My brother is currently pretending I don't exist. He won't even look at me, whenever I try talking to him, he has one word hateful replies, its been almost two weeks. It hurts, it really does, but I'm not surprised. He's done this once before, it only lasted two weeks, unfortunately this time I know its going to be longer. Last time he told my sister the reason he was acting this way towards me was because he is tired of "trying" to fix our relationship. That burns. My own freaking brother thinks I'm not worth it. I'm not worth the effort. I'm not worth the drama. I'm not worth the hassle. I'm just not worth it...
The thing is, I am worth it though. Matthew 10:29-31 says God values us more than the birds! He even has our hairs numbered! As a matter of fact we are so much worth it too him, he died for us. Jesus Christ chose to die for me
because he thought I was worth it! The most powerful man that ever
walked this earth thought that both you and I are worth it! So surely we are. How awesome
is that?!
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Consideration
Yesterday I went to Wal-Mart. While shopping I saw a $5.00 package of hotdogs, just laying in a completely random place, not in a cooler where it belongs. I felt the package to see if it was still cold, so I could pick it up, well it was warm , so that just got wasted.
Tonight while working I see a $13.00 rib eye laying on the hot beer, I pick it up, thankfully still really cold, so it didn't get wasted like those hot dogs at Wal-Mart.
Let me get this straight. You wanted hotdogs, you put them in your cart, you changed your mind, then you set them on a random shelf? Really? Are you so inconsiderate and lazy that you can't pick it up? Do you even care you just wasted food? Probably not. I've found chewed gum just laying on the floor, cigarette butts with candy items, tomatoes in the milk cooler. The places I've found items that doesn't belong is endless...I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. It's not that hard to pick up something, especially in a little store where I work. Maybe this shouldn't bother me, but it does. I know I have been guilty of this a few times, so maybe I have no room to talk.
Consideration. That's all it takes; just a little consideration. Consideration for the employees who have to pick up after you. Consideration for the owner who loses money because your too lazy to put things back where you found them.
Luke 6:31~ And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
I know if you don't believe in the Bible that verse means absolutely nothing to you, but the verse still has an awesome point. Treat others how you want to be treated. Plain and simple.
Would you like it if someone came into your house and spit out their gum on your floor? If they took food out of your refrigerator and put it in the bathroom stink and left it to spoil, unless you just so happen to see it before it does? Most people I know would get really annoyed if anyone did that to them.
08-23-2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Bad Days
I finally had a day off yesterday. I relaxed, watched a lot of TV, for the first time in forever, painted a little, accidentally made a momma cat abandon her kittens :(, and went shopping with my parents. My day off was a success, I guess. It was really boring, but that's okay, it's been awhile since I've had a boring day that reminded of what it was like before I got my job. I really needed the day off. Although, I did have Tuesday off also, the two days I worked in between was pretty stressful, causing me to actually be really excited for my day off.
Wednesday and Thursday was so stressful. Both of those days started out really good, both of them ended really bad as well. I actually ended up crying a little bit Thursday at work. Of course, not for long. No way was I gonna let someone see my crying.
I learned something from both of these horrible days; I do not take bad days good. That might seem a little weird for me to say that, of course I'm not going to take a bad day good. They call it a bad day for a reason right? I disagree, in a way. I think as a Christian (Christ-like), I should have a different attitude towards my bad days. If I would have just been like 'well, today's not going great at all, but that's okay. God's got it under control.' The outcome of my day would have been totally different, because of my attitude. I wouldn't have cried because I would have known it would be okay. I still would have been able to smile. My attitude determines wheather I'm having a bad or good day.
I know I didn't explain this one very well, but I suppose it doesn't really matter much. Since I'm writing these blogs for me, as long as I understand what I'm trying to say is all that matters. Needless to say, I am going to start working on having a positive attitude towards my bad days.
08-16-2014
Wednesday and Thursday was so stressful. Both of those days started out really good, both of them ended really bad as well. I actually ended up crying a little bit Thursday at work. Of course, not for long. No way was I gonna let someone see my crying.
