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Wow, long time, no talk. Its become increasingly difficult for me to sit down and write about my life, which at times, feels a bit narcissistic, but oh well. Here's an update:
Chris and I moved from our apartment in San Jose to a crappy place in Mountain View only to find that we HATED it, and, 3 months later, decided to move right back from where we came from!
From May to December, after a period of unemployment, I worked at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Occupational Health. Not my dream job, but hey, it paid well and I got a lot of good experience dealing with hospital infection control issues. In my time there, I successfully bitched at doctors, grew a backbone, learned what a QFT was, and also experienced how an award winning hospital operates on a day to day basis. Even though I dreaded going to work everyday, I think I came out of the experience a better person and a bit wiser than when I went in.
In January, I start my full time nursing program. I'm as nervous as hell, but, we'll see how that goes. Here's to me NOT failing miserably and dropping out!
In other news, I've also decided to begin a period of discernment with a priest at my church. I feel a strong calling to be ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal communion. For those of you who don't know, deacons usually visit and pray for the sick, serve the poor and head up different social justice ministries. So many people have been so totally burned by the Church, and because of that, I would like to take a more involved role than that of a layperson. My relationship with the Divine has been growing exponentially, and for that I am so thankful. I've dealt with feeling like an outsider all my life, and just now am I starting to see the Truth of what God is -- pure, tolerant, careless, fathomless love. And nothing less.
Um, more later.
Christ's Peace-
Brandon
Chris and I moved from our apartment in San Jose to a crappy place in Mountain View only to find that we HATED it, and, 3 months later, decided to move right back from where we came from!
From May to December, after a period of unemployment, I worked at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Occupational Health. Not my dream job, but hey, it paid well and I got a lot of good experience dealing with hospital infection control issues. In my time there, I successfully bitched at doctors, grew a backbone, learned what a QFT was, and also experienced how an award winning hospital operates on a day to day basis. Even though I dreaded going to work everyday, I think I came out of the experience a better person and a bit wiser than when I went in.
In January, I start my full time nursing program. I'm as nervous as hell, but, we'll see how that goes. Here's to me NOT failing miserably and dropping out!
In other news, I've also decided to begin a period of discernment with a priest at my church. I feel a strong calling to be ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal communion. For those of you who don't know, deacons usually visit and pray for the sick, serve the poor and head up different social justice ministries. So many people have been so totally burned by the Church, and because of that, I would like to take a more involved role than that of a layperson. My relationship with the Divine has been growing exponentially, and for that I am so thankful. I've dealt with feeling like an outsider all my life, and just now am I starting to see the Truth of what God is -- pure, tolerant, careless, fathomless love. And nothing less.
Um, more later.
Christ's Peace-
Brandon