Tagged....I'm it?

My lovely friend Tasha in England has tagged me, and because it is a very quiet afternoon in my office (no one seems to be around right now), I'm going to fulfill my "Tag"

4 Jobs i've had in my life:
Waitress
Camp Program Director
Receptionist
Art Museum Gift Shop Manager

4 movies I could watch over and over again:
Love Actually
The Rundown
Robin Hood (Cartoon Version)
The Two Towers (from Lord of the Rings)

4 places i have lived:
Luton, England
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
La Habra, California, U.S.
Caronport, Saskatchewan, Canada

4 places I have been on vacation:
Los Angeles, California
The beautiful state of Georgia (cabbage patch doll factory)
Hershey, Pennsylvania (home of the Hershey Chocolate Factory)
Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada (houseboat capital of Canada)

4 websites i visit daily:
goggle
blogger
hotmail
briercrest athletics website (the place where i work)

4 of my favourite foods:
Curry
i would have to say Nandos (wish we had it here)
Chicken Alfredo Pizza
any pasta dish

4 singers i can't live without:
Cold Play
Nightwish
Natasha Beddingfield
Madonna (new album is pretty good, not ashamed to say it)

4 places i would rather be:
England
New Zealand
The Bahammas
Winnipeg

4 people to "Tag" to do this
Ashley
Kara
Alissa
Chris

Nothing to0 Exciting

I really don't have anything amazing to report to you all this evening. Tomorrow i am starting my 4th week in my internship. It's crazy how fast time is going by. All 6 of our uni sports teams lost this weekend in their respective sports. Going into work on Monday morning may not be the greatest experience to date....they all played terrible apparently (5 of the 6 teams did not play here at home).
The lack of solid friendships here is really starting to take its toll on me. I miss my friends in england tons somedays and i keep wondering and asking God when i'll get to go back (even for a visit), but he seems to be pretty quiet on that front. I still say it's not everyday that you connect on so many different levels with a group of people like i did in my short amount of time in Luton. My friendships with people from camp haven't been the same since it was decided that i wouldn't be going back to camp this summer - i miss being able to laugh with them the same way or even talk to them normally.
And I miss my former housemate sooo much as well. We were at camp together and then we lived in the city together...we spent so much time together and then to have to leave and go without having her around was a tough adjustment - however, i think she is coming to visit me in 3 weeks, and that will be a huge blessing to me.
So, what does someone do for friendship and companionship when there is no one around this town to have either with? I'm starting to literally .save my pennies for that visit to England, but I can't let myself become obsessed with that either if you know what i mean. Yes, God and I have gotten to spend quite a bit of time together lately, but those of you who know me know i am a very social creature. So, the dilema i am facing due to my lack of any type of a social circle is becoming someone who looks very much like Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee from the same titled movie...only lacking the magic to create that much desired social connection

In Limbo

What??? Has another week really already passed us by? Where are my days going? Things in the athletic department and with my dad's job are still very undecided- all my dad knows is that he is 100% not going to be the athletic director come the end of June. I still hate how the whole situation was started, but there have been some recent interesting developments that may occur that could make the situation a whole lot easier to swallow and get accept or get a long with. It's the whole not knowing part that really gets to me! Tomorrow i find out if i have a summer position or not with the athletic department.....due to recent events, that decision had been placed on hold. It's a huge summer camp recruitment conference here right now. I had a job offer today for a camp 5 hours away from here....i told them i would pray about it and let them know once i know more about the other job. Ideally, it would be my preference to stay here and work in the department through summer, there are a lot of perks about being at home.....it just takes a while to find them. Not sure what God is trying to teach me or my family through this whole situation, but I'm sure there is something to be learned in it.....Still, i do have my moments where i want to punch or trip my dad's boss because he can be such a dimwit.

Things have been going well over the last week in the athletic department. I have been keeping busy, but i think my internship supervisor needs to learn that I can handle more than one task at time. I dislike having to go back and forth between his and my office so that i can get another project to work on. Oh well, things are getting better with that slowly but surely. This morning everyone in the department went to a metting except for me. Why was i excluded? Because it was a meeting that concerned my dad- who is the director of my department. Many of you know that my father's position with the athletic department was posted as being vacant without my father first being told that he was no longer going to be the athletic director. He had thought about suing the college, but he didn't. Today's meeting is about meeting the potential new athletic director candidate. I am not at the meeting because i know i would lose my temper and get very upset at my dad's boss because i have 2wanted to give him a piece of my mind for quite sometime.....i know if that were to happen, very strong language would be used, and i would no longer be an intern here! Please pray for my dad and our department as these meetings continue. Please pray that the Bible college will open their eyes and realise that can not treat their employees like rubbish and just assume that everything is going to be alright because it is a Christian environment. and please pray for my family as we go through transitions---dad still has his head of the psychology department position, but he isn't too sure if all he can do is just teach. Thanks so much. Have an awesome Day everyone!

