i totally did not blog last week...my bad. i am curious to know if i even have any avid readers who anticipate my new posts. Probably not, because this is more for me to ramble my thoughts and be a crazy passionate lady. BUT if there are any, my deepest regrets go to you all on failing to complete a nice post last week =( forgiven?
anyways, so the last time i wrote was on valentines day. i hope you all had a wonderful love day and have memories that will last a lifetime. i unfortunately didnt hear any really sweet stories...does anyone have any?? i was so excited for the day after valentines to hear about jaw dropping events that would make my heart melt. i didnt hear anything about rooms full of roses or a surprise dinner...i didnt hear about any juicy poems or romantic songs...hmm i was bummed. my mom called me and told me about her and my dad's valentines date. HAHA, wow they crack me up. my parents go out to movies alllllll the time, its just their thing =) i totally get that from them...i dont think its like cliche at all to go out for dinner and a movie. i LOVE going out to a nice restaurant (haha who am i kidding, frickin take me to buffalo wild wings and ill be the happiest girl in the world...theres gotta be a lot of celery though! i dont need to go spend $30 on a plate of food...please) and then going to a movie after! its sooo relaxing and cute! so anywho, that is what my parents do probably every weekend. so they continued there tradition into love day and got some fantastic pizza (says daddio) then went to a movie. They saw "The Wrestler"...........bahahahaha! my two old folks who are just innocent and want to see a nice film and spend some quality time together saw the wrestler. My mom said she was horrified and and hid in my dads arm the whole movie because it was so gross. Poor mom had to watch men fight with torture devices....what a lovely way to end valentines day huh? and this has happened to my parents like 5 other times, you think they would start researching movies beforehand.
so i was dumb. straight up dumb yesterday. and i am most definitely paying for it today and will be for the next few days. tralala, i got off class at 1 yesterday and had the entire afternoon to do anything until my class at 5...heck i could nap, i could hang out with people, i could go for a run, i could watch some Friends, i could journal and have a quiet time, the options were ENDLESS!! mondays are like my only real days off...i am garunteed mondays off on my work schedule so i just always know i have an open day for whatever my heart desires =) so i got back to my room at like 12:55 and did the whole hands on the hip stance and just stared at my room and was like "what now....hmmm" so i sat down on the fu (we do not call it a futon...haha it is our beloved FU!) and decided to go on Pandora and see what music they could hook me up with and that turned into a 2 1/2 hour long introverted music time! i sat there completely sucked into Joshua Radin's beautiful words with his song "I'd rather be with you" and couldn't stop seeking out new fresh music to rock my soul. its a bad addiction and itunes eats my money like nothing else. i see the clock and its like 3!!! and im just like "AMY YOU WILL NOT WASTE ANY MORE TIME!!! its your afternoon off, be productive!!" so out of all the glorious options, i decided to go tanning. i think i felt the urge because in less than a week, half my friends will be in mexico or florida...getting a golden tan and enjoying fun in the sun and relaxing for SPRING BREAK!! i however decided that working would be the best for me since i am saving up for a macbook, school, krotch rocket (it will happen, taking lessons this summer!!) and a few summer trips (TEXAS!! and hopefully Belize). so yes i am actually staying in winona for spring break =( and making mula!! i think it will be awesome though guys...seriously...i have an entire week of silence to spend with my Lord......that sounds soooo refreshing!!!!! it will be weird and ill hate some of it, but ive never really had a retreat of silence and now i get a whole week of evenings with no one and nothing to do...i want to get into the word and conquer a few books of the Bible and pray in my room for hours =) =) =) STOKED!!!! so we'll see how that goes....
