Freedom

I'm Free

I decided to wait until I was free from the bonds of the warehouse before I blogged again due to the fact that each post would look like this:

Today I got up at 4, went to work until 3, worked at the school until 5, laid down for a few hours, and went to bed at 9.

The End.

Actually, there were a few fun things that happened during my tenure at the warehouse, but mostly a lot of work work work. In the end I have to admit I am grateful for the opportunity to work there. I made a lot of money to go towards my mission in a short amount of time, and I'm glad I got to do that. But my time there is over, I will not be going back there again.

...I'm free.

I would be lying if I didn't say I was pumped to be free from the wicked chains of the warehouse. That place is very hard to work at. Yes, the work itself is pretty easy, but you literally have to sculpt your life around it. Now, that's good and fine if you are a middle aged adult with nothing else going on in your life, but I have a mission to prepare for, I have a family and friends that I don't have a lot more time to spend with, and I don't want to just be a workaholic. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

So now I just have my little job at the Elementary School. It's not much, but it will keep money coming over the next month and a half until I leave. Now that I actually have time to recap, I'll highlight a couple of things that have happened the last couple of weeks.

Mission shopping is nearly complete. I have most of my clothes and they all look and feel great! I can't wait to be wearing them as a missionary! I'm finally actually going through the temple on Saturday!! This is something I've waited my whole life for. I wanted to go earlier this month but when the time came to actually go, I just didn't feel ready to take that responsibility on me yet. So, I delayed it a couple of weeks and now I feel much more spiritually prepared for the blessings and covenants of the holy temple. So mission preparation is going along quite nicely and I get more and more excited as the days go by! I'm sort of split into two halves; one part of me wants time to go faster so I can just leave already! The other half of me wants time to go slow as possible so I don't have to leave my friends and family yet. Oh well, when it happens, it happens.

I went on a date with Mackenzie last Friday. Thing is, I didn't really know it was supposed to be a date until I showed up. It was supposed to be a shooting trip with the boys that I was just bringing Mackenzie with me. But when I showed up and all the guys had dates, I quickly realized the error of my ways. At least I already had a date right? So we went shooting for a while, wandered the clothing racks at DI, ate dinner at Tucano's (big mistake), and played some silly pointless games at my house. All in all, a very fun night!

Valentine's Day came. I honestly hate it when people call it Singles Awareness Day. If you do that, stop it. Valentine's Day is not just about a significant other, it's about spending time and expressing gratitude for all the people you love. That could be family, friends, a neighbor, a pet, anyone you want! If you love them, Valentine's is a great opportunity to show that. No one's forever alone when they have friends. And if worse comes to worse, there's always the Lord who will always be our best friend. 

I look to my friends as a perfect example of how to do Valentine's Day the right way. They dressed in their morphsuits and went to their female friends' houses to give them all roses. Do they have crushes on them? No. Are any of them lonely and crying? No. But they're friends, so the guys showed their appreciation for them and made sure they knew that yes, they are loved. Good work, gentlemen.

I would have joined them, but I had some plans of my own:

Well, that's really all that's happened other than work the last couple of weeks. Hopefully now that my schedule's a little more clear, I'll have more to talk about and I'll be able to post a little more frequently!

AMS