Post-college life
Has it been that long since I've had this ridiculous Livejournal? Wow, 6 years...and I've essentially ignored it since I went to Chile since I posted everything on the GMW Abroad blog with a a smattering of entries on LJ once every few months. But I've been having a bit, okay--A LOT-- of free time at work so I had the opportunity to scroll back to Day 1 of this blog and read all my entries in high school and all the entries I wrote in college. I'm past both those stages in life now...and it's so surreal.
From reading my high school entries I see how much fun I had with Higa, Natali, Jackie, Claudia, Bryan, and Ann, especially as we were all getting a tiny taste of independence in the form of driver's licenses and lunch passes. But I also saw how young I was as a Christian too. So quick to judge, quick to anger, lack of love for difficult people (and very outspoken about it if I didn't like someone), and simply put--not very biblical, Gospel-centered thinking about a lot of things. Reading my college admission and SAT entries were a riot. I was stressing about getting into UCSD and upset at not getting into UCLA. I can't imagine myself being anywhere else but at UCSD now because those were four amazing years of my life where my character was shaped and developed so crucially in ways I never would have imagined.
One entry i got a kick out of was this one, written on January 10, 2004:
"The topic of relationships and dating has come up a lot lately. I enjoy talking about it, really. I like having my friends around to help me carry out what I believe. (Yvonne, you've been such a good example lately and I'm so joyful when I think about your change of heart.) I like having friends that are wiser in the topic to guide me in this path. And I like being able to share what I believe with others that aren't as familiar with it. So what do I believe? I believe that our time of singleness is a blessing. I think too often we take it for granted and want to be in relationships all the time, which takes away time from things that matter. I believe that when I'm ready, God will find a man for me that can lead me in my Christian walk and whom I will marry. But for now, I know I'm not ready. So in the meantime, I hope I can rejoice in my singleness. Apparently I'm not appreciating that enough. Hm."
I was so underdeveloped in my thinking, but I had the right idea...just no practical experience and my lack of discipline in my heart to actually live out what I believed.
Which brings me to updates about my life and how it's fascinating to see me able to apply what I believe about relationships in a relationship I have with a Very Special Friend for the past 7.5 months.
It has been very fun, though that is quite an understatement. I have been learning a lot about Mr. Alcaráz, myself, and most of all being pointed to Christ these past 7.5 months. I don't know if he is stalking me and reading this...but if you are, hi buddyyyy.
It's so funny to compare my graduation pictures. But the question is, what have I been doing since graduating college? I started working full time 2 days after I graduated...thus I only had 1 day of unemployment, but even during that one day of unemployment I was filling out paperwork for my job. : ) I work at a small family-owned biotech company as a Document Control Representative. I just deal with paperwork and company documents, get signatures, file papers, play with PhotoShop and other Adobe programs like InDesign and Illustrator (which I enjoy doing the most. I learn something new as I design, edit, and create and I sure lovee learning new things), and read blogs because I have weeks where I have zero work and I get so so so so bored.
So, to get out of this dead end boredom rut, I decided to pursue a post-graduate education. It took lots of thinking, exploration and consideration in many different fields (I even considered staying in the biotech field...but blehhhh ELISA tests, Microwells, Enzyme Conjugates, and Anti-Rabbit Colloidal Gold Reagents are too much for me) and I decided to pursue law school. Incredible! I am studying for the LSAT and expecting to take it in June.
I am also roommates with my favorite Moongie Choi. It's been so much fun hearing her grind her teeth and watching her study and have late night chats when I'm supposed to be sleeping because I'm a working woman. Here she is in classic Moon the Dictator mode:
And then living with WuWu gives me plenty of excuses to have Snuggle Saturdays. THis was from a wedding, but I forget which one. Bev and Brian's, I believe?
And living with Jen is full of surprises! She's so funnyyyyyy.
^_^ I couldn't be happier living with GMW + J. : )
It's been a great transition out of college.
From reading my high school entries I see how much fun I had with Higa, Natali, Jackie, Claudia, Bryan, and Ann, especially as we were all getting a tiny taste of independence in the form of driver's licenses and lunch passes. But I also saw how young I was as a Christian too. So quick to judge, quick to anger, lack of love for difficult people (and very outspoken about it if I didn't like someone), and simply put--not very biblical, Gospel-centered thinking about a lot of things. Reading my college admission and SAT entries were a riot. I was stressing about getting into UCSD and upset at not getting into UCLA. I can't imagine myself being anywhere else but at UCSD now because those were four amazing years of my life where my character was shaped and developed so crucially in ways I never would have imagined.
One entry i got a kick out of was this one, written on January 10, 2004:
"The topic of relationships and dating has come up a lot lately. I enjoy talking about it, really. I like having my friends around to help me carry out what I believe. (Yvonne, you've been such a good example lately and I'm so joyful when I think about your change of heart.) I like having friends that are wiser in the topic to guide me in this path. And I like being able to share what I believe with others that aren't as familiar with it. So what do I believe? I believe that our time of singleness is a blessing. I think too often we take it for granted and want to be in relationships all the time, which takes away time from things that matter. I believe that when I'm ready, God will find a man for me that can lead me in my Christian walk and whom I will marry. But for now, I know I'm not ready. So in the meantime, I hope I can rejoice in my singleness. Apparently I'm not appreciating that enough. Hm."
I was so underdeveloped in my thinking, but I had the right idea...just no practical experience and my lack of discipline in my heart to actually live out what I believed.
Which brings me to updates about my life and how it's fascinating to see me able to apply what I believe about relationships in a relationship I have with a Very Special Friend for the past 7.5 months.
It has been very fun, though that is quite an understatement. I have been learning a lot about Mr. Alcaráz, myself, and most of all being pointed to Christ these past 7.5 months. I don't know if he is stalking me and reading this...but if you are, hi buddyyyy.
It's so funny to compare my graduation pictures. But the question is, what have I been doing since graduating college? I started working full time 2 days after I graduated...thus I only had 1 day of unemployment, but even during that one day of unemployment I was filling out paperwork for my job. : ) I work at a small family-owned biotech company as a Document Control Representative. I just deal with paperwork and company documents, get signatures, file papers, play with PhotoShop and other Adobe programs like InDesign and Illustrator (which I enjoy doing the most. I learn something new as I design, edit, and create and I sure lovee learning new things), and read blogs because I have weeks where I have zero work and I get so so so so bored.
So, to get out of this dead end boredom rut, I decided to pursue a post-graduate education. It took lots of thinking, exploration and consideration in many different fields (I even considered staying in the biotech field...but blehhhh ELISA tests, Microwells, Enzyme Conjugates, and Anti-Rabbit Colloidal Gold Reagents are too much for me) and I decided to pursue law school. Incredible! I am studying for the LSAT and expecting to take it in June.
I am also roommates with my favorite Moongie Choi. It's been so much fun hearing her grind her teeth and watching her study and have late night chats when I'm supposed to be sleeping because I'm a working woman. Here she is in classic Moon the Dictator mode:
And then living with WuWu gives me plenty of excuses to have Snuggle Saturdays. THis was from a wedding, but I forget which one. Bev and Brian's, I believe?
And living with Jen is full of surprises! She's so funnyyyyyy.
^_^ I couldn't be happier living with GMW + J. : )
It's been a great transition out of college.