continuing the tanning story!!!! i get my ipod on and head over to electric beach to lay down in a bed of warmth and death! i walk in and there is a line of like 7 people. whaaaaaa?? ive never seen such a thing! then i rememberd, duh...spring break soon. no one wants to burn their pastey white skin. you think i would have turned around and just been like whatever and gone for a run (much healthier...you dont get cancer from running) noooope, i made an appointment and waited 25 mintues to TAN! i just jammed out to my ipod while waiting then it was my turn, and i trotted upstairs to my lil heaven bed of joy. oh bed 23, well hello, please tan me well! i lay down and the timer is set for 12 minutes. thats not even long right? electric beach plays awesome music and its really loud so you cant help but be giddy and sing while laying there soaking up the....rays. my face felt a lil hot and i turned off the face lamp, not wanting to burn. the time flew and i felt great and walked back to campus feeling toasty and a lil darker. SCORE! went to my film class, watched the lame movie Psycho, came back, and went to my neighbors room to chat and snack on M&M's. a few of us girls sat there and were talking about surgeries and bone breaks...and how awesome i think it would be to have surgrey. after a hour or so, my pants started to hurt me. haha, seriously i was like "whaaaat the crap, am i allergic to my jeans??" the part where the button and zipper meet was irritating my stomach and it started to like itch and burn and i kept having to adjust my jeans. i was so confused. everyone was probably wondering why i kept getting up to fix my jeans then sitting back down, ha. out of nowhere someone was like "hey did you go tanning...you look darker" and im like "yeeaahhhh i did" (in my head i had totally forgotten that i went earlier) then i sprang up and ran to my friends body mirror and lifted my shirt to look at my stomach and i was REEEEDDDDDD!!!!!! BRIGHT PINK RED STOMACH!!!! like a roasted red lobster!!! everyone was like "oohhhhhhhh aaaammmmmmmyyyyy!!!" ahhhh the inside of my elbows were red, my neck, my chest, my thighs, my back, my everything BURNT! its like someone put me in a rotisserie chicken oven and took me out hours later to reveal the crispiest critter ever!!! the rest of the night i could barely move...everytime i sat or stood up my dry cottony clothes rubbed against the tender burn alllll over my body. good roomie stephanie rubbed lotion all over me and i went to bed with a fan on me full blast. its like i got a turn to be the sun for a day...i was radiating heat like none other. my skin was on fire. today it has toned down but some parts still have that burning feeling and it looks like my skin is swollen =( well i wont be going tanning again for some time. maybe they were new bulbs? im not sure...but i am sure this KILLS!
talking about it makes it hurt sooo on a more serious note....Romans is cool. i know i have said this before and have shared from Romans before but seriously Paul is the man. He reminds me of me....he kind of goes off on rants and says the same thing and he "snowballs" his thoughts. ive been said to snowball...thanks steph. its really cool if you guys do this, frickin get into the word and get to know the people you're reading about. they have personality traits too and you may find yourself relating! its sweet. so i read Romans 7 last night and there was a part that stuck out to meeee....let me copy and paste....Romans 7:14-20....
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
okay correct me if this is inappropriate but this honestly made me crack up. do you see Pauls freak out?? i picture him walking in circles and saying "ahhhh i do what i dont want to do, and i dont do what i want to do!!! why?? ahhh!!". Romans 7 is straight forward and written nicely and i love the content, but this one paragraph Paul seems to kind of lose it and he really seems to be having spiritual warfare. i love Paul's honesty and he says the same thing over and over again. interesting huh? just read it a few times and its just funny, because i totally see myself doing this a lot. why do we do what we dont want to do and then dont do what Christ wants us to do? well stupid sin obviously. Paul really wants to make it clear to you that as a human being, you are going to sin...it is sin living in you that causes you to do things you do sometimes. man does it suck, but we are saved through Jesus Christ so what up sin, take it! i guess i just wanted to show this to open people's eyes to spiritual warfare that even amazing men like Paul have gone through it. and its comforting to see this truth in God's word and see hearts experiencing what i am experiencing today! GODS WORD IS TRUTH and its amazing, diiiiiig in!!
well there will be many more posts to come next week with all my spare time. i will teach myself to play at least 2 or 3 songs on a guitar this spring break. people will come back tan, ill come back musically inspired! muhaha! yeah we'll see...ill probably quit. i tend to do that.
song of the day-(like i stated earlier) "id rather be with you" by joshua radin
Peace
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Pucker Up Baby
so usually, i just push the "new post" button and then start typing like a mad woman and don't stop until i realize that no human being would want to read that long of a post...then i stop. today however, i am just staring at my screen completely wordless and thoughtless. weird! amy lancette is NEVER wordless! this girl can talk =) about ANYTHING to ANYONE! haha ask lauren...she is the one friend who rolls her eyes at me when i start to go off on a tangent because she knows it won't end for quite some time. love you darling! maybe its because today is well Valentines Day and sometimes love is hard to talk about...ya know?
