Monday, December 29, 2008
A thought #2
If the way we love each other and ourselves is like a night light, the way God loves us is like a laser.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
the last month
Strap yourselves in, this one's gonna be, as I like to say, kilometric. I might end up splitting it into 2 parts or something. Wow, so where to begin... I guess I haven't blogged since I got this computer, seeing as how that was my previous blog was about, so I'll try to start way back then and work myself into the present.
Ok, at that point I was still working at Cleveland, OH. I worked until mid-November. The last two weeks heading up to my leaving Sherwin were actually busier than I thought they'd be. It was good tho, kept me busy and entertained until I finished up. The last day was pretty interesting. I had to stay late the day before on thursday because I was working on something important that I had to finish and so stayed till 5 instead of my usual 4:30. That meant I could've left at 4 on friday but instead at 4 I asked for permission to use the copy machine to do make some copies for my JET (Japanese Exchanged and Teaching program) application. Well, for whatever reason that took me all the way until 5 to get done. The good(?) part of all that was that I got to see everybody leave and everybody said goodbye to me and wished me the best of luck on all my endeavors and whatnot. At 5 when I finished up and pretty much everybody in the office had left, I finished packing up my things and went on my merry way out of the office. It was almost eerily quiet as I was the last one to leave, I think but mainly, it was a nice way to go. I felt like I was really ending that part right. But wait! epilogue! :) As I was getting on the elevator I remembered there were some people that worked in the gym that I wanted to say goodbye to. So I stopped at the 10th floor. Unfortunately those people weren't there :( So I just told one of the trainers that were there, almost choking up how much I was thankful for the people that helped me out in the gym for helping me with my workout and helping keep me motivated. So another door closed behind me, probably one I wouldn't soon go through again. And as I waited in front of the elevator, I got pretty choked up and tried not to be a crying mess, successfully, thank God! Didn't wanna sob all the way home. I really didn't think I'd get so sad to leave the company. I mean, I'm still working for them and stuff but I feel in my mind I was coming to terms with never seeing some of those people again. Of course, there's a fair possibility that I will see them again, but that's just how I work.
Well the last 2 weeks of November came and went and were altogether awesome :) I got to have some, probably unmerited, vacations so I got to do just about everything I wanted to... and a few things I didn't want to. To sum it up, I pretty much played video games and hung out with friends throughout. The second week is when most things went down. I got to make sure and see all my friends and start packing all my crap. Thanksgiving was a total blast! Wednesday night a few of us went over to the Kakos' and saw a bunch of christmast movies (Elf, The Santa Clause and The Polar Express, in case you were wondering). Then we all went to sleep, and woke up early next day for TURKEY BOWL!!! We all went to a snowy soccer field and played some football. Fortunately I just ran around a lot and didn't have to get muddy or anything :D. Afterwards everybody went their way to their houses to enjoy some thanksgiving meals. I stayed at the Kakos', who were extremely nice in having me over for all this :). Friday night Jill, Sue and I went to little Italy in Cleveland and had some delicious italian food (and just as scrumptious dessert after that!). We proceeded to take said dessert over to Steve's to share and devour until it was later than I should've been out the day before moving. Saturday was moving day. I woke up mad early to try and finish packing and cleaning things up a bit but without a doubt everybody helping me out actually finishing to help me pack made it all possible! I'm so thankful for everybody that went and helped me out, especially Kate, who was also moving that day and came out to help me and Jill, who was there since way early to give me a ride to the u-haul place to get the truck. Really there's just no way that I could've had everything done by the time I had to leave. Finally, once everything was packed up we went over to Chipotle (coz there aren't any near rochester >.<*) and then we all said goodbye and I left... The weather was absolutely unbelievable. Not a drop of snow or rain the entire way there. Actually, it was sunny throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, though obviously gloomy and cloudy once I hit NY.
