guess where i am??
well, yes, duh. i'm in the milky-way galaxy. on planet earth. continent: north america. and i'm even still in the us. but, only a few of you know any more detail than that, and none of you know exactly...
i am in wisconsin. madison's east side. at covance clinical researce unit. lol
bet you hadn't guessed that. ;)
the first paragraph is fairly self-explanatory, but i'm hoping you are at least slightly curious about the second one.
first of all, WISCONSIN! yes, i am in wisconsin! several months ago my oldest sister, esther, invited me to come up here and spend some time with their family. at the time i was preparing to go spend the summer in pigeon forge, tn with a campus outreach group. but when that was over, it came back up. well, by the time they decided that they really did want me, and i decided that i really did want to go, and we worked out a ride.....it was the end of september. so i have been up here since september 28th!
"why?" you ask? quite a few reasons. obviously, i want to get some good time with my sis! it's been a while since she moved out, and i miss her, so when the opportunity came up for me to spend some time with her, i jumped on it~ i also happen to like her husband a fairly good amount..... ;) and they just had a son! how could i possibly resist the offer?! and there's more...although i didn't even begin to understand this til i left, there is SO much more opportunity here. more jobs, more culture, more people, and more to do. not to mention, they have a car that they let me use. they have a BEDROOM that they let me use. and lastly, it is somewhere new! i love new places, new people, new experinces. it was simply too good of an option to pass up.
so that is wisconsin.
since i've gotten here i've done quite a few things...i looked at a lot of jobs, applied for a few, interviewed for two......and got hired for two! since last monday i have been working for vector marketing corporation, and as of november 12th i will be working for duluth trading company as well! in addtion to working, i have been gathering research about EMT work around here. in tennessee i am an EMT-IV, which is the 2nd of 3 levels; however, on the national (and more importantly, the WI) cale, i am only an EMT-basic, the 2nd of 4 levels. there is nothing wrong with that, except at that level, we don't get paid in WI...it is strictly volunteer. once aain, i DO NOT have a problem with that. i am in the process of getting my WI license, and as soon as i greceive it, i will begin volunteering at at least one service in the area. i'm not sure how long it will take, but i am extremely excited for when i can actually do it!
now, i am not actually living in madison, the town where esther and pj live is called black earth. it is tiny. yes, smaller than hartsville! i can walk from 1 end to the other in literally 30 mintues and in 20 minutes the other direction. but it is a very clean town. the fact that i am 30 minutes from madison mean that there is plenty to do, but it also has the effect of class on black earth. there is an awareness of the world that is entirely new to me. hartville is very community focused. people are born, raised, and buried in hartsville without ever going any further than the next county for the highschool football game. now, i don't have a problem with that, there are certainly benefits. it just mean that for a person like me with a very active mind and very wide ambitions, it feels more like a trap than home.
for the past few weeks i have been going to church with es and peej. i like it so far. it is certainly not without its quirks, but where would i be without weird people? *grin* it is small, which is something i like, A LOT. it is mostly made up of young couples with young children. lol the pastor and his wife have 5 daughters ranging from 19 up, but they are all in school except the oldest who is married, so i don't really see them. so it's a little bit odd for me there. however, i didn't come up here to make new friends as much as to gain new experinces, so i am very happy with the time i spend with es, pj, and caed, and spending lots of time keeping up already established friendships. if i make new friends along the way, i will be happy, but that's not the main goal.
when i left TN, i was tentatively planning on staying up here for 3 months, and going back to TN around new years, however, as much as i have enjoyed it, i am seriously considering staying up here longer. i am asking though, that you pray for me! PLEASE!!! i know that i really need direction. i want to honous my parents in my dicisions, i want to want to do what i choose, but most of all, i want to be where God wants me! please pray that He will change hearts and minds as necessary and show me where He wants me in His time.
if you think there is a certain place that i should be, you can by all means join the rest of my friends who are praying for me to get married...to someone in the area you want me to be in! LOL and while i think it's highly amusing, i have had quite a few people tell me that is exactly what they are doing...in several different places. i'm interested in seeing how *that* turns out. ;)
as for convance....well, i am NOT one to go for easy money, but i am getting paid (if i get chosen, and i should find out in a few hours if i do) to be given a new med and then be monitored for 4 days...so it's not like winning money, it's like earning money, fast.
i have already learned a lot...
i have been much more proactive about everything in my life since i've gotten here, making phone calls, making interviews, making friends, making opportunities. it's kind of fun to see how much can happen when i am working hard for it!
i've definately gotten better at driving not only in traffic, but in getting where i'm trying to be without getting hopelessly lost. :) much better...i've started learning roads, (14, packer's ave., KP, 12, M, verona ave., F, 78, JJ, e. washington, etc.!) towns, (verona, middleton, lodi, sauk, blue mound, black earth, madison, belleville, fitchburg, cross plains, mazomanie, mt. horeb...) maps, and road signs. i love it!
also, the more i do, the more confident i get doing it. and doing everything else.
while i AM loving the new life, however, i am starting to think that maybe putting down some roots and having a home just might be something i want to do at some point soon...but i also want to go to school, so i don't want to settle somewhere now only to leave there in a year. ah, the dilemas! :) like i said before, please just pray for me.
and that folks, is a full and honest report of the past month in the life of bethany pinzur! =)
i am in wisconsin. madison's east side. at covance clinical researce unit. lol
bet you hadn't guessed that. ;)
the first paragraph is fairly self-explanatory, but i'm hoping you are at least slightly curious about the second one.
first of all, WISCONSIN! yes, i am in wisconsin! several months ago my oldest sister, esther, invited me to come up here and spend some time with their family. at the time i was preparing to go spend the summer in pigeon forge, tn with a campus outreach group. but when that was over, it came back up. well, by the time they decided that they really did want me, and i decided that i really did want to go, and we worked out a ride.....it was the end of september. so i have been up here since september 28th!