so yes, it is Valentines Day today! I usually try to blog once a week and i didn't chose today on purpose at all. i worked on tuesday, thursday, and friday and for some reason didn't find the time to blog any of those days. and now its saturday (and i have 5 hours of work left) and i havent blogged this week so i have no choice...this is happening haha. so dont think that i was purposely anticipaitng this day to babble about love in my post. im most definitely not an expert when it comes to LOVE. however, i have learned a lot about love and how to love and how to accept love and feel love and see love. its been a journey...and let me tell you guys...if you dont know where love is supposed to fall as a priority in your life...then you havent truly let the LOVE of Christ envelop you!
im not a hater of valentines day (sometimes)...overall i think that its cute we have a day where people are extra giddy and pink is the fashion statement and men NOT carrying roses or balloons will be punished haha. i think love should be given every day no matter what, but hey why not have a day where people go over the top? its an excuse to let your man take you out for dinner or an excuse to hang with your single ladies and eat pounds of chocolate while watching "the notebook". whatever the case, if you have a positive attitude...valentines day can be lots of fun. heck im doing something completely different this year...after work, i am going to spend a couple hours in a quiet area and open the Bible and look up all the verses on LOVE and really allow God to captivate me and my heart. hey if its a day of love, i want to be spending some of it with the man who loves me most...my heavenly Father. im really excited for this time later today...its the first time in like 5 years where my heart is free from other relationships and is desiring the richest love of all...God's LOVE.
annnyyyyyways, i have a few HILARIOUS stories for you! so the combination of valentines day and working at a bank with weird winona trashy customers equals CREEPER DATES!! so im chillin at my teller station...being productive right? stocking the deposit and withdrawal slips. adjusting my name tag to look professional...pretty much being a rock star. then i see dude. dude who comes in like twice a week and finds ANYTHING to talk about for at least 15min. he is like 40 and is going to school at winona state. he looks like he just walked out of seinfeld. just one strange character this man is. he comes up to me and flashes me an awkward smile then looks at our decorated "today's special" sign that has info about home equity loans. we colored little hearts all over the sign in celebration of today. he stares at the sign. i say "hey jeff, are you interested in the new rate for the loan?" he says "no...i just really like all the bright colored hearts and its just really pretty...and well...that just reminds me...of something i need to ask you". im like ahhhhhh okay, what in the world?!?! shake it off amy. so we start doing his deposit and of course he starts babbling about his fuel gauge in his car and if i knew how to fix a broken one. ha are you kidding, i dont know how to open the hood of my car. we finish up the transaction and in the deepest depths of my heart im super happy he hasnt said anything referring to his uncomfortable comment before...i smile and thank him for his business and HOPE he gets the foxtrot out of my personal bubble! awkward jeff begins to play with his hands and mumble randomness. what the crap?! "is there anything else i can do for you today?" i ask. jeff wont even look at me and says "welllllll...um...i....i....welll....the thing is...if you were to like any certain kind of flower....um....well...what, what....what kind would it be?" im just dumbfounded and dont know what to say. so what do i do....NOT SAY ANYTHING!! i just froze and was screaming "ahhhhhhh weeeeiiiiiird" in my head. then he says "i just wanted to get you some flowers and then ask you if i could have your advice about sending flowers to Kazakhstan for a lady interest of mine...we video chat and talk on the phone and i want to send her something pretty...to make her happy..." can i just say that wow was i relieved!!!!!! i totally ignored the whole comment about flowers for me and was like "ohhh a lady interest??? whats her name??? when did you meet?? whats she like?? have you met in person??" trying everything to keep the focus on this lucky lady over by china who so desperately needs flowers from this man. we ended up discussing the cost of shipping flowers over to kasakhstan and that it would be around $115.00!!!! wow! my advice: dont have a long distance relationship that far away lol. poor girl is never gona get flowers. so after he stayed and debated this idea for like 10min! he decided no...he is just too broke. he then has the nerve to ask ME what he could do over video chat to show her that he cares.....................................................there were no words. i suggested he read her a poem? HAHA! i was way too disturbed to think of any other options for the poor guy. he was just like, "oh ill think of something creative...do you really think she'll be happy with a poem over a video chat?" im just like, yesssssssssss, now please leave the store. haha. no i was happy to help, whatever i can to ensure a couples love on valentines day =) yeah sure. there were more stories, even worse...involving me getting candy hearts as a date proposal, and getting invited to a "pisces party" where only scorpios were invited (me and the other teller jess....) yeah just ask me about it.
