Well, it didn't take me long to find a St. Louis Bread Co. around here. :)
So, I'm here now in St. Louis and have immediately been given a taste of what's going to be happening around here. It's really great. At 11 today a group of Baha'is got together and we went out on several home visits. There were 8 adults so we split into 3 groups, and the visits were really productive. For my group, we didn't get to see both of the people that we wanted to visit, but the one we did see said that she felt better and really enjoyed meeting with us. We had intended to just stay for maybe 10 minutes talking about things and looking at a quote or two, but we ended up staying for almost a half hour. It was really fun talking to her though. I really really enjoy actual discussion (even if I'm just listening). I love to hear about what other people think and feel about things. :)
So I got home and thought.... now what? I don't really have anything planned for the rest of my day. I decided to explore a bit and get on here. I can't wait for all of my new connections to be developed and for things to really take off. I will try to update often, but we'll just have to see how this internet thing works out.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tomorrow....
The big day.
Moving day.
It might be a while before you hear from me again on here.
Things are a bit rocky with where I'm going to live. I have heard that the woman I'm going to be staying with in St. Louis will be moving, so I'll have to find another place to stay. Luckily, there seems to be an option with this one family that usually takes in foreign exchange students. A huge major plus is that these people have pets. I cannot even describe how much I missed having some kind of pet around last summer. Dogs are the best and cats aren't bad (but I'd take them over having nothing any day). So that's kind of exciting... It'll be interesting to see how all of this pans out when I actually get there.
Another exciting thing about moving to St. Louis is that there is an actual Apple store there! Woot!!! My macbook didn't actually come with iLife and I had called them before, but the technical support had said that they couldn't mail it (and I understand that. Anyone could just call in and say whatever). So finally today I called in and was able to make an appointment to get everything set on my computer. It'll be really nice to have iPhoto and Garageband. I'm super excited about having this computer while I'm there because then we could do some pretty incredible projects for junior youth and children's classes!!! Also, I've been apart of some pretty incredible devotions that would be awesome to record. :) This'll be fun.
I'm more excited today about going... Last night was not a good night. There have been a few times before that I get so anxious that I will get physically sick. Thankfully, it wasn't so bad last night, but it was almost impossible for me to get to sleep. Then when I did, I had some odd dreams that were pretty obviously influenced by how nervous I felt. I have found that when I get particularly nervous I have a dream about me getting married and something goes wrong. In one case I was attacked by my husband-to-be's aunt and 14 year old cousin. They ended up pushing me in front of an industrial van. Last night, I was getting marred but then all of the flowers started to rot whenever I walked by and it smelled really really bad. People actually got up and left because of it. Eventually I was left standing alone with the stench. And as sad as these dreams might sound in hindsight, they really weren't that bad going through them, and I kind of look back at them as pretty comical. In both of them I was wearing really ugly 80's style wedding dresses, and after the fact I realized in my dreams that I didn't actually want to marry the grooms that were there. Who knows what crazy stuff my next nervous-induced dream will bring.
Moving day.
It might be a while before you hear from me again on here.
Things are a bit rocky with where I'm going to live. I have heard that the woman I'm going to be staying with in St. Louis will be moving, so I'll have to find another place to stay. Luckily, there seems to be an option with this one family that usually takes in foreign exchange students. A huge major plus is that these people have pets. I cannot even describe how much I missed having some kind of pet around last summer. Dogs are the best and cats aren't bad (but I'd take them over having nothing any day). So that's kind of exciting... It'll be interesting to see how all of this pans out when I actually get there.
Another exciting thing about moving to St. Louis is that there is an actual Apple store there! Woot!!! My macbook didn't actually come with iLife and I had called them before, but the technical support had said that they couldn't mail it (and I understand that. Anyone could just call in and say whatever). So finally today I called in and was able to make an appointment to get everything set on my computer. It'll be really nice to have iPhoto and Garageband. I'm super excited about having this computer while I'm there because then we could do some pretty incredible projects for junior youth and children's classes!!! Also, I've been apart of some pretty incredible devotions that would be awesome to record. :) This'll be fun.
I'm more excited today about going... Last night was not a good night. There have been a few times before that I get so anxious that I will get physically sick. Thankfully, it wasn't so bad last night, but it was almost impossible for me to get to sleep. Then when I did, I had some odd dreams that were pretty obviously influenced by how nervous I felt. I have found that when I get particularly nervous I have a dream about me getting married and something goes wrong. In one case I was attacked by my husband-to-be's aunt and 14 year old cousin. They ended up pushing me in front of an industrial van. Last night, I was getting marred but then all of the flowers started to rot whenever I walked by and it smelled really really bad. People actually got up and left because of it. Eventually I was left standing alone with the stench. And as sad as these dreams might sound in hindsight, they really weren't that bad going through them, and I kind of look back at them as pretty comical. In both of them I was wearing really ugly 80's style wedding dresses, and after the fact I realized in my dreams that I didn't actually want to marry the grooms that were there. Who knows what crazy stuff my next nervous-induced dream will bring.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
