Out of My Car (Day 199)

A day in Tulsa. That is my blessing. I was surprised with an interview as I mentioned yesterday so I had to dash up there. One day in Tulsa was more entertaining than all my time in Dallas. I mean there are reasons for that. I've been working in Dallas and in Tulsa I got to play. It was an interesting day to say the least.

Good Purpose (Day 198)

I really wish I had more time to post tonight because I just read a passage that I have read many times but it never caught my attention until now. But I can't spend a lot of time because I just found out my job interview got moved to tomorrow instead of Friday! I guess that's God's way of blessing me by not letting me worry about the interview for two more days. He's only going to let me worry for a few more hours.

Sent Off (Day 197)

Today I sent off my portfolio to get it printed. Just one more thing to mark off my list! Hopefully all this money will pay off. But really I didn't do much else. The place where I decided to get my book printed didn't have the size I had originally laid mine out to be so it took almost all day to redesign it. Then I had a few uploading problems, but I got it done and it will be here by September 9th.

Renewal (Day 195/196)

I have a confession. Ever since I've been home I've neglected reading my Bible. It's because I haven't set up a routine since being here. The worst part is I've realized my quality of life has gone down. I haven't cared about taking care of myself as much, I haven't cared about the food I've been eating, and I haven't cared as much to stay away from sinning.

Much Done (Day 187-194)

Well I've neglected this thing so much in the past week that I even tweeted about it and I don't tweet often at all so that's saying something. My reason for neglect is trying to jump start my career and then spending the rest of the time frying my brain with pointless tv.

Now I will say the neglect wasn't all for nothing. I am almost done with my, well lets call them packets. They consist of my cover letter, resume, and a CD with samples of my work. Doesn't seem like much but I made everything from scratch so it's taken many hours of my time.. and a lot of my patience. But everything has worked out so I'm thankful for that.

Chipmunk (Day 183/184/185/186)

Wow I once again haven't posted since Monday. I'm so sorry. Tuesday my brother and I took out the paddle board and kayak. We got quite a few strange looks from all the people in their boats and jet skis. Even had a person ask me if that was really how I got around on the lake. No matter, it was so much fun. Paddle boarding will definitely be something I take up as a hobby once I can afford one for myself.

Learning About Thanks (Day 181/182)

Sunday I learned a bit about thanks. Once again God's timing has been perfect. And to think I wasn't even going to attend the young professional class today. I was planning on just staying with my parents in their class, but I told myself if I received a text from a friend asking if I was going to his class I would go. I looked down and there was already a text. Man God knows how to get me to do something. He knows I don't like to back down on something I promise myself.

Juuuuust kidding (Day 180/181)

Same as the last post. Not much going on except I'm in a pretty sarcastic mood right now. Went to the doctor today. Found out my spider bite was actually a ring worm which I'm a bit embarrassed to say but thankfully it will finally go away. Oh well, it happens to the best of us, but someone's pet is going to pay (juuuuust kidding). My blessing today is getting my portfolio done and working out more kinks on how to mail out my resume and cover letter. I think the most challenging part of being a designer is having to design for yourself. It's never good enough, it's never creative enough, and it's never done. Us designers have a problem with this. We have to sell ourselves through how we design ourselves to get ourselves a job. Overanalyzing this can be a problem even for the most laid back of men. So I'm thankful I'm getting to the finishing touches. Hopefully it will all run smoothly after that so I can finally get a job!! Let's keep praying for that blessing to come soon. :)

We Must (Day 179)

Not much happened today. It's my fault. I didn't find anything to do. I mean it's not like I'm living in the biggest metroplex in the United States or anything. If that was the case I would never be home... Oh wait. Well anyways, I got to sleep in, I got more cleaning of the room done, watched HP Part 2, cried some over HP Part 2 (I can't help shedding some tears when everyone starts dying), I didn't have to cook my dinner, went on a night bike ride, and got some sweet texts from friends.

Oh Goodness (Day 168-178)

Oh goodness it's been a long time. I told myself I wasn't going to write while in Colorado. I didn't manage staying off my computer at all, but I knew writing would take a lot of time and focus every night. So I'm going to combine the 29th through the 6th all into one post.

The 29th through the 6th were all days I spent in Co. There were so many memories and blessings. The biggest being the heat, or lack of heat. The high was anywhere from 78 degrees to 80 which means not much sweating which outside, and man did I spend a lot of time outside. After a week I have cuts, scrapes, bruises, sore muscles, a rolled ankle, a sunburn, some nice chacos tan lines, and many blisters, I got my fill of the mountains. I took my first whitewater kayaking trip down the Taylor river. It took some time getting used to steering on moving water and rapids, but once I got the hang of it there was no stopping the fun. I also went hiking almost every day.