Ranchoholics Anonymous

Well my day off wasn't all that productive, which I guess could be a good thing. I woke up at 8 am and watched a move and then out of sheer boredom and lack of motivation to do anything, I ended up taking a 4 hour nap for the rest of the afternoon basically until I had to work at ABC.
Work wasn't all that great. We were insanely busy and then there was that scene this girl caused when she came to pick up her paycheck, and I wouldn't give it to her because the owner told me not to (plus we were really busy).
I basically got the short end of her wrath and the wrath of her friend who were very irrate and cussed me out. Lovely.
At least my bleak and depressing day ended on a good note. Ruth and Jen were waiting for me in the parking lot after I got done work. Ruth was doing the 30-hour famine and we went to the West Chester diner at midnight to draw her fasting to a close. While we waited, we each took turns reading the Easter story from Luke.
Last time the 3 of us went to WCD, we pigged out on so much ranch dressing, our poor waiter, coined us the condiment queens. Sad enough to say, one of our main reasons for going there tonight was for the ranch. We order our food and a communal plate of french fries and asked for a big vat of RANCH dressing!!! And we actually finished off an entire bowl of ranch if you can believe it!
After we dropped Jen off, (she was getting sleepy and wanted to go to bed) Ruth and I had a nice talk about life and some of our stuggles. It was really great to talk.
It is really late, like 3 am and I'm still wide awake. But I better try to make myself go to sleep anyway or I might pay for it tomorrow.

It's a small world after all...

I am so excited that I have tomorrow off of the senior center because of Good Friday!! I am ready for a mental health day. I have been the substitute for the Meals on Wheels coordinator there for the two weeks she's been on vacation. The site manager is the person who would under normal circumstances cover for her, but she has been deathly ill with pneunmonia. So they flot me around to fill the gaps. Nice to know I'm needed.

I had to work tonight of all nights at Alanta Bread. It's Maudy Thursday and it would have been nice to have been able to go to church. Tara had a funeral to go to and the other night shift supervisor is in Flordia (i'm trying not to be jealous). Dom didn't want to work a 14 hour day, and I don't blame him.

It was really cool that I worked though. Because I don't normally work on Thursdays, tonight I worked with this girl, Libbi, she usually works Thurdays. I remember her mentioning before her knowing a man who had a brain tumor, but tonight she mentioned him again, saying she was going to take the left over cookies to his family. I told her I also know a man who is dying from a brain tumor also. Immediatly her eyes widened and she asked me his name. I said Jeff and she knew right away it was Jeff Dean!!!

How amazing is that?? All this time I worked with someone who has been in contact with the Dean family and I didn't even know it. We talked about the family and how we knew them for a while. She is consistantly praying that God works a miracle in Jeff's life. I told her about the prayer chain we have for him and how we just mostly at this point are very concerned for his salvation.

I have been just so tossed around by the fraility of life especially this past week. Things like the persistant media coverage on the Terri Schrivo case, and talking with a friend of the family for almost 6 hours last night who unexpectectatly lost her husband 6 months ago to a silent heart attack. I have nearly been moved to tears. I just feel so helpless and sad for all these people who are losing people they love and can do nothing about it but just that God has control and has a purpose. It is just so hard to watch someone deteriorate like that. And to grieve with someone who has to bear the pain of losing a loved one.

Well that being said, I think I am going to give my brain a rest and vegg out infront of the tv or watch a movie until I fall asleep.

Friday Night and TGI Friday

What a busy weekend I had. Work at ABC was insane. Friday night Nina and I had made plans to go to TGI Fridays. She got done work before me. Actually I had to stay so late there because I don't have enough people on my shift that she drove all the way to Exton, went to Blockbuster, got gas and drove to the bank and got to TGI Fridays by the time I got out of the store!
While I was working I played phone tag with Ruth and invited her to come along with us...So we finally made it all but 10 minutes maybe before the restaruant was supposed to close. I'm sure they loved us....
Our waiter better have because we got $10 knocked off our check with coupons, so we matched his tip with our bill.
We had a good time talking and hanging out. After we decided to leave, Ruth came back to our apartment with us and hung out for a little bit longer. After she left Nina and I popped in one of the movies she rented and like usual, I was out cold before the opening credits were over.
I finished the movie (Raise your voice) this morning before work.
Again, it was another crazy busy night, but worse maybe even then yesterday. It was so busy I didn't even have time to tie my shoes... If it hadn't been for Tara and Dom (my managers) who came to the rescue, I could honestly say I'd still be there!
Oh well, hopefully tomorrow will be much more relaxing. This week has been nuts.

A New Beginning

Well, it's been since I was in college since I've tried to do the online journal thing. I figure I should start my own since I have been tempted quite a bit lately to whet the appetitie of impending boredom by reading other blogger friends of mine. So you know what they say, if you can't beat em', join em'. I must admit that I am definatly not a reliable when it comes to keeping these things updated, expecially since my computer is a worthless piece of clutter now. I've been using Nina's computer who has been gracious enough not to complain when I use her computer without checking with her first. We have an understanding.

So last night was pretty interesting. Last night an opportunity came for me to share my faith with a guy named Erik, who I work with at Atlanta Bread. He is an atheiest and set against anything God related (yet he still prides himself as living a morale life). It so sad to see people so lost that way. On the outside he acts as if he is definatly certain there is no God. I think that on the inside he is searching.
It just really breaks my heart to see those around me reject the only truth that they could ever know. The only truth that can set them free.
I wish I had the magic words that could lead him to Christ. But that's not something I can't do on my own. I can only keep praying that God will change his heart and the hearts of others that we hope may one day get saved.