the thing with landscaping is, my journal is calling me...but i have nothing to write except for "i'm tired" and "i'm (already) sick of being the only girl at work" and "how about some good wholesome christian conversation for a change" and "wow, if only i could keep my eyes open for long enough to read more than one verse of God's Word" and "i miss this person, i haven't seen him/her for a while" and "ugh, gotta wake up in 6 hours" and you can just keep imagining things like this into my journal entry there.
and, another thing with landscaping is, i become super klutzy with conversations. going from a landscaping crew to a bridal shower is definitely a paradigm shift... going from a landscaping crew to gbs, and to city/script, and to studying for an exam, and to musical worship, and to smiling, and to cleaning my room, and to being cheerful, and to staying in touch with all my friends, and to thinking about ECF next year, and to shopping for new spring and summer fashions, and to spending time in the word, and to simply spending time doing nothing... is a switch that sometimes i'm too tired to make. and the pink shoelaces on my work boots are just faded and ugly now--they don't really help to remind me of who i am as a daughter of the Heavenly Father.
at the same time, there are days that i really do enjoy landscaping. (check out elaine's latest blog post, she said it!) it's not so bad, when you stay optimistic about things. and when you remember who made the land that you're 'scaping'/maintaining...
and i spent all winter saying i wouldn't say this...
...but i'm kinda glad i'm back this summer.
i finally bought the amelie soundtrack last week. it's beautiful.
7 comments:
Remember to just keep repressing those bad memories! ;) hahaha!
Hmm.. maybe you would remember you were a daughter of the king more now if you wore a tiara at work? :)
tiara. good plan.
thanks. I've got one in my trunk you can have.. it comes with plastic high-heels too... there is also a pair of fairy wings... I'm not to sure how all that would go over while landscaping though.
hi justine! I just realized that I had your blog saved under favorites on my mom's computer. I'm in Norway. Haven't seen you in weeks now, and missing you! We should hang out when i come back!
Hugs,
Mari
mari! yes! i fully agree!
I miss you. You should come to our church sometime! Hang in there with the job. You can do it. Maybe you should join us next summer. We have the opposite problem, we lack guys!
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