Rollerblading and tart
08.29.05 (7:02 am) [edit]Last night I got to rollerblade with Chuck for 45 minutes. The weather in the twin cities is gorgeous right now! I wish I could drag my phone and computer outside and work on stuff.
Saturday night was a blast - I got to make peaches and cream tart from fresh farmer's market peaches and raspberries.
It was delish. I also made and shared homeade pizza (thanks Erin!!!). That was very yummy, too. Hmm, maybe I am writing about food because I am hungry. That would be typical for me.
Life has been very busy - very full. From morning to night - Saturday I finally decided to take a day off and rest/have fun. My parents are great (and so is my sister). I love them so much!
"Healing hearts worldwide"
08.24.05 (6:21 am) [edit]
My internship has been going really well! I feel like I have three jobs right now . . . and basically I do, but they are all fun. Working on the campus newspaper so far has just been lots of organizing and management. At Children's Heartlink http://www.childrensheartlink.org/" title="http://www.childrensheartlink.org/" target="_blank"http://www.childrensheartlink... I have been designing programs and nametags, planning etc. And my job has been to train in as a dispatcher at a limousine/hearst rental and services company.
I have thinking a lot about non-profit organizations. I have come up with three reasons why people donate time or money.
1. guilt - They feel bad because they have stuff and someone doesn't
2. duty - It is their obligation to give to someone "unfortunate"
3. compassion - "a synpathetic consciousness of others' distress and a desire to alleviate it."
Biizzzzzzzzzyyy!
08.20.05 (10:30 am) [edit]Sorry I haven't updated. Here's what I have been doing:
- Training for a new, part-time job that's rather technical.
- Cleaning, organizing the Northern Light office.
- Putting together the campus newspaper (from scratch, basically)
- Going to meetings, interviewing people.
- Going to my new internship, training in there.
- Buying books, doing laundry and eating occasionally.
So, maybe this doesn't look like a lot, but I have been busy. Sorry to everyone I haven't spent time with or called. I love you all :)
Bandaids, anyone?
08.15.05 (10:30 pm) [edit]I had a great day . . . after an icky morning. My car wouldn't start this morning and it was the first day of my internship. So I tried to get it to start, but alas, no luck. Finally I went back to my room to do research about what was wrong. Later I talked to my parents and they helped me figure out it was probably the battery, not the alternator or starter that needed to be fixed.
So I borrowed a friend's car, jumped my car and Chuck and I went around the city comparing prices of batteries. They ranged from 79.99 to the price I paid (50.00) yay! Plus they checked it for free and let us borrow tools. Then we hung out at the Tea Garden which rocked. I recommend the Tazo or Taro shake - it was very yummy!
Then I had a job interview that went very well and then I arranged part of the Northern Light office (heavy lifting, etc.) Then Chuck and I went rollerblading for eight miles (I wanted to see if I could make it to the place where I had applied for a job, and it was pretty easy - it is only about four miles one way).
But I fell twice and got some minor scrapes. So I am now going to look for some bandaids!
Frustrated . . .
08.11.05 (5:48 pm) [edit]Poor customer service is so frustrating! I have an awful financial situation right now because my bank failed to inform me of some information. To make a long story short, I am being reported to credit services and all my other banking accounts are getting closed, my credit card was deactivated and I am frustrated beyond belief! It is a chain of events that wasn't my fault and is continually getting worse.
God please help me make sense of this all!
Back to the mini-apple
08.04.05 (1:05 pm) [edit]Yay! I am heading back to town this weekend. I am excited (also sad to leave family, friends and new friends). I wanted to add some pics of me and my friend Samantha, but the scanner here is broken, so I will have to do that later. For right now I must:
1. return phone calls and e-mails.
2. pack.
3. cry and say good bye.
4. take everything out of my car because it won't fit and try to re-pack it again!