Turn the page around...Ch Ch Changes

Yeah, so a lot's been happening lately, yet not much has been happening. The big news for the moment is that I'm FINALLY going full time at the base. So praise the Lord! The funny thing of it is, is that they told me the same day that I THOUGHT I was going to get promoted at Target. I thought so because everyone told me it was a virtual certainty. Yeah, well...they didn't offer me anything. So that made it even easier to tell them that I would be drastically cutting my hours and availability. So my days at Target are almost over. In fact, the only reason I'm staying is for the extra money for my trip to England. So after that, I'm gone forever. I can't wait.

Since my last post, I have officially bought my plane tickets to London as well as tickets to the play Equus. Some of you may know the significance of that, some of you may not. Don't worry about it. But the cool thing is, I have front row seats. Oh yeah. I'm excited. We've got some plans in place for trips to Oxford, Cambridge, Brighton, and Bath, so that will be cool. 47 more days.

So more in internal thought news, I think I'm finally starting to figure some things out about myself. I've always seen myself as a sort of free spirit. It was what to do about that that I've always been confused about. But I've basically decided to just go with the flow. Take things one day at a time. There's no sense in planning out my future when I know that it won't end up like I plan it to anyway. I'm probably confusing right now, I hope you're all following me.

Another conclusion that I've arrived at is that I really don't want to get married for at least a few more years, if not more. This may be kinda surprising coming from me, but alas it is true. I just think there's a lot that I can do and accomplish while being single and young that I may just not be able to do if I was married or I had kids. For example, going to London just 2 1/2 months after deciding to go.

In family news, my parents finally have a home of their own. My brother and family bought a house and they're now renting out their condo to my parents. My mom is currently working a temp job in a factory of some sort. So if y'all could keep them in your prayers that they can get settled down and especially that my mom can find a decent job, I would really appreciate it.

In music news, if you haven't heard it yet, definitely give a listen to Chris Daughtry's CD. Elliot Yamin's is pretty decent, too. Two really good ones that I've recently acquired is John Mayer's Continuum and James (not Jim) Morrison's Undiscovered. GREAT music, in my opinion. I think I'll start sharing my latest musical discoveries with y'all in my posts just to share the wealth. ;)

Well, that's what's going on in my world. I hope all is well with everyone out there! You're all in my thoughts and prayers!!

God bless!

Pepto

Viva London!

Yeah, I'll get to the title in a minute.

Life's been pretty much the same ol' same ol' for the most part. Been working a lot. Haven't been doing a whole lot else. I finally started my singing lessons with Girl Scout, and that's going pretty well. And I was named "Great Team Hero of the Month" at Target, most places would call it Employee of the Month. Yeah...I guess that's about it.

Now, looking forward...I'll be working even more than I have been. I've got 60 hours this week, which is just a tiny bit more than normal. Next week I have 82 hours scheduled. Yes, that's right, 82. It's technically it's in 6 days not 7 because I have a day off in there somewhere, and I'm expecting about the same for the following week. Now, I know you're all thinking that I'm out of my mind to be working so much especially when I hate one of those jobs which brings me back to the title.

I've wanted to go to Europe for quite a long time now, and for the last few years I had every intention of finding a way of going as soon as I possibly could upon graduating from college. Well, there's no better time than the present. I went last Monday to apply for my passport, and just decided why not. Now, at that point, I was still kinda iffy, but then on Thursday I hear from my old roommate Writer who lives in Boston right now. We got to talking and I told her I wanted to go to London in May, and she said she was too. So we decided to go together. So since at that point I had a travelling buddy, I decided for certain, at long last, to go to Europe. I'm crazy excited about it. We're going to go see Equus. For those of you who don't know, it's the play that Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is doing right now. We're gonna visit Oxford. We may even take a day trip to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. So yeah...I can't wait. And everything seems to be falling together as far as timing and finances and everything. Even though I have to stick to a fairly tight budget for the next month or so, but it's a good learning experience.

So a part of me almost feels selfish for doing such an expensive thing but I feel like after 4 years of college and 6 months of working my butt off, I think I deserve a break/adventure like this. It also gives me a goal to work towards which makes it easier to get out of bed and face the day. And it's teaching me how to budget. For the first time in probably 4 years, I'm finally keeping track of my spending, making and sticking to a budget.

So yeah, I'm super excited about all that. In future job news, there's still no word as to when I'll be going full-time at the base. So, just in case it will be a long time, I'm applying for the current open Team Leader position at Target. Since this position is actually posted, and I can't think of anyone else who would be applying for it, I may finally get it.

So that's what's going on in my life right now. I know I haven't seen y'all in a while, and I probably won't for a while because well, I'll be at work. I hope all is well with everyone! Love and prayers to all of you!

God bless!

Pepto