to end this post on a LOVE note, i would like to share with you all a very well known Bible verse. "Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. "– Matthew 22:37-38 it is stated right here that loving God is the MOST IMPORTANT and GREATEST of all commandments. people get caught up in everything else in life, and Christians especially get caught up with living this perfect life and doing good things and serving and prophesizing and that stuff is all good and necessary for God's kingdom. BUT we must not forget what God has imprinted on our hearts first and that is LOVE. we must love, we are called to love. the second commandment instructs us to love our neighbors. so first we must love God and then love each other. God is frickin awesome. above anything else...no if's and's or but's...we must love. we must love our enemies-people who have lied to us, people who have stolen from us, people who have talked bad about us, people who have hurt our families, people who make us angry, people who don't give us a chance....alllllll these people are God's children too and why wouldn't we love them too? how are we going to attract people to following christ and becoming christians if we dont show never ending, deep, passionate, real love??? its the only way. and God commands it of us. "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:12-13 wow so we are supposed to love others as if they died for us and our sins??? we are supposed to love others as if they were CHRIST??? intense. and of course we can celebrate God's love for us with this verse..."I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me." - Proverbs 8:17 ...guys...seek that love and you will find that love. its so filling and amazing. nothing can compare =)
I LOVE YOU ALL! and i pray that each one of you spends this holiday chillin with the people who adore you and the people whom you adore. oh and if you feel this need to...ohh...idk...get me chocolates, im totally down for that =)
song of the day-"boy with a coin" by iron & wine
(ps...do you like the font color change in honor of this fine love day? heck yes. appreciate)
so yes, it is Valentines Day today! I usually try to blog once a week and i didn't chose today on purpose at all. i worked on tuesday, thursday, and friday and for some reason didn't find the time to blog any of those days. and now its saturday (and i have 5 hours of work left) and i havent blogged this week so i have no choice...this is happening haha. so dont think that i was purposely anticipaitng this day to babble about love in my post. im most definitely not an expert when it comes to LOVE. however, i have learned a lot about love and how to love and how to accept love and feel love and see love. its been a journey...and let me tell you guys...if you dont know where love is supposed to fall as a priority in your life...then you havent truly let the LOVE of Christ envelop you!
im not a hater of valentines day (sometimes)...overall i think that its cute we have a day where people are extra giddy and pink is the fashion statement and men NOT carrying roses or balloons will be punished haha. i think love should be given every day no matter what, but hey why not have a day where people go over the top? its an excuse to let your man take you out for dinner or an excuse to hang with your single ladies and eat pounds of chocolate while watching "the notebook". whatever the case, if you have a positive attitude...valentines day can be lots of fun. heck im doing something completely different this year...after work, i am going to spend a couple hours in a quiet area and open the Bible and look up all the verses on LOVE and really allow God to captivate me and my heart. hey if its a day of love, i want to be spending some of it with the man who loves me most...my heavenly Father. im really excited for this time later today...its the first time in like 5 years where my heart is free from other relationships and is desiring the richest love of all...God's LOVE.
