Tomorrow I have a job interview with Financial Recovery Systems in Superior. If I got the job, I'd be working in a collections center. I'm nervous, excited, and trepidatious all at once.
Pros:
I'd be working in Superior- really close to my house
The pay is much more
Hopefully it would be a company I could actually trust at its word
Cons:
I really like my job at the News Tribune and I really, really like the people I work with- I would miss them quite a bit. (I just can't justify staying when the pay is so crappy now that they've basically made it impossible to make commisions.)
I'm not really sure if I would like the job. I mean I'm pushy and all, but I bet people wouldn't be happy to talk to me. :)
I hope all goes well. I suppose I'll just have to pray pray pray.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesdays are worthless
Things I've learned today:
1. Mapping a way around the road construction=good
UNLESS... Everyone else chooses that way too and gets you stuck in traffic for 25 minutes
2.Your boss asking you to place an ad for her car=she respects your work and relies on you
UNLESS...You forget to put the price of her vehicle in her ad and her car doesn't sell
3. The executive editor of the newspaper asks you to do a favor for his friend by scheduling a late ad for him= he trusts you can do your job and do it well
UNLESS...You don't know the proper procedure and his friends ad doesn't run even though he's promised it would.
4. Packing a lunch to take to work=not spending money on fast food
UNLESS...You make instant oatmeal and microwave it for longer because the water isn't absorbing and then the oatmeal explodes all over the microwave.
5. Wednesdays are worthless-- at least this one.
1. Mapping a way around the road construction=good
UNLESS... Everyone else chooses that way too and gets you stuck in traffic for 25 minutes
2.Your boss asking you to place an ad for her car=she respects your work and relies on you
UNLESS...You forget to put the price of her vehicle in her ad and her car doesn't sell
3. The executive editor of the newspaper asks you to do a favor for his friend by scheduling a late ad for him= he trusts you can do your job and do it well
UNLESS...You don't know the proper procedure and his friends ad doesn't run even though he's promised it would.
4. Packing a lunch to take to work=not spending money on fast food
UNLESS...You make instant oatmeal and microwave it for longer because the water isn't absorbing and then the oatmeal explodes all over the microwave.
5. Wednesdays are worthless-- at least this one.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Green Blue
I never knew you as a child
Romping, screaming, running wild
I never knew the youthful maid
Blooming, hopeful, soft and staid
I only knew you as you are
A memory of my mind
Wrinkles creased by smiling eyes
Eyes that must have shined
I never saw their sparkling hue
In the glory of long ago
I never really heard your wisdom
I never stopped to listen
I never, never knew
What I never stopped to know
My great-grandmother has passed away and it's been more emotional than I'd expected. I guess that old saying is true- you never know what you got 'til it's gone. It's funny because I thought I knew Grandma Green. I'd listened as she told me stories of how she was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. I laughed in my head as she recited old poems that she still remembered from grade school. She was a woman who always had a full dinner table and a full candy jar for the kids. She was outspoken, sometimes brash.
But did I really know Carrie Mae Hebel Balts Green. Did I really glean anything from the lessons God had taught her during her life? The folly of invincible youth. Your life is yours. Why let old stories intrude on your special relationship with your iPod? Why ask your great-grandma questions when you could be content to listen to the TV your 90-year-old grandma can't possiblyhear anymore. How lonely a world for me. How lonely a world for her.
I helped write her funeral program. She received a teaching certificate from Eau Claire State Teacher's College and was one of only two people from the graduating class of 24 to be assigned to a schoolhouse. My great-grandpa Bob and she were long-time neighbors. She never really liked him because his family were all poor farmers, even poorer than her own family. But when Bob Balts started showing his attentions to another teacher, Carrie knew that she had stronger feelings for him than she'd admitted to herself.
She loved to laugh. And she was strict. She loved to cook. And now she's gone and there's no more questions to ask.
She loved her Savior and He is with her now. She touched my life.
Romping, screaming, running wild
I never knew the youthful maid
Blooming, hopeful, soft and staid
I only knew you as you are
A memory of my mind
Wrinkles creased by smiling eyes
Eyes that must have shined
I never saw their sparkling hue
In the glory of long ago
I never really heard your wisdom
I never stopped to listen
I never, never knew
What I never stopped to know
My great-grandmother has passed away and it's been more emotional than I'd expected. I guess that old saying is true- you never know what you got 'til it's gone. It's funny because I thought I knew Grandma Green. I'd listened as she told me stories of how she was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. I laughed in my head as she recited old poems that she still remembered from grade school. She was a woman who always had a full dinner table and a full candy jar for the kids. She was outspoken, sometimes brash.
But did I really know Carrie Mae Hebel Balts Green. Did I really glean anything from the lessons God had taught her during her life? The folly of invincible youth. Your life is yours. Why let old stories intrude on your special relationship with your iPod? Why ask your great-grandma questions when you could be content to listen to the TV your 90-year-old grandma can't possiblyhear anymore. How lonely a world for me. How lonely a world for her.
I helped write her funeral program. She received a teaching certificate from Eau Claire State Teacher's College and was one of only two people from the graduating class of 24 to be assigned to a schoolhouse. My great-grandpa Bob and she were long-time neighbors. She never really liked him because his family were all poor farmers, even poorer than her own family. But when Bob Balts started showing his attentions to another teacher, Carrie knew that she had stronger feelings for him than she'd admitted to herself.
She loved to laugh. And she was strict. She loved to cook. And now she's gone and there's no more questions to ask.
She loved her Savior and He is with her now. She touched my life.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The birth of a helping hand
I am a flower who has been
Planted in shadowed sand
Slowly growing
And knowing
There was more for me.
To reach for light
With my own might
Never trying
Slowly dying
Until I called on thee
You banned my shadows
And gave me meadows
Mighty to Save
Beautiful Day
Blooming for all to see
Today I called the Hands in Service organization to see if there was a way the Fellowship could help. Turns out, during the summer they have lists of people who call them to request lawn care services. They have various other ways people can help too, such as grocery shopping for seniors, helping with housework etc.
I'm really excited at the way God has been moving in my life and in those in the group around me. I have felt his joy abound in my heart as we've set out to do these things for others.
I'm praying for guidance for our small group and I know if we seek Him, He will bless us and those around us. Many people think blessings mean God gives you things or money- but for me, God has given me joy. I'm hoping His joy will bubble over and create a fountain of blessings for others.
Planted in shadowed sand
Slowly growing
And knowing
There was more for me.
To reach for light
With my own might
Never trying
Slowly dying
Until I called on thee
You banned my shadows
And gave me meadows
Mighty to Save
Beautiful Day
Blooming for all to see
Today I called the Hands in Service organization to see if there was a way the Fellowship could help. Turns out, during the summer they have lists of people who call them to request lawn care services. They have various other ways people can help too, such as grocery shopping for seniors, helping with housework etc.
I'm really excited at the way God has been moving in my life and in those in the group around me. I have felt his joy abound in my heart as we've set out to do these things for others.
I'm praying for guidance for our small group and I know if we seek Him, He will bless us and those around us. Many people think blessings mean God gives you things or money- but for me, God has given me joy. I'm hoping His joy will bubble over and create a fountain of blessings for others.
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