...and a list of things to write about.
That's a good sign. For the past 3 months I've been looking for work. I figured out a couple weeks after Europe that I wasn't going to apply for grad school this year. I needed more time to get everything together so that is scheduled for this summer. So since then all I was really doing was looking for work. It's not that good of a story. So catching up with people was boring on my side and honestly, depressing. I didn't like where my life was so I dreaded having to tell people about it. "I'm applying to grad schools for 2011 and am looking for a job." And if I was a good mood I could talk about helping with the high school youth at my church. But after awhile of repeating my rehearsed speech, I just started avoiding it. I would not contact people to see how they were because the conversation would inevitably get to what I was up to and I didn't want to go there.
But now I have a job and things to share with people. And I'm surprised that not only has the job itself given me something to talk about but it's also gotten me thinking more, hence the list of things to write about. But for now let's talk about the job. I'm working as a server at an Italian restaurant in downtown Livermore. It's a 5 minute drive 2 miles from house. The restaurant is much smaller than the last restaurant I worked at, fancier, and is as far from a corporate restaurant as possible (this is a good thing). The people I work with are all characters. They are all super entertaining to me and I hope it stays that way and I don't get sick of them. As with most work places, schools, or groups of people in general, it would make a great reality show.
So this is my life now. I'm gonna go back to getting some Physical Therapy observation hours once I get settled down at work. I'm still looking for a PT aide job in case something opens since that is the line of work I want to go into. I might try to get into a physics class at a local community college but I don't know if it will fit in with my work schedule. I've decided I'm not gonna do camp this summer even though I have the time. I need to keep my progress of entering "the real world" moving forward. And I'm going to Thailand this summer for Anna's wedding. That's about all I've got right now. But who knows how anything will actually end up. God's got a funny way of making what needs to happen happen and it doesn't always look like my plan.
