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Hello LJ friends! Its been too long, i know. The retarded computers they give us to use wont let me check lj (i know i've explained this before). But now, one of the guys here has a computer in his room and he is a computer guy, so he figured out how to pirate the internet acess...woohoo for computer nerds! Anyways, so i'm sitting here in his room, trying to catch up with those who i've left in cali. Incidently, me being in his room is a "no-no"- no girls in guys dorms- but the rules are not really in effect right now and, well, we're rule breakers.
Hows life, you ask? Good. Different. All of the summer staff left, which means that our staff off 125 people is reduced to 40. This means that i am working almost double the hours, working in different departments...ect. I work 10 hour days and 6 day weeks. I would be rejoycing for large paychecks...but that doesnt really happy here. So instead i'll be happy because i'm staying to busy to be depressed because so many of my friends are gone. I'm not working in the kitchen anymore. Now i work in housekeeping, which is alot of fun, but tough on the body, and in waitstaff which is mentally stressful because of the direct interactions with the guests. But i love my co-workers; they really do make it or break it. When you get to make beds for 2 hours with your best friend (a girl named Sarah Hill, who has become the sunshine in my day)...there is nothing like it. Also, summer staff leaving means that there is nothing to do, which is great since now i get more than 5 hours of sleep at night! yay!
The weather is nuts here. At 8 am it was cloudy, 10 am was sunny and hot, 1pm was pouring, and now its partially cloudy with a beautiful sunset peeking through. Its funny...i dont think i ever noticed the sunsets in california....was it the crowded skyline, or was it my crowded life? I've never watched the sunsets and stars as much as i have here this summer...how inspiring and invigorating it all is...makes you feel alive. The other night we had a storm here and a group of 5 of us decided to go on the beach and check it out. It was amazing! The tide was up so far and the water was fierce and deep. The wind was strong and was picking up so much sand that it stung my legs and quickly covered fresh footsteps.
Ecola (bible school) starts in less than a month! i cant wait to meet all the new students and begin classes. I still dont have enough money, but am trusting in God that i will.
Work is stressful sometimes, and its so easy to get tired...but i feel like new when i put my life in perspective:
I am here, in Cannon Beach, the place i cried for for the last year...i work in ministry, serving tired people of God in need a retreat...i live at the beach, enough said...i live with a large group of people my age who have quickly become my best friends...and i am going to bible school, which is what i've wanted for so long. Suddenly the stress of the day seems minor and i cant deny the fact that life is good.
Hows life, you ask? Good. Different. All of the summer staff left, which means that our staff off 125 people is reduced to 40. This means that i am working almost double the hours, working in different departments...ect. I work 10 hour days and 6 day weeks. I would be rejoycing for large paychecks...but that doesnt really happy here. So instead i'll be happy because i'm staying to busy to be depressed because so many of my friends are gone. I'm not working in the kitchen anymore. Now i work in housekeeping, which is alot of fun, but tough on the body, and in waitstaff which is mentally stressful because of the direct interactions with the guests. But i love my co-workers; they really do make it or break it. When you get to make beds for 2 hours with your best friend (a girl named Sarah Hill, who has become the sunshine in my day)...there is nothing like it. Also, summer staff leaving means that there is nothing to do, which is great since now i get more than 5 hours of sleep at night! yay!
The weather is nuts here. At 8 am it was cloudy, 10 am was sunny and hot, 1pm was pouring, and now its partially cloudy with a beautiful sunset peeking through. Its funny...i dont think i ever noticed the sunsets in california....was it the crowded skyline, or was it my crowded life? I've never watched the sunsets and stars as much as i have here this summer...how inspiring and invigorating it all is...makes you feel alive. The other night we had a storm here and a group of 5 of us decided to go on the beach and check it out. It was amazing! The tide was up so far and the water was fierce and deep. The wind was strong and was picking up so much sand that it stung my legs and quickly covered fresh footsteps.
Ecola (bible school) starts in less than a month! i cant wait to meet all the new students and begin classes. I still dont have enough money, but am trusting in God that i will.
Work is stressful sometimes, and its so easy to get tired...but i feel like new when i put my life in perspective:
I am here, in Cannon Beach, the place i cried for for the last year...i work in ministry, serving tired people of God in need a retreat...i live at the beach, enough said...i live with a large group of people my age who have quickly become my best friends...and i am going to bible school, which is what i've wanted for so long. Suddenly the stress of the day seems minor and i cant deny the fact that life is good.