What A Day

Today has been quite the eventful day for me. This morning I got up around 8:30 and got ready to head over to St. Louis Park to sign my lease and start moving a few things into the apartment. When I got there, the carpet cleaners were just finishing up their work, which meant that I couldn't put anything on the floor because it is all carpeted except the small kitchen and bathroom. This meant that I couldn't move in the three tuberware boxes I had in my trunk which are still hanging out in there.

So I was only able to move in a few things, but it is better than nothing at all.

Then I went to start my car to go back to my soon to be old apartment in St. Paul and my car wouldn't start. It made the saddest little noise and then nothing. So I went to the super and ask her if she had any jumper cables and if she could jump my car. She said yes. Then I waited for her to be done with her showings which was a good half hour to 45 minutes later and we tried to jump my car. And nothing. So I frantically called my mother unit and told her what was going on to which she replied that she would call my father unit and tell him and then call me back.

Needless to say, my battery in my car is kaput and my parental units are buying me a new one which my father unit will put in my car tomorrow when they come up to help me move. I love my family.

So now that that situation was somewhat resolved, I had no choice but to leave my car where it was in St. Louis Park out front of my new apartment building. So there it sits until tomorrow. I was stranded there but then my good friend Veronica agreed to come pick me up and bring me back to St. Paul. I took her out to lunch for her efforts. I love my friends.

Now I am stuck in my St. Paul apartment until tomorrow with no form of transportation, which is turns out to be a good thing because I still have some things to get packed up and now I am forced to do it because I have nothing else to do. All I have to say is, "What A Day!!!"

Am I dreaming or are things starting to come together??!!

Ok, the last time I blogged I was pretty pissed off about my situation in life at that moment. How fast things can change. I finally heard back about the apartment in St. Louis Park and we have been approved as tenants so I will be moving starting Friday with my boxes o' crap and continuing Saturday with the bigger furniture. (Side Note: if anyone is around and available to help me on Saturday that would be awesome!!!) Everything worked out with the apartment which is awesome.

As for the job situation: it is still frustrating but I am getting an application from a friend of mine for a job at a group home for teenagers, etc... tomorrow and I know I'll have a great recommendation from her. I also have a job interview tomorrow at a place I don't remember applying to in Brooklyn Park. They must have gotten my resume off Careerbuilder.com or something like that. I seriously don't remember sending my resume to the place, but whatever, it's a job interview and hopefully a job. I think it is doing some sort of sales thing. Personally, I would rather work at Safe Haven, where my friend works than do sales but I'm not going to be picky at this point.

My sister and the kiddies left early early early on Sunday morning and my parent's house was eerily quiet yesterday when I went down there. Check out my pictures on Facebook of some family fun that was had over the last 12 days. But I am even more excited about my brother coming to visit. He gets here on Sunday and doesn't go back till next Sunday. I can't wait.

Things are starting to look up in a way, but I don't want to jinx it by getting too excited. So I am going to leave things as they are for now and keep updating what's going on with "stuff".

Thank You Everyone Who went Bowling Tonight...

Thank you all for making my day so much better!!!!

What's Going On???!!

I don't know what the hell is going on anymore. I don't know if I'll be moving anymore to the apartment in St. Louis Park because I haven't heard anything back about whether we are acceptable tenants or not. I haven't found anyone to take over my own lease for the apartment I am staying in now and neither has my super. This whole this has turned into a major pain in the ass. Why can't anything just fucking go the way it is fucking supposed to for once.

And I still don't have a steady job yet. Thanks assholes who say that the economy is getting stronger. Fuck you!!! You don't know crap. If a person with a Master's degree can't even find a steady job with health benefits then what the hell is everyone else going to do...

So as you can see, I don't know what the hell is going on with my life right now. I'm just waiting to hear back from the apartment people, praying to God that someone comes out of the woodwork and wants my apartment I am living in now for July 1st or soon there after, and praying that I'll hear back from one of the 100+ employers I've sent resumes to about a job. I'm just so sick of waiting around. It is times like these that really emphasize why I can say I hate people and mean it.