Once I got to Rochester it was all a bunch of having to get used to everything again. I moved into an apartment with people I basically didn't know and at first things were sorta bumpy. The girl I was replacing in the apartment (and her sister) hadn't moved out so yet so I still had all my stuff in the living room (including my bed) and stayed there for like 2 days. No biggie and after that they were able to find where to live and we got all the changes set up and done and I moved into my room and a week later I more or less unpacked some things... lol. There are still some things I'm getting sorted out but they're coming along. Class is pretty cool. Japanese, as I've been saying to everyone, is super fun and cool and I'm so glad to be taking lessons again :D! Tech Transfer is like storytellers with Perry, which is cool (better than taking class, I always say XD, but really, there's much to be said about learning from experience and he's just sharing his experiences with us. Client-side programming is gonna be hard, but I knew that. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it and not get screwed over... I think Ill be ok. Finally, working remotely is pretty cool. Getting stuff done, and I'm glad to be able to help out with whatever I can.
So what else can I say? I'm sure I skipped saying a ton of things but in general that's what went down :) Right now I'm digging IAMX(it's crazy alt rock), whom I heard about because Imogen Heap did a remix of one of his songs, 'spit it out', which rocks, btw! The remix comes out in a few days and guess who's gonna buy it? *points at self* As for right now, I'm sitting in the library in a section called the Idea Factory (where you don't really have to be quiet) and there's a silent auction going on called E-Waste done by SEAL. To give some context, SEAL is an environmental group that my friend Ryan is a part of, and I think one of my roommates is too so that's cool. They get stuff for E-Waste from donations from students and just whoever, really, and then sell it today as a fund raiser.
Oh yeah, I wanted to put some pictures in here of my old apartment in the process of moving and my new place. I suppose I'll do it in another post haha... hopefully that's sooner than a month and a half from now. And one last thing, haha, see, this is what happens when you don't blog forever. One very important thing that happened monday of my first week of vacation (see mid-November + 1 day) was I finally submitted my JET application. It's what the copies in my last day of work were for :). Well I recently got a letter at home telling me they got the application and it was processed. So now I just have to wait until near the end of january to find out if I'm going to NYC or not to get interviewed. *prays* I really really want to go to Japan and I think this would be a super sweet way of doing it. God-willingly, I'm as good as there :D And with that I'm off ;)
Catch y'all later. Also, any ideas what I should do with several hundred haiku? XD
Ok, at that point I was still working at Cleveland, OH. I worked until mid-November. The last two weeks heading up to my leaving Sherwin were actually busier than I thought they'd be. It was good tho, kept me busy and entertained until I finished up. The last day was pretty interesting. I had to stay late the day before on thursday because I was working on something important that I had to finish and so stayed till 5 instead of my usual 4:30. That meant I could've left at 4 on friday but instead at 4 I asked for permission to use the copy machine to do make some copies for my JET (Japanese Exchanged and Teaching program) application. Well, for whatever reason that took me all the way until 5 to get done. The good(?) part of all that was that I got to see everybody leave and everybody said goodbye to me and wished me the best of luck on all my endeavors and whatnot. At 5 when I finished up and pretty much everybody in the office had left, I finished packing up my things and went on my merry way out of the office. It was almost eerily quiet as I was the last one to leave, I think but mainly, it was a nice way to go. I felt like I was really ending that part right. But wait! epilogue! :) As I was getting on the elevator I remembered there were some people that worked in the gym that I wanted to say goodbye to. So I stopped at the 10th floor. Unfortunately those people weren't there :( So I just told one of the trainers that were there, almost choking up how much I was thankful for the people that helped me out in the gym for helping me with my workout and helping keep me motivated. So another door closed behind me, probably one I wouldn't soon go through again. And as I waited in front of the elevator, I got pretty choked up and tried not to be a crying mess, successfully, thank God! Didn't wanna sob all the way home. I really didn't think I'd get so sad to leave the company. I mean, I'm still working for them and stuff but I feel in my mind I was coming to terms with never seeing some of those people again. Of course, there's a fair possibility that I will see them again, but that's just how I work.