"why?" you ask? quite a few reasons. obviously, i want to get some good time with my sis! it's been a while since she moved out, and i miss her, so when the opportunity came up for me to spend some time with her, i jumped on it~ i also happen to like her husband a fairly good amount..... ;) and they just had a son! how could i possibly resist the offer?! and there's more...although i didn't even begin to understand this til i left, there is SO much more opportunity here. more jobs, more culture, more people, and more to do. not to mention, they have a car that they let me use. they have a BEDROOM that they let me use. and lastly, it is somewhere new! i love new places, new people, new experinces. it was simply too good of an option to pass up.
so that is wisconsin.
since i've gotten here i've done quite a few things...i looked at a lot of jobs, applied for a few, interviewed for two......and got hired for two! since last monday i have been working for vector marketing corporation, and as of november 12th i will be working for duluth trading company as well! in addtion to working, i have been gathering research about EMT work around here. in tennessee i am an EMT-IV, which is the 2nd of 3 levels; however, on the national (and more importantly, the WI) cale, i am only an EMT-basic, the 2nd of 4 levels. there is nothing wrong with that, except at that level, we don't get paid in WI...it is strictly volunteer. once aain, i DO NOT have a problem with that. i am in the process of getting my WI license, and as soon as i greceive it, i will begin volunteering at at least one service in the area. i'm not sure how long it will take, but i am extremely excited for when i can actually do it!
now, i am not actually living in madison, the town where esther and pj live is called black earth. it is tiny. yes, smaller than hartsville! i can walk from 1 end to the other in literally 30 mintues and in 20 minutes the other direction. but it is a very clean town. the fact that i am 30 minutes from madison mean that there is plenty to do, but it also has the effect of class on black earth. there is an awareness of the world that is entirely new to me. hartville is very community focused. people are born, raised, and buried in hartsville without ever going any further than the next county for the highschool football game. now, i don't have a problem with that, there are certainly benefits. it just mean that for a person like me with a very active mind and very wide ambitions, it feels more like a trap than home.
for the past few weeks i have been going to church with es and peej. i like it so far. it is certainly not without its quirks, but where would i be without weird people? *grin* it is small, which is something i like, A LOT. it is mostly made up of young couples with young children. lol the pastor and his wife have 5 daughters ranging from 19 up, but they are all in school except the oldest who is married, so i don't really see them. so it's a little bit odd for me there. however, i didn't come up here to make new friends as much as to gain new experinces, so i am very happy with the time i spend with es, pj, and caed, and spending lots of time keeping up already established friendships. if i make new friends along the way, i will be happy, but that's not the main goal.
when i left TN, i was tentatively planning on staying up here for 3 months, and going back to TN around new years, however, as much as i have enjoyed it, i am seriously considering staying up here longer. i am asking though, that you pray for me! PLEASE!!! i know that i really need direction. i want to honous my parents in my dicisions, i want to want to do what i choose, but most of all, i want to be where God wants me! please pray that He will change hearts and minds as necessary and show me where He wants me in His time.
if you think there is a certain place that i should be, you can by all means join the rest of my friends who are praying for me to get married...to someone in the area you want me to be in! LOL and while i think it's highly amusing, i have had quite a few people tell me that is exactly what they are doing...in several different places. i'm interested in seeing how *that* turns out. ;)
as for convance....well, i am NOT one to go for easy money, but i am getting paid (if i get chosen, and i should find out in a few hours if i do) to be given a new med and then be monitored for 4 days...so it's not like winning money, it's like earning money, fast.
i have already learned a lot...
i have been much more proactive about everything in my life since i've gotten here, making phone calls, making interviews, making friends, making opportunities. it's kind of fun to see how much can happen when i am working hard for it!
i've definately gotten better at driving not only in traffic, but in getting where i'm trying to be without getting hopelessly lost. :) much better...i've started learning roads, (14, packer's ave., KP, 12, M, verona ave., F, 78, JJ, e. washington, etc.!) towns, (verona, middleton, lodi, sauk, blue mound, black earth, madison, belleville, fitchburg, cross plains, mazomanie, mt. horeb...) maps, and road signs. i love it!
also, the more i do, the more confident i get doing it. and doing everything else.
while i AM loving the new life, however, i am starting to think that maybe putting down some roots and having a home just might be something i want to do at some point soon...but i also want to go to school, so i don't want to settle somewhere now only to leave there in a year. ah, the dilemas! :) like i said before, please just pray for me.
and that folks, is a full and honest report of the past month in the life of bethany pinzur! =)