I learned something from both of these horrible days; I do not take bad days good. That might seem a little weird for me to say that, of course I'm not going to take a bad day good. They call it a bad day for a reason right? I disagree, in a way. I think as a Christian (Christ-like), I should have a different attitude towards my bad days. If I would have just been like 'well, today's not going great at all, but that's okay. God's got it under control.' The outcome of my day would have been totally different, because of my attitude. I wouldn't have cried because I would have known it would be okay. I still would have been able to smile. My attitude determines wheather I'm having a bad or good day.
I know I didn't explain this one very well, but I suppose it doesn't really matter much. Since I'm writing these blogs for me, as long as I understand what I'm trying to say is all that matters. Needless to say, I am going to start working on having a positive attitude towards my bad days.
08-16-2014
Friday, August 8, 2014
Worth the Wait
Work was busy tonight. Well somewhat busy anyways, I worked the "floor" (which basically means I'm doing everything, but the register). The morning person (my sister) didn't really do much for me, but that's okay, she was busy doing other stuff, and she's my sister so I didn't mind.
I was so busy in fact I had the person working the register stay 15 minutes longer then normal. After she left I was doing stuff in between customers. I had to eat dinner, total the sum of all the checks togther, and count the cash fund, only 45 minutest to get all of this done. I know it seems like a lot of time for those 3 simple things, but its not when you consider I have to do all of this in-between customers.
Customers kept coming in constantly, I didn't have time to go get my dinner out of the freezer, a Tony's mini pizza my sister had bought me. I was so hungry, I didn't really eat anything at all today before that. As silly as this might sound I was starting to get annoyed that I probably wouldn't be able to eat dinner tonight, I kept telling myself that it didn't matter. I didn't want to wait to eat, I wanted to eat then.
Finally 7:30 rolls around as there's no customers in the store, so I go back to the pizza freezer and grab a classic pepperoni, my favorite. I put in in the microwave for 4 minutes, even though I really wasn't expecting to get to eat it until at least 8:00. Then I start counting the cash fund, to my surprise I was able to get the cash fund counted without any customers coming in, I can't tell you how long its been since I've been able to do that. Next, I start adding the sum of all the checks together, I finished once without customers, then I had to total it up again to make sure my first amount was right, which it was by the way. Right before I finished with it the second time a customer came in, but I was still able to finish totaling before he was ready to be checked out. That's a first again, I was able to finish both the cash fund and counted the checks without any customers! Win! That was too good to be true, so surely I won't be able to finish dinner in peace I thought. I was wrong, that was one of the first times since I started working here two years ago I have been able to eat dinner without any customers. Double win!
I got a lesson out of this, might seem strange, but I did. Waiting is worth it. If I ate earlier when I wanted to, I would have ate with customers still in the store. I would have took one bite of my pizza, checked out a customer, then take another bite, then so forth. I wouldn't have been able to enjoy my dinner. Until tonight I couldn't even tell you the last time I enjoyed my dinner "break" at work.
Right now, my biggest struggle is not having a boyfriend, actually this might sound crazy, but I am almost 20 years old and I have never had a boyfriend. I hate it, I really do. I want a boyfriend today. I want someone to talk to that really truly cares, someone that I can kiss, someone I can laugh with, someone I can go places with, someone I can workout with at the gym, I want someone to love me for who I am, no conditions. The thing is there is not a single guy that exists in my world today. Well never mind, there are a few, but those few aren't the type of guy I want. If I were to settle for one of them right now, it would be a total disaster. One of those 3 week relationships, almost guaranteed. The guy I am going to marry is worth waiting for, he's worth not dating every single guy I meet. He's worth waiting for, just like my dinner tonight was.
08-08-2014
I was so busy in fact I had the person working the register stay 15 minutes longer then normal. After she left I was doing stuff in between customers. I had to eat dinner, total the sum of all the checks togther, and count the cash fund, only 45 minutest to get all of this done. I know it seems like a lot of time for those 3 simple things, but its not when you consider I have to do all of this in-between customers.
Customers kept coming in constantly, I didn't have time to go get my dinner out of the freezer, a Tony's mini pizza my sister had bought me. I was so hungry, I didn't really eat anything at all today before that. As silly as this might sound I was starting to get annoyed that I probably wouldn't be able to eat dinner tonight, I kept telling myself that it didn't matter. I didn't want to wait to eat, I wanted to eat then.