Older Sister Rantings

I was accused today by my one sister who has a boyfriend of slamming her now boyfriend every chance i get. I don't think this is true at all. What is true is that: I have barely spent 10 minutes with the guy since she started dating him a month a go. I believe I have a big sister right to automatically think no guy is ever good enough for her because we don't have an older brother to do that job. I am sure he is a perfectly nice guy, although first impressions say he is a little strange (once again, older sister mentality coming through), but does anyone else feel the same as i do when a boyfriend invites you over to his house for the evening and then he spends it playing video games and the girlfriend watches all night long? Not what i call quality relationship building time. My sister called me an ass when i stated that not my idea of a good time was watching my boyfriend play video games. She told me i just can't give him a chance. Well, maybe i am just worried that she is going to get hurt again and i don't want to get to know the guy. Because a couple of her ex boyfriends were very nice guys until they dumped her. Her current boyfriend is from the same college dormitory as her previous boyfriends, so excuse me for being a little critical about the whole thing.
In other news, Day 2 at the office went quite well and i am really starting to fit into the whole scheme of things in the athletic department. This weekend, we have volleyball home games, so that will keep me busy all of friday and saturday.

Day 1

I Made it through Day 1 of my internship. Today was not overlly excitng. I spent 3 hours this morning going through orientation for a department that I pretty much knew to begin with. However, orientation came from a professional "within the organisation" outlook, and I did learn a few new things. Seperating professional and social friendships may not be the easiest and calling my dad by his first name is strange, but I think it will be alright. The rest of my day was spent looking through our sports camps binder and making notes of what needs to be taken out or added too. I have experience with this due to my updating of the binder at camp arnes.
Tomorrow is all about meetings: department meetings, sports camp meetings, advertising design meetings and supervisor meetings. Fun times ahead.....not sure if i can sit still for that long though :)

Internship Here I Come!

I start my internship at 9am on Monday morning. As the time approaches, I'm getting a little more nervous. This is the athletic department that I've wanted to work in for years, even before my dad became the director of it 3 years ago. I know all the people and am even socially friends with a couple of them, but there is something about having your dad as your boss that just makes the whole situation that much more nerve wracking.
I've been told that I will fit in great into the Athletic Department activities, but I also don't want to dissapoint and not live up to expectations. Expectations are sometimes a killer on others and yourself.
Pray that I can keep focused, make some good friends and live up to others and my self imposed expectations.

Not Sure Where This is Going

I woke up this morning with a general feel an uneasy spirit. I woke up a little earlier than i have for some weeks, but i think that is also a good thing considering my internship starts on monday morning. Do you ever feel like life, or more specifically people are passing you by? This is what I have been feeling for some days. I think it is because I am so far removed from everyone and everything. Caronport is not exactly at the centre of the social circle. it's almost been a year since i left England. Looking a people's pictures from their new year's parties made me feel quite sad on what i have missed out by not being there. I had hoped to be back there by this time, but God had other plans. I've left Winnipeg and all my friends there for the third time in 3 years and i'm out of the loop with everything going on there. And now, i'm no longer part of Camp Arnes life because A: Not returning to camp there due to cricumstances not in my control and B: I couldn't afford to make the trip out this last weekend for the summer staff reunion.

My question is: How do you know when you are trying too hard to cling on to relationships?

Don't get me wrong, there are still loads of people that i communicate with between all of these places (and you know who you are) and your friendship and love means so much to me.
I just feel like people and places are speeding past me, and i feel like i am never going to be able to catch up to them. If the same internship i'm about to do- if the same bible college could be placed in any of those above mentioned places, i would be quite happy. I know God has put me here at Briercrest Bible College for a reason. I have always had a passion for this athletic department, but I need people and those who have supported and prayed for me over the last 3 years, and yes, some of them are here in caronport (well one at least), but most of them are not in this province or this country which is tough.

Do any of you ever have days like this? I know that sometimes being where you know you are suppose to be is the toughest thing to get through because God has something great for you to accomplish, but i know the devil certainly doesn't like it and will do whatever he can to throw me (and you) off of God's plan. So, i cling to the fact that God has something great planned for me here for at least the next 4 months and i keep trusting that from there, wherever he leads me, will also be a great plan for me.

Crummy Weather

My family and I were suppose to go to my grandad's house in swift current today, but due to freezing rain, travel warnnings have been issued. Therefore, we are no longer making the 1.5 hour drive. I am a little dissapointed because my cousin who i haven't seen since seeing her in London for a day over a year ago was going to be there. Oh well....It just puts the frosting on a way too exciting new year's eve last night...i spent it with my parents watching Anderson Cooper on CNN- Anderson was the highlight of the night :)
On Wednesday, I get to start getting my new office set up and ready for work the following week. I'm also waiting to hear on something else that could turn out to be an interesting venture, but I shall inform you of it if i hear something positive back on it.