It's a beautiful house...
First of all, this post is honor of my dear friend, Amanda Hemperly who is a missionary in Thailand and lovingly persistent to keep on me to finally post on my blog:-)!!
I GOT IN!!!!!! ...and that is bigger news than you think. I was number six in line and I was the last one to get in; and as you can see, the line was out the door. There were probably 150 to 200 people in line and SIX people got in!! The C.N.A. (Certified Nurse Assistant) class is an R.O.P. (Regional Occupational Program) class that lets high school students into the program FIRST and then IF there's room, they let those who are in line first, in. I had no idea how small or big the class was and how few people they were letting in. I went the night before to check and see if people were starting to line up at 10:30p.m., and no one was there and then I went at midnight and one person was there; so I wasn't too worried, but decided to go earlier then planned. I planned to be there by 6:00 a.m., but instead I was there at 5:15 a.m. and boy am I glad:-)!!! Thank you to all of you who prayed for me that I would get. I definitely feel like God is watching over me and opening doors in this field.
Happy Father's Day dad!! I love you and I had a great day with you on Sunday:-).
So this is the most recent picture I have of me. I went to a wedding last night, but I'm not going to post about the wedding, I'm giving you guys a T.M.J. update. First of all, T.M.J. stands for Temporal Mandibular Joints which are basically your jaw joints right in front of your ears.
Today we had breakfast on the beach at the Salt Creek Beach Park by the Ritz Carlton! It was mom, dad, Simon, me and Hanna (my cousin in the 2nd picture). We had a nice relaxing day.
We also stopped at the Montage Spa & Resort Hotel to check out the view:-)- beautiful!
...I went sailing in San Diego last month. It is so peaceful and relaxing. Obviously I wasn't steering this sail boat alone, my dad, mom and 2nd cousin, Hanna, were with me.
No we didn't sail on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' ship, but it would have been cool:-).
So I've finally started my job at Wachovia Bank:-). The job is overwhelming since everything is so new and I have lots to learn. Please pray that I will learn quickly but more importantly that I will manage stress well. I have actually not been feeling too well lately, it might be due to stress or it might be something else. God is definitely taking me on a journey that is teaching me to take only one day at a time and trust that He really does know best. Thank you for praying for me when you think of it.
So here's a question for those of you who read my blog: what have you done lately that was fun? I haven't done anything like my cousin Brandon lately, who went to Iceland, but maybe sometime soon I'll be going to Hawaii to visit a friend:-). So post a comment about your fun activity.
So I'm am now working for Wachovia Bank. In 4 weeks I'll be a bank teller! Yea, four weeks of training!
The bright side to that 4 weeks of training is that it's in San Diego. Not only is Wachovia paying me for working, but they are also paying for my hotel, gas AND all my food while I'm here in San Diego. It's really quite a life, but a lonely life as I'm pretty much eating on my own and being away from friends and family. So if you think of me these next 4 weeks, please pray that the time will go by fast and that this alone time will be beneficial to my walk with God.
I got new glasses!!! They are red frames and I love them:-)!! I also have a new car now too! It's a Toyota Corolla Wagon, 92' and it's in great shape:-). What I don't have yet, is a job! It's been hard to get someone to hire me when I'm not available to work on Mondays as I'm going to L.A. for my T.M.J. appointments. So please be praying that God will provide soon. I have 2 interviews this coming week, one with a bank and the other one is through a temp agency. As for my T.M.J., it's been getting better. I'm so glad that I'm finally able to see someone who can fix the problem. Thank you to all of you who continue to pray for me through this jaw problem, I appreciate your prayers tremendously:-).
I'm back home again in southern California! I've missed the palm trees and the ocean. I've been enjoying the luxury of having the beach so close to my house.
I finished my quilt today!!! I'm very excited that I finally finished it. Thanks to my fantastic sewing teacher, Eleanor, who actually did the quilting part (which is bringing the 3 layers together) my quilt looks beautiful. I'm so pleased with how well it turned out, especially since this is the first thing I've ever sewed in my life! Pretty cool, aye?
Also, graduation is this Saturday; which means that good-byes are also this Saturday. I can't believe that I've been in Canada for 2 years already and now I'm graduating and leaving. I'm definitely going to miss the friends I've made here and the staff that I've really gotten to know so well. It's been an awesome 2 years:-)!
P.S. ~This picture was taken after the 3 of us girls threw each other into the lake.
Amongst the business of classes this semester, I joined a sewing class! It has been a very busy time and probably not the best time to start a quilt, but the class was offered to me and I decided to take it. I've always wanted to make a quilt and now I was going to have a chance to. So today I just finished sewing all my rows together which completes the entire pattern for the front. Now I just need to add the borders and then the padding for the middle with the back fabric and then I'll be done:-).
My teacher has been a staff lady here on my campus, Eleanor. My class has been every Thursday as one of my P.T.C. (Practical Training Course) classes. I have P.T.C. class Monday -Friday from 1:30-4:30. I definitely would say that sewing has been a very practical class to have! Thanks Eleanor!!!
You guessed right! Snowmobiling in the springtime.
My neighbor, this morning, asked me if I could do him a favor, so I said, "sure." After hearing the favor, I thought my neighbor was kind of odd. He wanted me to just sit on the snowmobile and steer it while he pulled it:-). It was fun, you should try it sometime.
I'm studying hard for classes in my new hammock chair that I got in Mexico! It's a great chair, if you ever go to Mexico you should pick one up:-).
Every year Alma Bible Church (which is the church I have been attending here in Canada) gets together to enjoy snow activites and have a pig roast. It was quite a sight to see an entire pig on a stick! But it was great and very juicy and tender! I've enjoyed getting to know the people at Alma Bible Church and appreciate all the activities they plan.
The Grammar Problem:
My Answer:
So I just finished a 3-day GRAMMAR problem!!! The problem itself was 5 pages long and my answer was 5 pages long as well. This problem was given to us (my classmates) on Friday. The problem was basically a summary of all the things we learned in grammar from this semester and last semester, so it was long. Even though it was long and frustrating, it was still cool to see how much I have learned in grammar.
The purpose for studying grammar is so that I can take advantage of language learning helps when I'm overseas when studying a foreign language. As well, it will help me improve my accuracy in the language and even avoid "language shock". And most importantly, it will help me speak more clearly and write more accurately. Pretty cool, aye?!
