in reference to the taste of the toffee from the toffee tree in The Magician's Nephew.

- Going to Third Rock for yummy chocolate ice cream.

- Discover the I Love Toys countdown on VH1...what a genius idea for a TV show!

- Being inspired by Amy to look through old photos from high school and such and post them on Facebook...it made me realize that growing out my bangs was one of the best decisions I've EVER made.



***So the whole Honduras thing....
First of all, it's amazing what God can do to turn you around and inside out and upside down in such a short amount of time. He has been so visible in so many ways since the last time I posted.

Friday night before our band concert...Carissa comes up to me and asks me if I want to go to Hoduras for Spring Break:

First thought: I had kinda planned on going to Houston...but I hadn't made concrete plans yet.
Second thought: There is no possible way I can afford a $1000 trip.

Carissa knew that I already had the shots and a passport because I've been to Honduras before, and she continued to tell me that she thought that by the support of several different sources, most of the trip could probably be covered. Not much time passed, and I was suddenly committed to going. I was a bit nervous about the money, but I knew God would take care of it. Most of Friday night I was laughing to myself because the situation seemed so crazy! I had told Carissa that I was willing to pay about $300 out of pocket, and she would work on finding support for the rest. She called me Saturday...$700+ was already completely covered. This did not include money that was coming from my home church. So basically, two days after I sign up to go on a trip I had never planned on going on, the cost is completely covered. GOD IS INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!!

I am so excited about the group that is going, and I am so excited about the things God is going to do!

I'm beginning to wonder what kind of role Honduras may have in my long-term future: this is the second time in less than a year that I'm going, and both trips have been 100% God's work and not mine. Two trips that were not planned in the long term, but that I was asked to go on. God is working on something, and I think it's gonna be big. I told myself after this summer that I would be going back to Honduras...and well, here I go!

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
- Proverbs 19:21

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Okay, so I know I've failed miserably in the world of Blogdom...but I'm extremely bored at work, and I have absolutely nothing to do. So it's the beginning of March and it's something like 95 degrees outside. I have to say I am quite enjoying it, and I even walked to work today...but really...it's March! I wish I could leave and go play in the park.

As of Monday, I am completely finished with all of my internship/grad school applications. Everything is in the mail and out of my hands. That is a huge burden lifted off my shoulders, now I just have to keep myself from worrying about where I'm going to end up and let God take control of it.

Speaking of letting God take control...I realized this weekend just how out of control my life has been this semester. As weird as it sounds, I think the only thing that was keeping me sane was the fact that I was so busy. Between class, work, and Sing Song, I had very little time to actually think about anything else. Basically, as soon as my schedule opened up, the lonliness set in... I'm not gonna whine about it because I know it's entirely unreasonable...and I'm working through that. By the end of the weekend, I finally figured out that a big part of my problem is that gap that has grown increasingly wider between me and God. Once again...I'm still not through it, but I'm working on it.

Stephen and Rachael's wedding is this weekend. It should be a fun weekend.