Finally 7:30 rolls around as there's no customers in the store, so I go back to the pizza freezer and grab a classic pepperoni, my favorite. I put in in the microwave for 4 minutes, even though I really wasn't expecting to get to eat it until at least 8:00. Then I start counting the cash fund, to my surprise I was able to get the cash fund counted without any customers coming in, I can't tell you how long its been since I've been able to do that. Next, I start adding the sum of all the checks together, I finished once without customers, then I had to total it up again to make sure my first amount was right, which it was by the way. Right before I finished with it the second time a customer came in, but I was still able to finish totaling before he was ready to be checked out. That's a first again, I was able to finish both the cash fund and counted the checks without any customers! Win! That was too good to be true, so surely I won't be able to finish dinner in peace I thought. I was wrong, that was one of the first times since I started working here two years ago I have been able to eat dinner without any customers. Double win!
I got a lesson out of this, might seem strange, but I did. Waiting is worth it. If I ate earlier when I wanted to, I would have ate with customers still in the store. I would have took one bite of my pizza, checked out a customer, then take another bite, then so forth. I wouldn't have been able to enjoy my dinner. Until tonight I couldn't even tell you the last time I enjoyed my dinner "break" at work.
Right now, my biggest struggle is not having a boyfriend, actually this might sound crazy, but I am almost 20 years old and I have never had a boyfriend. I hate it, I really do. I want a boyfriend today. I want someone to talk to that really truly cares, someone that I can kiss, someone I can laugh with, someone I can go places with, someone I can workout with at the gym, I want someone to love me for who I am, no conditions. The thing is there is not a single guy that exists in my world today. Well never mind, there are a few, but those few aren't the type of guy I want. If I were to settle for one of them right now, it would be a total disaster. One of those 3 week relationships, almost guaranteed. The guy I am going to marry is worth waiting for, he's worth not dating every single guy I meet. He's worth waiting for, just like my dinner tonight was.
08-08-2014
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Good Intentions
I think I broke the stapler... I had good intentions, I guess. Sometimes good intentions isn't enough. You need to know what your doing or well things might end up like this stapler. Broke.
It was yesterday, Saturday night. You would think in theory since its a Saturday we are busy, I wouldn't have time to mess around with a stapler, but my sisters (yeah that's right, my sisters and I work at the same place, its awesome :)) had already done almost everything for me, so by 3:00 I was already done with everything until 5:00.
I began to test my newly found theory. The night before my brother showed me how almost every stapler has two settings. The normal one and the tacking one. The tacking setting is meant for thicker stuff, like card bored. I thought that the tacking setting would work for a lot of credit card receipts. Instead of rubber banding them I would staple them.
I broke the stapler trying to change the setting, it was self-explainotory on the other stapler he showed me, but this one was a little harder.
After I broke it I tried to fix it, spent at least thirty minutes on it, finally I settled for rubber banding the piece that was broke. Now it works, but its still broke.
I feel really stupid about the whole thing. I had two choices, just leave it there and make the person who works the next day wonder what had happened to it, or I could leave a note saying I broke it. I was all for option #1, but option #2 is definitely a more honest option.
08-03-2014
It was yesterday, Saturday night. You would think in theory since its a Saturday we are busy, I wouldn't have time to mess around with a stapler, but my sisters (yeah that's right, my sisters and I work at the same place, its awesome :)) had already done almost everything for me, so by 3:00 I was already done with everything until 5:00. I began to test my newly found theory. The night before my brother showed me how almost every stapler has two settings. The normal one and the tacking one. The tacking setting is meant for thicker stuff, like card bored. I thought that the tacking setting would work for a lot of credit card receipts. Instead of rubber banding them I would staple them.
I broke the stapler trying to change the setting, it was self-explainotory on the other stapler he showed me, but this one was a little harder.
After I broke it I tried to fix it, spent at least thirty minutes on it, finally I settled for rubber banding the piece that was broke. Now it works, but its still broke.
I feel really stupid about the whole thing. I had two choices, just leave it there and make the person who works the next day wonder what had happened to it, or I could leave a note saying I broke it. I was all for option #1, but option #2 is definitely a more honest option.
08-03-2014
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