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the bottom of the barrel

Okay folks, I have officially hit the bottom of the employment barrel. Today I applied to be a fitness coach at Curves. I know, I know, it doesn't exactly seem like a good fit for me. Okay, maybe that's an understatement. Not only have I been to a gym exactly once in my life, but I know pretty much nothing about fitness. But I know a lot about wellness, so I played that up! And, before I left, naturally I chose my attire in order to try to look fitnessy without looking like I was trying to look fitnessy. Yup. I have no pride left.

your official Ennlodinj (invitation)

There's a new blog on the World Wide Web, folks, and I hope it will be a welcome addition. For all you Englishers out there who have been deprived of learning the Great Mennonite Language, your chance has not yet passed you by. Check out http://the-eefelts-guide-to-plautdietsch.blogspot.com/ and see what you've been missing. Plautdietsch is a holy language, after all.

spam-alert

Okay, I enabled word verification for comments--hopefully that will keep me from getting more spam comments!

Happy Martin Luther King Day

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Take a listen, folks, everyone should heard this one at least once.

(you know who you are)

To my dear, dear friend, who is in such heart-breaking pain: I don't have any cliches for you, I have no slogans for you, and I have no cute little Bible verses for you. All I can tell you is that you have friends, and we love you very much.

the end of the snow days

sigh. It looks like things are going to warm up soon, which means I will be back to my regularly scheduled activities. I love snow days. I missed two days of work this week because of the snow (well, because of the snow and its effect on my hill), and man, did those days feel good. I made crepes, I got caught up on a lot of work for church, I tried out my new mixer and baked a cake (it was really good), I read a book, and I watched Frasier. I'd almost forgotten what days off felt like. From about August 20th to December 29th, I could count the number of days off I'd had on one hand (working two jobs is such a joy). So it was really nice to have two days off in a row! But the rain is on its way, and with it comes the thaw that will spoil my fun. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted.

The Hill

I live on the middle of a hill; that is, the hill begins below my house and crests above it. This hill has provided years of amusement during snowfalls such as the ones we are having now. It's quite something to see people slamming on their brakes as they come down the street--a street which is now made of ice, not pavement. It's almost as fun as watching people try to get up the hill, and let me tell you, they certainly can be persistent. Why they make such an effort when they could just go around the hill via the next street and end up at the top anyways is beyond me. Who knew driving at 5 km/h could be a spectator sport.

well, that's depressing

it turns out I can make more money as a telemarketer than as a child and youth care worker. nice. don't worry, I won't be calling you anytime soon.

so now what?

i really don't know what my life is going to look like in six months. all i know is that it will be profoundly different than it is now. i guess it's normal to be both excited and nervous about something like that, but, well, it's not normal for me! i've never exactly embraced change. and i've never experienced change like i'm about to. but at least i'm gettin' on the roller coaster now instead of watching it whiz by and wishing i had the stomach to get on.

You mean I could have been eating that soup for nine years!?!

Now that I'm leaving the pie shop, I'm discovering some shocking things, most of which I really wish I'd known before.

1. Our split pea soup is really good
-I've been making that soup a couple of times a week for almost nine years, and, thanks to previous bad experiences with split pea soup, I never tried it. The other day, I finally did, and believe me, I was shocked.

2. We have a watering can
-For nine years, I've been watering the plants with big, awkward measuring cups that get more water on the table than in the vases. A couple of weeks ago, I look up, and all of a sudden I see a watering can on a shelf above my head. Turns out it's been there the whole time. Figures.

3. One of my regulars has a daugther
-Okay, that might not be all that surprising, but I see this guy twice a day, every day, and I didn't know he had a daughter. Apparently she's a dentist. Who knew.

It's funny that I find out all this information right before I'm leaving. Sigh. I'm going to miss this place.

umm...okay God, any time now!

Okay, this is unexpected. I've been looking for work for three months now. I've sent out countless resumes, most of which were for jobs that I was relatively qualified for. And I've gotten exactly one interview. And that interview was for a job that was for one hour a day. Yeah. So if anyone has any bright ideas for a child and youth care worker who's down on her luck, be sure to send them my way.

way back when I turned 25...

back in october, on my 25th birthday, j and I went out to Mayne Island. here are some of the many, many pictures I took that day:

back from sabbatical

i have finally returned to the blogging world! it seemed like all i've done is work for the last month and a half, and i just couldn't drag myself to the keyboard to type out anything resembling coherent thought. hopefully i will be a much more frequent post-er once again. so, if i still have any kind of readership left (which i realize is highly doubtful at this point), i hope to keep you well-read in the coming months. then again, this might be just another one of those new year's resolutions that lasts about five minutes.