annnyyyyyways, i have a few HILARIOUS stories for you! so the combination of valentines day and working at a bank with weird winona trashy customers equals CREEPER DATES!! so im chillin at my teller station...being productive right? stocking the deposit and withdrawal slips. adjusting my name tag to look professional...pretty much being a rock star. then i see dude. dude who comes in like twice a week and finds ANYTHING to talk about for at least 15min. he is like 40 and is going to school at winona state. he looks like he just walked out of seinfeld. just one strange character this man is. he comes up to me and flashes me an awkward smile then looks at our decorated "today's special" sign that has info about home equity loans. we colored little hearts all over the sign in celebration of today. he stares at the sign. i say "hey jeff, are you interested in the new rate for the loan?" he says "no...i just really like all the bright colored hearts and its just really pretty...and well...that just reminds me...of something i need to ask you". im like ahhhhhh okay, what in the world?!?! shake it off amy. so we start doing his deposit and of course he starts babbling about his fuel gauge in his car and if i knew how to fix a broken one. ha are you kidding, i dont know how to open the hood of my car. we finish up the transaction and in the deepest depths of my heart im super happy he hasnt said anything referring to his uncomfortable comment before...i smile and thank him for his business and HOPE he gets the foxtrot out of my personal bubble! awkward jeff begins to play with his hands and mumble randomness. what the crap?! "is there anything else i can do for you today?" i ask. jeff wont even look at me and says "welllllll...um...i....i....welll....the thing is...if you were to like any certain kind of flower....um....well...what, what....what kind would it be?" im just dumbfounded and dont know what to say. so what do i do....NOT SAY ANYTHING!! i just froze and was screaming "ahhhhhhh weeeeiiiiiird" in my head. then he says "i just wanted to get you some flowers and then ask you if i could have your advice about sending flowers to Kazakhstan for a lady interest of mine...we video chat and talk on the phone and i want to send her something pretty...to make her happy..." can i just say that wow was i relieved!!!!!! i totally ignored the whole comment about flowers for me and was like "ohhh a lady interest??? whats her name??? when did you meet?? whats she like?? have you met in person??" trying everything to keep the focus on this lucky lady over by china who so desperately needs flowers from this man. we ended up discussing the cost of shipping flowers over to kasakhstan and that it would be around $115.00!!!! wow! my advice: dont have a long distance relationship that far away lol. poor girl is never gona get flowers. so after he stayed and debated this idea for like 10min! he decided no...he is just too broke. he then has the nerve to ask ME what he could do over video chat to show her that he cares.....................................................there were no words. i suggested he read her a poem? HAHA! i was way too disturbed to think of any other options for the poor guy. he was just like, "oh ill think of something creative...do you really think she'll be happy with a poem over a video chat?" im just like, yesssssssssss, now please leave the store. haha. no i was happy to help, whatever i can to ensure a couples love on valentines day =) yeah sure. there were more stories, even worse...involving me getting candy hearts as a date proposal, and getting invited to a "pisces party" where only scorpios were invited (me and the other teller jess....) yeah just ask me about it.
to end this post on a LOVE note, i would like to share with you all a very well known Bible verse. "Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. "– Matthew 22:37-38 it is stated right here that loving God is the MOST IMPORTANT and GREATEST of all commandments. people get caught up in everything else in life, and Christians especially get caught up with living this perfect life and doing good things and serving and prophesizing and that stuff is all good and necessary for God's kingdom. BUT we must not forget what God has imprinted on our hearts first and that is LOVE. we must love, we are called to love. the second commandment instructs us to love our neighbors. so first we must love God and then love each other. God is frickin awesome. above anything else...no if's and's or but's...we must love. we must love our enemies-people who have lied to us, people who have stolen from us, people who have talked bad about us, people who have hurt our families, people who make us angry, people who don't give us a chance....alllllll these people are God's children too and why wouldn't we love them too? how are we going to attract people to following christ and becoming christians if we dont show never ending, deep, passionate, real love??? its the only way. and God commands it of us. "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:12-13 wow so we are supposed to love others as if they died for us and our sins??? we are supposed to love others as if they were CHRIST??? intense. and of course we can celebrate God's love for us with this verse..."I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me." - Proverbs 8:17 ...guys...seek that love and you will find that love. its so filling and amazing. nothing can compare =)
I LOVE YOU ALL! and i pray that each one of you spends this holiday chillin with the people who adore you and the people whom you adore. oh and if you feel this need to...ohh...idk...get me chocolates, im totally down for that =)
song of the day-"boy with a coin" by iron & wine
(ps...do you like the font color change in honor of this fine love day? heck yes. appreciate)
Peace
Saturday, February 7, 2009
I'm A Big Kid Now...
