New Look

I was trying to put up a new template here but I couldn't get the one I wanted so I just got really frustrated and went with one from blogger. But I like pink so I guess this is ok. I had everything working last night but I checked it today and all I get is a white screen. GRRRRRRRRRRR.

I've been sick since last Thursday so I haven't had much energy to update or anything. To summarize, I went to the Dr. Friday because every time I tried to swallow food or drink my chest hurt horribly, had a high (103) fever and ended up in the ER Saturday, told I had bronchitis, went back to the Dr. Tuesday for him to tell me I have a totally different thing wrong and gave me more meds.

So I haven't eaten anything solid since friday. Been livin' on yogurt and banana popsicles. My jeans fit better. That's about the only thing good that's come of this.

So as it turns out, I did get to watch the season premier of "Lost" because I'm still at home and still waiting for the word from *somebody* that it's ok to head south. I did get an email asking for volunteers to clean out mud so I'll have to get in contact with my "lead person" and see when we can leave. Woo!

I have the need to tell this story...so the other day I went to Sonic with my sister and ordered a bacon cheese burger with NO mayonaise. I hate mayo. Well, except in potato and macaroni salad, but you don't really know it's there. Back to the story. When the guy who took my order repeated it back to me, he said no mayo. When the girl brought it out to me she said no mayo. When I opened it up, what do you think was on the freakin bread? MAYO!!!!! Oh my goodness, what is so hard about just listening? That really annoys me that people who are paid to listen to details don't actually take the time to do it. *This is my vent session so just don't get all fired up now.*

We were sitting there thinking of ways to retaliate which included me going up to the window and smacking the bread up against it and yelling "I said no mayo!" which then turned into me writing with the greasy nasty bun "no mayo" across the window. Of course I didn't do any of that. I just wiped the nasty stuff off into the bag along with my lettuce and sat there whining whilst I ate my sandwich. Because that's what I do. I don't have the guts to actually tell someone they messed up. Well, someone I don't know. hehehe

It wasn't even that good.

still waiting

I got my tetanus shot today! For free!!!!! I was going to go to the doctor's office, but when I found out how much the office visit cost plus what the shot was going to cost, I called the health department. It was waaaay cheaper to go there so off I went and when I got there and told them I was going to be a relief worker, they said "no charge". So a big fat thank you to the Rhea County health department.

I'm still waiting for the word that we're good to go, so I've had lots of time to think about why I'm doing this, what I'm going to miss, and how much this means to me.

I'm going to Louisiana because Jesus has called us to go into the world, teaching God's word and helping those who need it. I can't think of any better chance than this to show the love of Jesus to people who have lost everything.

As the new fall season of TV begins I realize that I'm going to miss the second season of Lost! waaahh. I realized this when I saw a preview for it the other day. I'm going to rely heavily on my mumsy to record it for me. I'm also going to miss sleep. I'm a lazy butt who likes to sleep late, and fortunately all my previous jobs have allowed me to do exactly that. But I'm thinkin' that down there, time will be absent and I'll sleep when I can get a chance.

I also paid off my car today. I owed less than $1000 so I figured if I paid it off, that would be one less payment to worry about. Instead, I get to pay on my card for 500 years. But I own my car now! I told my sister that now the engine will probably fall out or something like that, just so it could be spiteful and laugh in my face.

Not much else going on. I'm very boring when I don't have a job. Sorry.

again?

While I wait to hear from the disaster relief team I'm helping out at the daycare where I used to work. But not today. Today I'm home with a swollen and bruised ankle because I've hurt it yet again. I was at the daycare yesterday trying to get this one little girl to stop crying and I went over to her mat (it was nap time) and picked up her blanket so I could move her to another area. Now this particular daycare is run out of a very old home with hard wood floors. I had the blanket in my hands, tripped over a chair, stepped on the blanket and slid across the floor landing with my right foot underneath me. Oh, the pain! So immediately there was a knot on the top of my foot and it felt like someone shot fire right into my ankle. So here I am, with my foot propped up and pain meds coarsing through my system. yay pain meds!

I thought I would just share that with you, sos that I could get some sympathy. I would really like to figure out how to get my comments working but I'm not at all proficient with html coding. If anybody would like to tell me how (Jenn-if your reading :D) I would really appreciate it. My email is on the left side there.

