I'm feeling a little bit better today due to the extra sleep and a lot (and I mean A LOT) of airborne. I don't know what the deal is, but cold meds never do a thing when I'm sick. It's all about the Airborne/sleep/soup on soup on soup. Seriously. My mom made soup a few weekends ago and gave me some to take home, so I put it in the freezer. Man did that come in handy. Three bowls of mom's chicken noodle soup and life is always better. Also, my boss called me last night and told me to get some rest and not worry about working today, so that was a huge blessing. All in all, I don't have much to complain about.
Today I finally went to the doctor for all of this weird stuff that's been going on. In case someone's out of the loop, I've been having really bad stomachaches and nausea, and never really actually feel good anymore. It would be fine if it was every once and awhile, but it's almost every day now. Basically he told me that I might have ulcers from excess stomach acid (what am I, 45?), so I am taking medicine to help with that/nausea. If it doesn't go away soon I have to go back in and get a bunch of blood work done. Hopefully this makes a difference because I am so anxious to feel good again. It's been a long few month of this stuff.
Other than occassional medical dilemmas, my life is church, work, and school right now.
Church: I love my small group, I love studying Thessalonians and praying together. I love Saturday nights and seeing the saints worship God together. I love serving the church by doing sound. I had a period where I felt so burnt out by sound and so many things, but God is really putting it on my heart and I enjoy doing it SO much. I absolutely love music and worship so it is super exciting that God has put me in that area. I am stoked on the few new girls I have been meeting (newsflash: there are single girls!) and God has been using new friendships to heal wounds from old ones. He is so faithful! I am in love with a perfect and sovereign God. AT offered us a challenge at small group last Wednesday to serve or encourage at least one person a day, stemming from Paul's urging of the Thessalonians to "increase and abound in love for one another and for all". This has been an incredibly encouraging project. My heart is selfish and lazy, but even praying for someone can be such a service and blessing in their life. God, help me become an encourager!
Work: My job is so fun! Again, God is amazing, and I still am surprised I even was able to get the job I did. It's been about a month now, though, and I am getting a lot better at baking than I was at the beginning. I make orange or cinnamon rolls every day, and usually a whole lot of other things. My coworkers are pretty cool, and I've been able to talk to some of them about Jesus. My boss is also super awesome and it's been so fun getting to know her! I love working for a small company. This is the first job I've had where I'm not working for some big corporation. I mean, I worked at a school district once, but even that was pretty organized. This feels so much like a family, and it's cool to know that money is going back into the local economy rather than Corporateville, USA. Plus all of our customers really appreciate what we do for them. I have had people come in crying because it's the first time they've been able to find gluten free food that tastes like homemade cooking and is decently priced. This is the kind of place I feel so happy to be working, even if it means early mornings and messy clothes.
School: Five more weeks of college. I really can't wrap my head around this because it feels like the semester just started. GS told me how much stronger I was the other day. Blush blush blush. I just finished reading Brave New World and Invention of Morel. I am seriously loving all of these Utopian Novels. Before BNW it was a book called We by a Russian author. I would highly recommend it if you're into 1984 or other Utopian literature. I couldn't put it down. I'm rereading 1984 right now, as well as Portrait of Dorian Gray. Seriously, I don't know if I could've planned a better last semester; all of my readings so far have been so good (give or take a few articles and books). My other English class is straight films, and readings about gender stuff. We've watched some pretty interesting ones, and I think we'll be watching Modern Times, Bladerunner and Avatar to finish off these next few weeks. Can someone please tell the U that Bladerunner isn't really that exciting? I watched it for my genre class this semester already, and I watched it a few semesters ago for a film class. Seriously, it's okay, but it isn't THAT good....
So all in all, my life is pretty good. God is good.
Soli Deo Gloria.
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what class are you watching all the films in? i loved 'modern times'. chaplin is a genius. and 'bladerunner', not so much...but i may need to just see it again. anyways, praying for you now. also, where is your work?! i wanna come get treats!=)
Ashlie it's a 21st century lit. class. And I am so glad someone finally feels the same way about 'Bladerunner' as me! Seriously, it is such a disappoint. But you'd like this class, it's taught by Angela Smith, who does a lot with gender like Stockton.
My work is on 300 S and 457 E. Stop by, I'd love to see ya!
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