My title is not referring to the fact that i now have moved on from diapers and am happily wearing pull-ups. haha. now i have that jingle in my head "I'm a big kid now!". how cute! wow kids rock.
so yeah im feeling old guys...the good old days when i had no responsibilites or commitments are a thing of the past. it is weird to think that you only really get to spend the first fourth of your life being COMPLETELY carefree. there might be thoughts in the back of your head concerning your future and you're next job but at the end of the day, you know your parents probably have your back and there is a nice room sitting at home waiting for you if you need anything. let me explain "first fourth". so if you eat the kinda crap i do...oh you know what i am talking about! if you get erbs and gerbs once a week, or if you and your friends get that midnight craving for a pizza and then purchase some yummy dominos, or if you eat six double stuff oreos even though the serving size is two, or if you eat chipotle and buffalo wild wings religiously....you probably won't have the greatest of health when you hit your 50's. and if you fake bake or are in the sun 24/7 when summer hits...your skin will probably be nast in your 60's or 70's. if you drink coffee, sports drinks, or pop instead of water...your teeth will probably fall out in your 70's. if you don't exercise because you "don't have time" (yeah whatever, we all have time...you need to MAKE time, not FIND time) and you decide to play rockband or facebook instead of playing some frisbee or going for a peaceful jog...you could possibly have a heart attack in your 40's or 50's, or get heart disease, or get diabetes, or get some type of cancer. if you smoke.....well if you smoke you're just asking for it. you know what you could get from ingesting that crap. if you text constantly or if you are on the phone a lot or watch TV a lot...you have killed trillions of brain cells and will possibly get brain cancer, alzheimers disease, ADD, ADHD, or have vision problems...and that could all happen any time. SOOOOO, me saying all of this is to get to the point that our generation will probably only make it to our 70's if we are lucky. but me being the oh so very positive, optimistic person that i am (yeah right...haha) im going to assume that we'll all hopefully make it to 80. therefore....for most of my readers....we are 20....we have lived 1/4 of our life. interesting huh? the first fourth of our life was spent being the most mindless, life-loving, adventure-seeking, mistake-making, dependent, fun-focused, money-careless buncha people. not to mention the first ten years of our life were spent even more carefree than what i just listed off. heck you were still in the sandbox and mom still drove you to swimming lessons at the YMCA and watching doug and recess were the most exciting moments of the week. oh my do i miss those days! not a worry in the world as a little tike. i played all day, mom made dinner at 5pm and dad read me a story before bed at night.
what happened to those days?
when did i start making my own meals and since when did my night routine turn into listening to my ipod instead of snuggling with my dad and falling asleep to his stories?
and the saddest thing of all is that we never get those AMAZING twenty years back. there will be nothing like my childhood ever again. nothing can compare to camping with my family every summer. nothing can compare to my mom's homemade spaghetti. for the next 60 years or so, life will be full of the normal adult fears and concerns and schedules and huge changes. don't get me wrong...i am soooo excited to be a big kid now and find a career and get my own place and take trips with no mommy and daddy...ahhh SUPER STOKED! but life is super complicated with aging. for example...i had a "check-in" with my assistant manager to talk about goals and work ethic or w/e and we got into a hour conversation about unsecure loans and fixed loans, and home equity loans, and credit cards and morgages!!! and low rates and high rates and CD's and blablabla! it was all so very interesting and i can really see my passion in real estate coming through but like this is life now. seven years from now, my husband (this timing has no significance, just a hope =) haha) will be sitting down after eating take out or something (i dont cook...but ill try and learn for you my darling...wherever you are) and we'll be having a conversation about putting our money into a money market account or deciding if we want to refiance our house, or talking about getting a new car with either a credit card or a loan. are you kidding??? and on top of that...talking about having kids and when, and where they are going to school and what home church we'll attend. oh and who is going to pay the bills? balance the check book and prepares a budget? saving for retirement...keeping a good credit score.
hey so the list goes on. im going to stop here though.