6 Days.
I've been having a bit of trouble lately in accepting the fact that I'm leaving Kansas in 6 days. I'm moving to St. Louis, and currently there isn't much of a chance that I'll be living in Kansas again any time soon. I'll be gone for a year for sure, and then who knows where I'll go to college. If I had the opportunity to go anywhere regardless of cost then I'd totally be in New York at Alfred University. It's perfect. But, that also means that I would spend the next 5 years outside of Kansas. I'm having a really hard time in letting go of everything that I know and have become accustomed to. I've been a bit of an emotional roller coaster through this process. On one hand, I'm really excited to go. I'll be in a new place with new people and new things to discover. I'll be able to meet and connect with an innumerable amount of people. Plus, the best reason of all, I'll be serving the Faith. On the other hand, I'm going to be in a place that I am not all that familiar with. Sure, I know some places and some people, but not like I know Wichita. I actually can figure out how to get home without going an hour out of my way in order to do it. I'll also be living pretty much independently. I actually have to be responsible... What? Since when? It's just a crazy frenzy going on right now.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Oh the fickle fiends that profit from our addictions.
So, I'll be moving to St. Louis sometime this month, and so far it looks like I'll be living with this one woman who lives about 15 minutes away from everywhere I need to be. However, one drawback is that this woman is not very technically savvy and does not actually have internet access. I've been looking for different broadband options, but the location of where I'll be isn't actually covered by a multitude of broadband/dsl providers. Personally, I would rather not usurp the oh so precious wi-fi at Panera and other such places that taunt me with their free internet access. You see, it may be free wi-fi at first glance, but wishing to be a true and honest person I'd have to buy a coffee or a muffin or some bread in order to compensate for my internet lechery. I kind of wish the whole country would go wi-fi already and that the cost of it would just come from sales tax or something. (Note, I do not actually understand the dealings of the US government so if this is actually completely absurd please refrain from verbally attacking me.) In any case, I am completely dumbfounded as to what I can do then. I plead for your help!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
I offer my sleep to you oh great nocturnal monkey gods!
My system seems to go into overdrive whenever the time goes past 12 AM.
I tend to do a lot of things only when I feel like it. Like now I've been dreading going through my room because it's in such a state of distress. I kind of wish Clean Sweep would just magically show up at our door and make it so Mom doesn't have to riffle through all that I have left behind. Sadly I'm not sure if they have that show anymore... Oh well, I've got to get this printer off my bed so I can at least read in bed.
Although I do have to add that I am writing this on a very handy dandy iPod touch! :) Right now I'm having difficulty deciding on if I'm going to keep this (which has less memory but was free) or keep my old one (which I use for transfering files on the hard drive). There's a bit of a war going on in my family as to who gets my rejected iPod. Both would be quite a gift to recieve. So we'll just see what happens.
Oh and I got the book Candide by Voltaire and it is hilarious. You can't read it in anything but a crazy British accent, but it's the funniest thing you've ever read if you do. Good times. I do have to gives kudos to Reed for suggesting such a fine specimen of a book. :)
I tend to do a lot of things only when I feel like it. Like now I've been dreading going through my room because it's in such a state of distress. I kind of wish Clean Sweep would just magically show up at our door and make it so Mom doesn't have to riffle through all that I have left behind. Sadly I'm not sure if they have that show anymore... Oh well, I've got to get this printer off my bed so I can at least read in bed.
Although I do have to add that I am writing this on a very handy dandy iPod touch! :) Right now I'm having difficulty deciding on if I'm going to keep this (which has less memory but was free) or keep my old one (which I use for transfering files on the hard drive). There's a bit of a war going on in my family as to who gets my rejected iPod. Both would be quite a gift to recieve. So we'll just see what happens.
Oh and I got the book Candide by Voltaire and it is hilarious. You can't read it in anything but a crazy British accent, but it's the funniest thing you've ever read if you do. Good times. I do have to gives kudos to Reed for suggesting such a fine specimen of a book. :)
Friday, June 06, 2008
Walking Into the Unknown
So, it seems as if I'll be moving to St. Louis in about two weeks. Crazy huh? I'm super excited about it because of my experiences last summer and just how everything was so confirming. I know nothing occurs the same way twice, but I'm hoping at least that this year of service can generate somewhat of the same kind of effect.
In my excitement, I am also very nervous. I have to be responsible. I will be an adult now, and it's a little scary. It seems almost like a paradox because all this time I've been wanting responsibility, adulthood, the ability to make my own decisions, yet now that that's what's happening, I'm so unsure about it. I know everything will be alright and everything will work out in the end. Definitely going to be praying a lot about all of this.
In my excitement, I am also very nervous. I have to be responsible. I will be an adult now, and it's a little scary. It seems almost like a paradox because all this time I've been wanting responsibility, adulthood, the ability to make my own decisions, yet now that that's what's happening, I'm so unsure about it. I know everything will be alright and everything will work out in the end. Definitely going to be praying a lot about all of this.
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