First Aid, Foot Care, And Bladder Control

blogging two days in a row means i have waaayyyy tooooo much time. a college kid blogging two days in a row? seriously. yeah....really.

well im most definitely at work. it is my first day. it's not like a normal first day of work where everything is bright and shiny and super exciting where you get to learn new tricks. ha...yeah i wish. i used to be a teller back at associated in hudson and now im a teller at the associated here in winona. you would think that they are the same thing...well let me tell you-there is a HUGE difference!

the hudson associated pretty much rocked my world! it was glorious...two levels!! man just thinking back to when i was at the other bank makes me sooo sad. i wish i could be there more than anything!! there was a lovely lobby, and many offices and a receptionist desk and it felt like it was a legit business that had hope, friendship, beauty, and a frickin future for everyone that worked there! (i just created the most corny picture of that bank...it really was perfect!) it was nestled up against a hill and the scenery from the bank was an outlook over the saint croix river!! we had cookies every friday that were soooo delicious! i was always in drive-through in my safe little haven with gwen and sue and of course brandon. when i wasn't helping customers, i was wrapped up in reading Captivating or eating snacks or TEXTING (im proud to say i have unlimited and sometimes i still feel that i am going to reach a limit...yeah i have a problem). on fridays we were open until 7 frickin pm which is very late for a bank and not one customer would come from like 530 on. sooo brandon and i were super cool and thought of a bright idea! i brought my laptop and we watched House on my macbook until we closed at 7. working friday nights at the bank were actually a treat, haha it was sooo awesome! id watch House and once brandon would get bored of that, he would go watch MTV in the waiting area outside of the drive-through cave. and we'd both munch on cheez-its allllll day. it was simply wonderful.

TRANSITION

im at the new bank...or maybe i should call it my new closet. ahhh i feel like my sisters locked me in a closet again like they used to do when i was little. so first of all, im in a grocery store. a grocery store in winona. i feel like im in napolean dynamite. there are like 6 people shopping here at one time. its dead. and 95% of the customers consist of the oldest couples that have lived in winona since their parents birthed them. there is this old creepy radio station on in the background that makes you feel like time is nonexistant and that jeepers creeper dude is going to fly through the door and kill you. yeahhhhh, i definitely feel like im in the typical small town setting for an awful horror film. great. my life ends in the winona Hyvee grovery store as a teller. i can't wear my northface fleece here....ahhhh my arms are frgid! =) we are placed in the corner of the store right by the pharmacy....i watch these hardcore old pharmacists dink around with pills all day and its funny to think that they are working 5min away from me and their job looks just as miserable as what i am doing...maybe worse...they also are here until 7pm BUT they make ohhh about $80,000 more a year than i do. my view consists of Depends and Poise protective underwear. seriously straight in front of me...then a lil to my left is the Foot Care Section. did you know that there are four different brightly colored fingernail polish removers?? how fabulous! then there is the First Aid Section. so im definitely prepared for someone who is going to pee their pants, or someone who has a killer hang-nail and needs a clipper, or someone who needs a band-aid for a nasty wound. so yeah....this job. not legit. not awesome. OHHH and they are making me take my nose stud out, that was sad sad news. the size of this bank (if you even want to call it that) is about 1/3 of my dorm room. i have been standing in this one spot since ehhhh about 2:30pm. it's 6 now. yeah i pretty much stretch my arms and i can touch the walls on both sides of me.

oh and please do not think im sitting here using this to complain. im not complaining at all, im moreso using this to laugh at myself and my current situation. like im cracking up at how awful this is. and it mostly shocks me that everyone who works here is like totally chill with this. i feel like my facial expressions are screaming...."reaaallllllly...are you being serious????" this really motivates me to finish school and get a good degree and pursue my passions because why work and be miserable when you can work and be happy and glorify God??? yeah so im going to try and just be filled with the love and joy Jesus would have and spread that to all these winonans. they all seem to be bla. now thats not a life worth living to me. bla isn't good enough. bla is crap. i think this upcoming semester is going to take forever and every shift here will feel like days but im excited to see how i grow from it. i feel like God will show me a lot about perseverence and patience through these experiences. and those are two qualities i need to work on.

anyways, so i finished Hebrews yesterday. super good stuff. did you know that God calls us to pray for those in prison?? i mean i am sure it is assumed and we all know God wants us to pray for anyone struggling but i just thought it was interesting that He sraight out said, hey don't forget about them. they need your love too. this verse opened my eyes to the realization that prayer is about 99% of the time focused on the most important thing in my life-MYSELF! i pray that ill have a good day, good week, have good talks, have healthy relationships....i pray for strength, encouragement and the patience to see His will and purpuse for my life...i pray for his protection and wisdom in my life.......and the list goes on. like wow, could i be more selfish? its obviously good to pray about yourself and seek a deep relationship with your heavenly Father, and praying is talking to God and therefore He will reaveal Himself through that BUT man do i need to start praying for the big stuff. we feel like it doesn't matter if we do because the issue/situation/organization is too big. have we forgotten how big God is??? pretty sure He created the entire universe!!!! so it was kinda weird taking His word literally and praying for those in prison but i tried it and i think im going to try and focus more prayer time on the big stuff. like praying for my city that im living in or praying for intervarsity or praying for HUGE things like world hunger and disease. it feels like my itty bitty prayer won't make anything change but i also trust that God is God and that means He is frickin huge and capable of anything. Hebrews 13 was kind of scattered but i good chapter, i recommend it.

okay sweet, finally my shift is coming to a close. 7pm 7pm 7pm! woohoo! then off to intervarsity for some worship and a message. rock on.

song of the day "fairfax" by william tell

Peace