im most definitely not complaining. this is life. and you can look at this overwhelming chunk of responsibilites and say "crap" or you can look at it and say "sweeeeet...ive got this"
i know my view is not straight on with everyone else's and that is because i work at a bank. i see finances every day. i see how much a struggle money is for most of my customers. half the time they come in just to talk instead of looking at their near negative accounts. my worries are a little higher when it comes to the money topic for my future because i see how hard it is on couples that come here trying to get loans for a house or a car and they get declined because of a low credit score. they fight right infront of the teller line! awkward!!! im so thankful for my job here because i feel as though i have a HUGE advantage to getting everything set up now so that i can live a little easier 5 or 10 years down the road. most kids my age have a savings account and checking account...thats it. no one informs them that they should get a 401k plan started so they can invest for retirement. no one informs them of CD's or money market accounts that can make money off their money. no one informs them that they SHOULD have a credit card right NOW and should be making payments on something so they can build a credit score. it can take up to ten years to get a 760+ credit score. parents say no to credit cards not realizing they are holding their kids back from starting a future (many...MANY kids are dumb though and screw their credit score when maxing a credit card) anyways, enough of my bank mumbo jumbo. i know none of you care lol im just obnoxious and passionate and share too much!
even though a lot of this sounds like crap. what keeps me together is that first of all, i know God is bigger than any money issue or house foreclosure or negative bank account. He'll be there EVERY step of the way. secondly, i know that i will have a partner in all of this. my future beloved hubby =) i THRIVE off of deep talk, and im so excited to sit down and talk politics and finances with my honey. i am excited to drown out a movie we'll be watching with our conversation about future baby names. i am excited to go grocery shopping together and use coupons and buy the generic junk to save money. i am excited to have joint bank accounts. i am excited to buy our first house together and make our first meal in the kitchen and throw a frisbee in the backyard. i am excited to pick out a car together and anticpate its break down. i am excited to pray together every night and enjoy each day's blessings TOGETHER. i am excited to pick out lame furniture from target because we'll be too cheap to get the real stuff. i am excited to read scripture together and learn to love one another more because of our foundation built off of God. im excited to be a team for our heavenly Father, and work together to glorify His kingdom. me and my man are going to do big things...i can just feel it. =) we will sacrifice anything to follow after God! i can't wait to love this man! wow...what a life it will be. sounds quite exciting if you ask me.
work is almost over and this was a weird blog with not a lot of significance but this was all in my mind and i wanted to talk about it sooo thats what a blog is for right?
song of the day-"the stand" by hillsong united
Peace
so yeah im feeling old guys...the good old days when i had no responsibilites or commitments are a thing of the past. it is weird to think that you only really get to spend the first fourth of your life being COMPLETELY carefree. there might be thoughts in the back of your head concerning your future and you're next job but at the end of the day, you know your parents probably have your back and there is a nice room sitting at home waiting for you if you need anything. let me explain "first fourth". so if you eat the kinda crap i do...oh you know what i am talking about! if you get erbs and gerbs once a week, or if you and your friends get that midnight craving for a pizza and then purchase some yummy dominos, or if you eat six double stuff oreos even though the serving size is two, or if you eat chipotle and buffalo wild wings religiously....you probably won't have the greatest of health when you hit your 50's. and if you fake bake or are in the sun 24/7 when summer hits...your skin will probably be nast in your 60's or 70's. if you drink coffee, sports drinks, or pop instead of water...your teeth will probably fall out in your 70's. if you don't exercise because you "don't have time" (yeah whatever, we all have time...you need to MAKE time, not FIND time) and you decide to play rockband or facebook instead of playing some frisbee or going for a peaceful jog...you could possibly have a heart attack in your 40's or 50's, or get heart disease, or get diabetes, or get some type of cancer. if you smoke.....well if you smoke you're just asking for it. you know what you could get from ingesting that crap. if you text constantly or if you are on the phone a lot or watch TV a lot...you have killed trillions of brain cells and will possibly get brain cancer, alzheimers disease, ADD, ADHD, or have vision problems...and that could all happen any time. SOOOOO, me saying all of this is to get to the point that our generation will probably only make it to our 70's if we are lucky. but me being the oh so very positive, optimistic person that i am (yeah right...haha) im going to assume that we'll all hopefully make it to 80. therefore....for most of my readers....we are 20....we have lived 1/4 of our life. interesting huh? the first fourth of our life was spent being the most mindless, life-loving, adventure-seeking, mistake-making, dependent, fun-focused, money-careless buncha people. not to mention the first ten years of our life were spent even more carefree than what i just listed off. heck you were still in the sandbox and mom still drove you to swimming lessons at the YMCA and watching doug and recess were the most exciting moments of the week. oh my do i miss those days! not a worry in the world as a little tike. i played all day, mom made dinner at 5pm and dad read me a story before bed at night.