Well the last 2 weeks of November came and went and were altogether awesome :) I got to have some, probably unmerited, vacations so I got to do just about everything I wanted to... and a few things I didn't want to. To sum it up, I pretty much played video games and hung out with friends throughout. The second week is when most things went down. I got to make sure and see all my friends and start packing all my crap. Thanksgiving was a total blast! Wednesday night a few of us went over to the Kakos' and saw a bunch of christmast movies (Elf, The Santa Clause and The Polar Express, in case you were wondering). Then we all went to sleep, and woke up early next day for TURKEY BOWL!!! We all went to a snowy soccer field and played some football. Fortunately I just ran around a lot and didn't have to get muddy or anything :D. Afterwards everybody went their way to their houses to enjoy some thanksgiving meals. I stayed at the Kakos', who were extremely nice in having me over for all this :). Friday night Jill, Sue and I went to little Italy in Cleveland and had some delicious italian food (and just as scrumptious dessert after that!). We proceeded to take said dessert over to Steve's to share and devour until it was later than I should've been out the day before moving. Saturday was moving day. I woke up mad early to try and finish packing and cleaning things up a bit but without a doubt everybody helping me out actually finishing to help me pack made it all possible! I'm so thankful for everybody that went and helped me out, especially Kate, who was also moving that day and came out to help me and Jill, who was there since way early to give me a ride to the u-haul place to get the truck. Really there's just no way that I could've had everything done by the time I had to leave. Finally, once everything was packed up we went over to Chipotle (coz there aren't any near rochester >.<*) and then we all said goodbye and I left... The weather was absolutely unbelievable. Not a drop of snow or rain the entire way there. Actually, it was sunny throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, though obviously gloomy and cloudy once I hit NY.
Once I got to Rochester it was all a bunch of having to get used to everything again. I moved into an apartment with people I basically didn't know and at first things were sorta bumpy. The girl I was replacing in the apartment (and her sister) hadn't moved out so yet so I still had all my stuff in the living room (including my bed) and stayed there for like 2 days. No biggie and after that they were able to find where to live and we got all the changes set up and done and I moved into my room and a week later I more or less unpacked some things... lol. There are still some things I'm getting sorted out but they're coming along. Class is pretty cool. Japanese, as I've been saying to everyone, is super fun and cool and I'm so glad to be taking lessons again :D! Tech Transfer is like storytellers with Perry, which is cool (better than taking class, I always say XD, but really, there's much to be said about learning from experience and he's just sharing his experiences with us. Client-side programming is gonna be hard, but I knew that. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it and not get screwed over... I think Ill be ok. Finally, working remotely is pretty cool. Getting stuff done, and I'm glad to be able to help out with whatever I can.
So what else can I say? I'm sure I skipped saying a ton of things but in general that's what went down :) Right now I'm digging IAMX(it's crazy alt rock), whom I heard about because Imogen Heap did a remix of one of his songs, 'spit it out', which rocks, btw! The remix comes out in a few days and guess who's gonna buy it? *points at self* As for right now, I'm sitting in the library in a section called the Idea Factory (where you don't really have to be quiet) and there's a silent auction going on called E-Waste done by SEAL. To give some context, SEAL is an environmental group that my friend Ryan is a part of, and I think one of my roommates is too so that's cool. They get stuff for E-Waste from donations from students and just whoever, really, and then sell it today as a fund raiser.
Oh yeah, I wanted to put some pictures in here of my old apartment in the process of moving and my new place. I suppose I'll do it in another post haha... hopefully that's sooner than a month and a half from now. And one last thing, haha, see, this is what happens when you don't blog forever. One very important thing that happened monday of my first week of vacation (see mid-November + 1 day) was I finally submitted my JET application. It's what the copies in my last day of work were for :). Well I recently got a letter at home telling me they got the application and it was processed. So now I just have to wait until near the end of january to find out if I'm going to NYC or not to get interviewed. *prays* I really really want to go to Japan and I think this would be a super sweet way of doing it. God-willingly, I'm as good as there :D And with that I'm off ;)
Catch y'all later. Also, any ideas what I should do with several hundred haiku? XD
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