It's Saturday night here in good old Denver. It's been pretty hot here lately, about 90 today, but it's cooled off a bit since this afternoon. I finished off my first week of my internship strong. I learned alot, got to know the people a bit better there and can't wait to finish out the summer. It's such a great place to work, I feel like I already have been there awhile because the people are so friendly and are more importantly really willing to teach me things while I'm there.
I get so eager to do everything, and when I get frustrated because I don't already know how to do something, or if it feels like I'm not working on something every second, I have to take a breath and remind myself that I've only worked there five days. I just really want to succeed at this job and exceed my expectations and especially the expectations of my employers. It's really nice being on my own with this too. As miserable as Ms. Martin can sometimes make my life, she's only a miniscule part of it, and even though she holds authority at Anderson, she most certainly does not hold any authority in my internship. It's good to be able to step outside that Anderson microscope and spread my wings a little bit and see how I can do on my own in the "real world" That sounds pretty egotistical, but it's kind of true. This is a brand new challenge in my life, and as with any challenge, it's sink or swim. I was a little bit nervous coming into it, just because I didn't know how I would perform outside of my comfort zone. But so far, I feel like I've embraced the challenge. It's kind of funny, whenever I have something new like this in my life where I am uncertain, I tell myself it's ok to be nervous, but you still have to work through it. Half the time, the uncertainty helps me to do better. It's like I have to overcompensate just to make sure all my bases are covered. But again, it's been great so far, and I'm really excited and anxious to see how far I can get with this job.
Well that's the news on the business front, which also happens to be the major front in my life, because it's certainly not the relationship front. I don't mind being single. When else am I going to get a chance to be completely self-centered? Just kidding. But really, I know that this is apparently what God wants for me right now. However, I bring this whole topic up because it's also apparent to me that every year in the spring/summertime, I always get the relationship question from people. 3 times in the past two days.
-The first time was a straightforward "Are you dating anybody yet?" Nope, not yet, I'll keep you posted (roll my eyes).
-The second time, Joan, a funny designer at work, asked me in a little bit different way: "So Gillian, are ya hot with anybody right now??" "hee hee, No Joan, pretty cold actually"
- The third time was a bit random as well, I had just met a somewhat elderly couple at my grandparents house. My grandma had just told them that I was going to Peru for a missions trip. Little Old lady: "Oh that's so Wonderful!" Little old man: "Are you going to bring home a boyfriend?" Me: "Um, well, hopefully I'll be focusing more on the mission work than boys..."
So I don't mind the questions so much, especially when they're funny like that, but I do wonder why it ends up being a big deal, well maybe not a big deal, but any sort of deal at all. Who knows? Anyway, it's all God's timing, so that's definitely one less thing that I have to worry about. Well, it's close to 11 and I need to go to bed and then enjoy the Sabbath tomorrow. One week until Peru! Please continue to pray for the trip as well as for the rest of my support money to come in! Good Night!
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