what happened to those days?
when did i start making my own meals and since when did my night routine turn into listening to my ipod instead of snuggling with my dad and falling asleep to his stories?
and the saddest thing of all is that we never get those AMAZING twenty years back. there will be nothing like my childhood ever again. nothing can compare to camping with my family every summer. nothing can compare to my mom's homemade spaghetti. for the next 60 years or so, life will be full of the normal adult fears and concerns and schedules and huge changes. don't get me wrong...i am soooo excited to be a big kid now and find a career and get my own place and take trips with no mommy and daddy...ahhh SUPER STOKED! but life is super complicated with aging. for example...i had a "check-in" with my assistant manager to talk about goals and work ethic or w/e and we got into a hour conversation about unsecure loans and fixed loans, and home equity loans, and credit cards and morgages!!! and low rates and high rates and CD's and blablabla! it was all so very interesting and i can really see my passion in real estate coming through but like this is life now. seven years from now, my husband (this timing has no significance, just a hope =) haha) will be sitting down after eating take out or something (i dont cook...but ill try and learn for you my darling...wherever you are) and we'll be having a conversation about putting our money into a money market account or deciding if we want to refiance our house, or talking about getting a new car with either a credit card or a loan. are you kidding??? and on top of that...talking about having kids and when, and where they are going to school and what home church we'll attend. oh and who is going to pay the bills? balance the check book and prepares a budget? saving for retirement...keeping a good credit score.
hey so the list goes on. im going to stop here though.
im most definitely not complaining. this is life. and you can look at this overwhelming chunk of responsibilites and say "crap" or you can look at it and say "sweeeeet...ive got this"
i know my view is not straight on with everyone else's and that is because i work at a bank. i see finances every day. i see how much a struggle money is for most of my customers. half the time they come in just to talk instead of looking at their near negative accounts. my worries are a little higher when it comes to the money topic for my future because i see how hard it is on couples that come here trying to get loans for a house or a car and they get declined because of a low credit score. they fight right infront of the teller line! awkward!!! im so thankful for my job here because i feel as though i have a HUGE advantage to getting everything set up now so that i can live a little easier 5 or 10 years down the road. most kids my age have a savings account and checking account...thats it. no one informs them that they should get a 401k plan started so they can invest for retirement. no one informs them of CD's or money market accounts that can make money off their money. no one informs them that they SHOULD have a credit card right NOW and should be making payments on something so they can build a credit score. it can take up to ten years to get a 760+ credit score. parents say no to credit cards not realizing they are holding their kids back from starting a future (many...MANY kids are dumb though and screw their credit score when maxing a credit card) anyways, enough of my bank mumbo jumbo. i know none of you care lol im just obnoxious and passionate and share too much!
even though a lot of this sounds like crap. what keeps me together is that first of all, i know God is bigger than any money issue or house foreclosure or negative bank account. He'll be there EVERY step of the way. secondly, i know that i will have a partner in all of this. my future beloved hubby =) i THRIVE off of deep talk, and im so excited to sit down and talk politics and finances with my honey. i am excited to drown out a movie we'll be watching with our conversation about future baby names. i am excited to go grocery shopping together and use coupons and buy the generic junk to save money. i am excited to have joint bank accounts. i am excited to buy our first house together and make our first meal in the kitchen and throw a frisbee in the backyard. i am excited to pick out a car together and anticpate its break down. i am excited to pray together every night and enjoy each day's blessings TOGETHER. i am excited to pick out lame furniture from target because we'll be too cheap to get the real stuff. i am excited to read scripture together and learn to love one another more because of our foundation built off of God. im excited to be a team for our heavenly Father, and work together to glorify His kingdom. me and my man are going to do big things...i can just feel it. =) we will sacrifice anything to follow after God! i can't wait to love this man! wow...what a life it will be. sounds quite exciting if you ask me.
work is almost over and this was a weird blog with not a lot of significance but this was all in my mind and i wanted to talk about it sooo thats what a blog is for right?
song of the day-"the stand" by hillsong united
Peace
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