So I leave you wtih this parting shot taken Labor Day whilst playing dominoes.

my training is complete!

So today I woke up at 5:30 and drove for 2 hours for the disaster relief training so I can go down to Louisiana as soon as possible. It was a long day.
I got to hear all about how many people their feeding units can feed in a day and what to bring with me. Then after lunch I learned how to shingle a roof. Not really but I have written directions and I have a card that says I'm qualified to help repair a roof in the event of a disaster.

I read today's Waiter Rant post and I feel so disheartened because up until a couple of years ago I was just concerned with my own little network of people and my secure little life. I forget that there are people who don't believe in God and actually hate God and Jesus. I never really sat down and thought about the world outside of Rhea County, but now the carefully built walls of my safe world are being torn down chunks at a time by all the heartbreak, disaster, betrayal and general hatred that is being thrown at me. I was so thrilled to finally know that God's plans for me were being revealed, and I was on such a high at the thought of finally getting to do something for Him in His name and for His glory that I thought how could anything go wrong? Now Satan's trying to rip my heart out with all this sadness because he knows I'm in God's hands and he can't get to me. Satan's lies of my unworthiness and uselessness are horrible and heartbreaking. I can feel my heart twisting in my chest with the struggle that's going on inside.

Wow, I feel tons better now. This is not the direction I was going but I guess God had other plans.



"11) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12) Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13) And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14) I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity..."

Jeremiah 29:11-14

just an update

Sorry it's been a week since my last post. I just haven't done anything since "the incident". That being my getting fired based on the lies of others. I was actually trying to wait until Saturday after the training and then I would have something exciting to tell. I've been going through some stuff in my closet, and found some awesome vintage clothes that I forgot I had. I'll try to get some pictures up of the cooler ones soon.

I've been reading some different blogs and it seem slike everyone feels the need to re-tell public information that's already been told 10 million times. I'm sorry, but unless you have information that is new or some personal experience about the hurricane tragedy,(like this site) why bother telling what everybody already knows anyway? Just my little venting session. It's over now.

I got an email from my friend Mark who lives in Louisiana telling me he was ok and I'm so glad to hear that. He sent this link of some pictures taken of the aftermath of Katrina. It's just so sad.

Well, going to bed early since I have to get up at *5:30* tomorrow. Yes, ma'am, you heard me. I haven't even hit my REM cycle at that time. But hey, I get to see the sunrise. That's a plus. Yeah, yeah, stick to that.

Today I got the call I thought I would have to wait a long time for. Next Saturday I'll be going to a town more than 2 hours away to take the disaster reief course! Woo hoo! And then I will be clear to go where ever they need me most. I honestly thought I would be waitng 2 weeks or more, but when the phone rang and it was Mr. Pickle (that's his name, I swear) telling me he got me into a FULL training class, it was just very exciting. So by Tuesday after next, possibly Wednesday, I'll be heading south. Woo. I can hardly wait!

Helping the hopeless

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I wanted to make sure I had everything together and all my information correct. In my last post I said that God was preparing me for something big, right? So Wednesday I found out what that big thing was. I was praying on my way to church Wed. night and telling God that I really wanted to go down to Louisiana or Miss. and help the victims of Katrina, and asking for a sure sign and some comfirmation that it was what He wanted me to do. Imagine my shock and excitement when I got to church and find out that one of my friends is going down there! I immediately knew for sure that it was what God wanted and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. This is what He was preparing me for and I am so pysched!

Tonight I talked to the man from the TN Baptist Association who is putting it all together and he said that they keep changing the destination because there's so much chaos and confusion going on down there, and they don't want anyone to go that hasn't had disaster training, but he's calling people all over trying to find a class that will take us so we can leave as soon as possible because there's not that many volunteers helping and the people that are there have been working literally around the clock. He also said that there was more interest in volunteering for this disaster than there had been for Ivan last year, and he was glad that so many people wanted to help, but the problem is getting the training and finding someone to teach it.

So all I can do now is wait. Wait for training, wait for another group to go down there, and wait for God to move things along. At least I know I'm going and for a good reason, I just don't know when.