P.S. My sister and the kiddies are still here. I love my family, I do. But too much family time just makes me want to hide out in my apartment for days at a time, avoiding the world and all the bullshit in it.

And the Beat Goes on...

It has been almost three weeks since I graduated from Luther Seminary. A lot can happen in three weeks.

First of all I have finally heard back about a job. I went in for an interview on Tuesday this week and it went well. They tested me on my knowledge of Microsoft 2000 which was weird and I didn't do too well, but apparently I impressed them enough in my face to face interview that I got a call the next day about a 3-6 month project that they had. I still need to get the rest of the logistics but I'm hoping it works out because I need a job now. I'm crawling out of my skin and need something mindless to keep me busy as opposed to doing a whole lot of nothing.

I am moving to Saint Louis Park, just 2 minutes outside of the Minneapolis, Calhoun Lake area. It's a nice two bedroom and my roommate is super cool. I'm excited about it. But I'm still waiting to hear back about whether or not we both passed all the preliminary crap before they accept us as tenants or something like that. Whatever, all I know is that I need to move so I'll be moving somewhere, hopefully to the place in STLP July 1st.

Oh, and my sister who lives in New Hampshire is visiting for the next 10 or so days with the kiddies. They are staying at my parental units house. I talked to my 3 year old nephew Dylan on the phone today and he wants me to come down and play motorcycle racing and go to the pool with him today. How can I say no to that?! My 8 month old niece Savanna is just the cutest and has a huge smile. But I have to be honest, I have no idea how my sister Stephanie can do it; take care of two little ones. It boggles my mind.

So today I am heading down to the parental units house and mom, Steph, the kiddies and myself are all taking a trip to the pool for the afternoon. I haven't been to a public pool in ages. It should be interesting that's for sure. But if I am personally requested by Sir Dylan McDylan my adorable nephew to come then, well, like I said, how can I say no to that...

I love that my sister and the kiddies are visiting, but at the same time, I miss hanging out with my friends. I can only take so much family time before I feel like I'm going stir crazy. So soon I am going to make a break for it and escape for a day to hang out with friends. I've been invited to go to the lake either tomorrow or Saturday, but Saturday is out because it is a family day. My dad won't have to work and so we'll probably end up doing some big hoopla. But maybe they'll wait to do that on Sunday and I can go to the lake with friends Saturday. One can hope right?

I'll keep you informed about the craziness that is my life right now. As for the rest, well, The Beat Goes On...

Finally Ready to Write a New Blog Entry

Ok, to be honest, I have no idea what I am going to write. I don't have a job yet, but am still diligently and desperately searching.
So to keep myself occupied I have offered my assistance to friends who are moving from Bockman Hall to the apartments and from the apartments to wherever their next destination may be. It is strange how things change so quickly.
I graduated on May 27th and yet I feel as though my time a Luther Seminary is not over. At the same time, I am more than ready to move on to something else for a while. I really really really strongly dislike these transition periods in life. And then again, it is an exciting time because anything can happen. The world is at my disposal. I can do anything. But I don't want to do just anything. Here are two things I know for sure about the next year and a half:

1) I am going to the Holy Land in January with Luther Seminary because I didn't get to go last year and Gary talked me into it for this year.
2) I am going back to school for my PhD in the fall of 2008. Not sure where yet but it is between four places: Union Theological Seminary in New York; Harvard Divinity School; Princeton Theological Seminary; and Luther Seminary.

I may have written about these two definite decisions I have made before but I don't remember. What I need to do now is fill my time with work (when I get a job) and spending time with friends and family. I find sometimes that I am a big dreamer. I want a great job to tide me over until I start school again, but really, what I need to do is just get a job, any job that pays and has benefits so I can afford and continue to get my happy pills from the drug store without having to pay out the ass for them.

This blog is random, much like my life is right now. Maybe someday I'll write in a cohesive thought process again. As for now, I am going to stop babbling on like an idiot and go read a fun book.