Christmas is coming!!! I am so excited! This truly is one of my favorite times of the year. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last few weeks of slowly pulling out the Christmas decorations, listening to Christmas music, making Christmas nuts and bolts, eating my moms amazing Christmas baking, and then this week.... picking out the most beautiful Christmas tree with my papa and the decorating it with one of my best friends. For the past few weeks life seems to have motored by at high speed, and I really don't know where the time has gone. I feel like one day everything was plodding along and I was so bored of everything and then BAM things get to busy that I have no time to sleep or think.
Last week I got a new (second) job. And really... it just happened. I didn't have an interview, I really don't actually know if they took a look at my resume. I had emailed to them and then went to the soft opening of their delicatessen so they could put a face to the info... and they told me they hadn't actually gotten to take a look at my resume yet, but they'd give me a call in about a week or so. Buuuuttttt, the next day, RING RING, "are you good with starting at 7 AM tomorrow morning? okay good!". And that was that. So I am now working at the Kingfisher Saturday - Tuesday and the Purple Onion Delicatessen Wednesday - Thursday (starting at 6 AM! gross!). That leaves me with Fridays as my day off.
This week was my first full week of work and wowza.. I am pooped. Friday was my first day at the Purple Onion, then I worked Saturday, Sunday, Monday at the Kingfisher. I didn't have any appointments for Tuesday so I got the "day off" but managed to keep myself VERY busy somehow. And then the intensely exhausting part of my week began. In order to get to my new job on time (6 AM) I need to leave my house at around 5:25. Barf. And that means that I get up at around 5 am. The first morning, well the night before that first morning I didn't sleep a wink. I was so worried that I wouldn't wake up on time (my alarm clocks have a habit of being faulty) that I woke up at least every hour in a panic that I had slept through my alarm. And then... the alarm went off. I pulled my sorry but our of bed, threw on my work clothes and shuffled out the door.
Working at a coffee shop is a dangerous thing for me. Because I am continuously tempted to drink coffee.... and as stated in my previous post, caffeine and I are not such a great mix. Dangerous really. But I totally wasn't thinking... and I enjoyed a beautiful cappuccino and a london fog. After work my papa and I went to the Christmas tree farm and picked out the most beautiful tree. When I got home later he and mom had already set it up and there it stands in our living room... so tall that they had to cut off the top to be able to stand it up... even with our 9 foot high ceilings. It was about 8 o'clock that evening when I realized the huge mistake I had made earlier by drinking those lovely hot drinks. Anyways... I was up late, and then up early again the next morning.
I think yesterday may have possibly been the best day ever... even though I had to wake up at 5 in the morning. After work I came home, tutored for an hour, had a rest for a couple hours, had supper and then Rudi came over! There really are no words to express how much I love this girl. She is the bestest of the best. We enjoyed some good laughs in my room while my parents had bible study going on downstairs. I honestly don't know when the last time was that I laughed so incredibly hard. I can't share the details about the source of our laughter... but I can tell you the Rudi does the most entertaining impressions and role play scenarios! After bible study was over Ru and I took over the living room with Christmas decorations and music. We (well mostly I at first because Ru was busy playing with my papa's new phone and showing him how to do things) put all the trimmings on the tree and made it beautiful. The most difficult part was putting the angel on the top. There wasn't enough room, and you actually can barely even see her because she is so tiny. But after a lot of laughter, picture taking and balancing acts I finally got 'placed'. I hope she doesn't come flying off, but I wouldn't be surprised.
After the tree was completed Ru and I opened all the Christmas cookie tins and a lovely bottle of Coastal Black Raspberry Dessert Wine and turned on the Christmas episode of the office and enjoyed every minute. After that it was up to bed for more giggles and chit chat. Rudi is one of those amazing people who always speaks the truth to you, and who can make sense out of any situation, and give you the confidence in yourself to be willing to just 'go for it' even when you don't have a clue what you're doing or what you might be getting yourself into. I love her to pieces and am so thankful to have her as my friend. We were up till 2 in the morning talking about anything and everything. Then I realized I had been up for 22 hours, and decided it was time to call it a night.
This morning we started things off with a Christmas cookie and pancake breakfast. Probably the best way to start off a day. Give it a try some time. I am sure you won't be disappointed. And then the rest of the day was filled with friends, laughter (LOTS OF IT) and eventually I am hoping it will come to an end with me peacefully slipping into slumber. Its been quite a week, and next week promises to be just as busy.
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