I have been lacking in time to post updates and blurbs and whatnot, and now as I wait to take a shower (as my roommate gets ready for bed).... I have some time.
Well... three months ago and then some days I believe... I started my job at Verizon. I am still loving it. I have to work harder than I ever have, staying on my toes, and my patience is tested on an hourly basis. I do love what I do though, and I am really glad to be out of food/beverage service, and low paying jobs :) I made it through iPhone madness, iPad2 Madness, Xoom awesomeness, and pretty soon the Thunderbolt. It never stops at Verizon, and I love it. Working 50+ hours a week, and not a standard 9-5 job can be tiresome.
February brought trials and more opportunities to be tired. As many of you know I am currently in Grad School and currently finishing up my first trimester with HIU, and I love it. I am loving the education, learning a whole lot, and having Christ and the Word as foundations for my classes and how my professors run the class is so different than from my days at Poly. I loved Poly days, but am glad God cleared the way to get my MBA at Hope :) I am learning a lot about the field of Business, and Human Resources... and know there is so much more to learn.
An event in February brought a chapter of my life to a close.... my life with my first car. Visiting my parents on a weekend that saw 8 inches of snow, also saw a driver under the influence hit my car. Luckily it was parked in front of my mom's house and no one was in it.... the end result though after one month of dealing with this guys' insurance, and issues with titles and DMV... this week my car is being totalled as a total loss, and my car becomes Non-Op... meaning... new (to me) car. So this weekend, I will be down in LA searching for the next "Champ" in my life. Yet hoping this one won't get put through the ringer to garner a name like that ;-) So7 years of having a car is a long time, I just was not ready to make the car change until I came back from Mexico in July. Oh well. Something new.
February just got better... just days after the accident and two weeks prior of being paranoid (as it was some epidemic for people I knew...) I of all people got lice. Yah. Can we say unpleasant?!?! When you have enough hair to donate to create 5 wigs.... that is a lot of hair to treat and check.... weeks prior I had been itching thinking I had it.... nothing.... been checked... I was clean... then within in days I was anything but clean. The moment I knew.... I was at Walmart with the family size pack (cause I was gonna make sure these suckers were long burned to death on my scalp).... and in hand purchased it and went home to start the treatments. Just recalling the events makes my head itch right now. Well two treatments and a clean bill of health... and replacing pillows, blankets, sheets, brushes, hair ties, combs, boiling hot water temps to clean my clothes, spraying down my house, car.... it was a nightmare.
So that was February in a nutshell. A month I would like to not have again.
So here we are March and in March I found out... I am allergic to the world. Now some people laugh... and others know I am serious. I went to the my allergist/immunologists to begin testing for allergies as we find out what it is that I am allergic to that is causing me to break out in hives and swell under my skin and lips and having it last for two weeks.... it is never consistent which makes it tougher to find. Anyway, didn't find out the source so now we are testing for Auto Immune Diseases. Lovely. Anyway, I am pretty much sensitive to everything but cockroaches (Phew... I was so worried I would be... ha). Anyway, apparently not allergic to peanuts (yeah, I know, right?!?!), but apparently super allergic to turkey and milk (yet have never gotten sick). So, now it is finding out how I am allergic to them. Also sensitive though to peanuts, soy, corn, and possible borderline allergy to wheat. I am heavily allergic to grass, 5 kinda of trees, 7 different molds, 6 kinds of weeds, cats, dogs, and my house (dust mites and household dust). So pretty much if you invent a bubble... can I live in it?! So, it is interesting. It may explain some things for my immune system being low cause it is fighting this stuff all the time, and also 4 trees in the area I am allergic to... some being Maple and Olive... oh and Oak. (yes, I am a freak of nature... I am learning to live with it).
In it all though... I am not depressed, angry..... I am too tired and busy. The youth kids are great. The group is growing and we have just started the Crazy Love series to co-incide with Francis Chan's book. I definitely recommend it. It has been going well though. Along with things going well.. God is doing great things with alot of my friendships. They have definitely changed alot and really have become more... real. No walls, and none of this "fake" stuff. I don't do fake well, and I can't fake it back... but alot of the things I was going through before... I think people have been very graceful in things and I see it as a blessing. Some people and I have mended things and others.... well I know on my end... God has been honored in my words and actions. But I can always use prayer in this area.
So, that is it.... for now.... prayers for car shopping this weekend and continued clarity for doctors in regards to my health!!!
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