My unintended hiatus is over.
I started this blog with the intention that it would be easier to write my thoughts on a daily basis. It turns out I'm just as inconsistent as my hand written journal. Either way, this is me starting fresh in keeping the thirsty minds of the readers up to speed on what's going on in my life.
This last week or so has been quite the crazy trip. I continued going to work from 5-3 at the warehouse and my life had settled into an unchanging routine. I knew my work at the warehouse wouldn't last very long, I just didn't realize it would be this short.
Wednesday, I went in to work early as can be, only to see a couple of temps that I work with leaving. I should have known what was coming to me the moment I saw that, but I never would be prepared for exactly what unfolded that day at work. I went in to work expecting I may get sent home, but I didn't. They put me back in the reticketing area instead of my normal spot in receiving, where I usually scan boxes and make sure everything's up to snuff before it's shipped to stores all along the inter-mountain west. I was just busy as can be putting tickets on merchandise until I was called over to a new area known as GOH. I never found out what that stands for, but it's basically a claustrophobic area of the warehouse surrounded by clothing on hangers, literally, they're everywhere. I felt pretty crowded in there, but I was sent over because apparently they had things for us to do. I went over, got a little bit of training on what I was supposed to do, we sat around for about 20 minutes, and they sent me back! What the heck. So, I went back to reticketing merchandise until my supervisor Rob came over and told me to clock out and head home. I knew I was being "terminated" but just in case I thought I'd ask what time to come in Thursday. He, being the nice guy he is, kinda beat around the bush but I translated it into "you aren't coming in tomorrow, we don't have work for you anymore."
So, my time at the warehouse is done. I have a lot more respect for people that do that day in and day out. I can't stand the idea that I would be doing that every day for the rest of my working life. Blah. I also can't look at any retail places the same way again. I've been really blessed while I'm short on work by having a lot of extra hours at the Elementary School. I still can't figure out exactly why the Lord had me go through all of that only to have me let go after just 2 1/2 weeks, but I'm sure someday I'll know why. I did make a good amount of money while I was there, which is always a good thing. I'm still searching for another part time job to make some more money, if anyone knows of anything, feel free to let me know.
In the mean time, I'm occupying my time getting everything set to go for a mission. I had to go to the doctors the other day to get a medical record; turns out they had 4 extra shots to give me. I got a flu shot, polio shot, hepatitis A shot, and one called MMR-1, which I'm not sure what it's for, but I do know it burns pretty bad when it goes in. So my arms were pretty sore that day from those shots, but I have a solid medical record ready to send to my Mission President. I also got a driving record so I can drive cars while I'm in McAllen, and I got my temple recommend for when I take out my endowments on February 4th. I can't wait for that.
Other things that have gone on in my life include an awesome date on Saturday. Me, Jake, Kelton, James, and Chris planned a little date where we'd go up to Spanish Fork Canyon and shoot some clay pigeons with our dates. We'd have contests and targets and everything; it was going to be great! Mother Nature had other plans however as we were all ready to go and the snow finally decided to fall. Of all the days in the world for the snow to start falling as heavy as it did, it had to be that day. So we went to plan B where we went to the mall and tried to get people to sign a fake petition that we made up for each other. The person trying to get the petition signed wouldn't be able to know what they were getting people to sign until they actually walked up to someone and started talking to them. It was super funny and we had a great time. After that, we went to Ruby River and ate dinner. I'd never been there before but it was really really good! It was kind of pricey, but definitely worth it. To end the night, we went back to my house to watch Jurassic Park on Blu-Ray. If you haven't seen a movie on Blu-Ray yet, you may want to check it out. I was a naysayer at first until I saw one, and it pretty much blew my mind. The image is incredibly clear and even though I've seen Jurassic Park a million times, I was hearing lines I'd never heard before because the sound was so clear as well! We had a fun time laughing at stupid moments in that movie, and afterwards called it a night and took our dates home.
I'd be a fool if I didn't mention my beautiful date Mackenzie. We were laughing and poking at each other pretty much the entire night which made for a lot of unforgettable moments. She is such a sweet girl. She had borrowed her dad's car on Monday for only that day. The one and only day she has the car, she comes down to Spanish Fork and surprises me. That says a whole lot about the kind of girl she is. I couldn't say enough about her and how kind she is; definitely grateful to have her in my life.
Anyways, I can't really think of anything else to mention right now. Hopefully I'll be more faithful in writing and you'll have new material tomorrow.
AMS
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