Bored..so I did another "survey"

A to Z about Me!

A - Age: 23

B - Band listening to right now: The Fray, Jars of Clay, Joss Stone

C - Career: Education

D - Drink or smoke: I have never smoked. Never even actually touched a cigarette that was outside of the box/carton (i used to work in a grocery store). I drink occassionally. Get 3 winecoolers in me.....whew

E - Easiest person/s to talk to: Ayron and/or Dawn lately my sister and I have been talking too

F - Favorite song/s at the moment: "Life is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts

G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy bears soaked in vodka at the bottom of a jello shot. Oh wait, I just wrote that I don't drink. Ok, so there are exceptions, mainly my dads halloween party (carrie and michelle make great jello shots)

J - Junk foods you like: oreos and twizzlers

L - Longest car ride ever: one to florida when I was like 3....um...Oklahoma with Ayron

M - My favorite Sport/s: soccer

N - Number of relationships you've had: 2

O - One wish you have: to have a happy life by my standards and no one elses

P - Phobias: Being left alone.

Q - Favorite Quote: "Statistically, those who eat their own buggers are healthier than the rest of us." J.O. or "That zebras got BALLS!" ME

R - Reason to smile: my three nieces

S- Song: Isn't this a repeat of "F"

T- Time you woke up: woke up and offically got out of bed are two different times for me

U - Unknown fact about you: i secretly long to tour with a musical. RENT! Ahh that would be awesome

V - Vegetable/fruit you hate: squash, but pinapple makes me break out in hives

W - Worst habit: i tend to over worry

X - X-rays you've had: ankle, knees. Had nuclear testing and ultrasounds on my gallbladder

Y- Yummy food/s: My dad's pancakes (ayron's getting really close at making them)

Z- Zodiac sign: i'm on the cusp. sometimes cancer sometimes leo

Let the circus begin

For those of you who have had the "honor" of visiting my hometown during Labor Day weekend, you already know what I'm going to rant about. This weekend is the BIG fall car auction out the the K Auction Park. Ok, big deal you say. My relatively small town (to me it's small) has slowly become the place for crazy, stupid, bad driving, rich idiots to congregate this week. Today is the start of the auction, so our town is pack and just plain crazy. Here's proof of these peoples craziness. While in high school I worked at a grocery store. Over labor day weekend we had some rich big wig from Texas come into the store, throw a fit that we didn't carry "his" brand of gum. Once he finally decided on a pack of .60 cent gum, he paid with a hundred dollar bill. Sometimes I begin to wonder if this weekend is worse than fair week. Yes, the fair has creepy carne guys and all of the redneck freaks from the surrounding counties show up, but at least the blocks around the courthouse are the only crazy ones. This weekend, the whole town goes crazy. It's like people forget how to drive. Oh, and the restaurants are packed. Which brings me to my next point (wow, this blog is really ADD isn't it).

Ayron's birthday is tomorrow (he'll be 25). I thought about trying to get everyone together this weekend at a restaurant for a nice family meal, but since all of those crazies have come to town to trade their "collector cars" (see note below) you can't even get a reservation in Ft. W. Blech, we were going to try to get out of town this weekend, but our checking account won't allow us, so I guess it's another Labor Day weekend stuck in town. At least we don't have to park cars for any athletic events anymore.


Note Below: While driving north on the interstate yesterday I saw a frightening, yet hilarious sight. A beat up old truck was pulling a trailer full of golf carts and cars. Granted, this is not an uncommon site in my area around this time of the year, but here is the uncommon part. He was pulling the Flintstonemobile. The one from the movie! A beat up old truck full of rust holes was towing this huge purplish car. It was hilarious. Ok, so maybe you had to see it, but it was a funny sight for me to see!

New Job

I started my new job today. I'm going to quite my part time deal with the golf course, its not worth the money and the constantly being screwed over by the schedule. So, back to my new job...

T, a fellow employee who is there to help me, and I spent the day observing the alternative school. We are responsible for creating and teaching a program for students who have been expelled or suspended from 3 public districts and/or the alternative school. We are starting this program from scratch with the probation department and the school districts. Its kind of cool to know that I will have helped create this program and get it off the ground. I am excited, but nervous. We are starting with virtually nothing. If anyone knows of any place I can get gently used materials of any kind for free or cheap (our budget is based on grants) let me know by emailing me at yipteacher@yahoo.com Anything we can get our hands on at this point would be greatly appreciated.

Freak at Night

Last night Ayron and I were watching the news in bed and we heard a banging noise. We realized it was coming from the door by our bedroom. Keep in mind we don't use this door, and it soon will be taken out and walled up. I have crap piled in front of the door and we just basically use the little entryway as storage for now. So anyways. I start freaking out and hide under the covers, juvenile, I know, but come one. Ayron gets up, grabs a hunting knife from his closet and goes out into the hallway. He threw me the phone and then yelled, "What do you want." Some guy yells back, "The police told me to come here to get my car from FC towing." Ayron yells back (all of this yelling is because he didn't open the door) "That business hasn't been based here for years and we don't have your car." The guy then swears the cops told him to come here, and if that guy doesn't live here, then where does he live. Ayron finally convinces the guy we don't run a towing company and to get lost. The guy runs the sidewalk that runs across the front of our house and then takes off on foot back into town. Ayron called the police to inform them of the situation and that the guy was on foot and that we wanted to make sure he was off our property. Here's what is odd. We live in the "country" on a road that is dangerous enough to drive during the day, let alone walk at night in a black sweatshirt. Why did the guy come looking for his car at 11 at night? Why did he decide to bang on the door that is hidden by plants and a decorative chair? Why not go for the door by the driveway with the doorbell? The cops managed to pick him up and take him back into town, but the whole thing still kind of creeps me out...

THings are looking up...

Well, I had my interview with SYIP on Friday morning and that went very well. They called and wanted more information from me to run a background check, then they called this weekend wanting another phone number for one of my refrences. I started to think, I've never actually had an employer call one of my references. Hmm...Anywhoose...The way I look at it, they wouldn't be going to all of this trouble if they weren't seriously looking at me as a canadate, right? Ayron is loving his new position as Manager and we are starting to look at houses halfway between his job and my possible job. I'm trying not to get too excited or count the chickens before they hatch, but it is exciting.

Theory on God

I am a firm believer that God has a sense of humor, I am beginning to think that he is just as sarcastic as me. Here is a more "scientific" form of explanation.


Hypothesis: God has a sense of humor and although we may not realize why or even if his "jokes" are funny at first, in the future they are almost always made clear.

Testing: I applied at several local schools and heard nothing. I decided to just start applying everywhere. One week after I commit to my new "We'll go where the Lord takes us" mentality, Ayron becomes manager at the Kendallville store. After basking in my excitement for a mere two hours, God decides to show his sarcasm. I received a phone call from K High School. They wish to interview me for a high school teaching position. Very freaking funny Lord. After a couple minutes of consideration and talking to all three moms (lynette, joellen, and janette) I called Vice Prnc. H and left this voice mail: "While I am flattered to even be considered a worthy applicant to interview it pains me to admit that in the past week my situation has changed and I will not be able schedule an interview with you. While I hate to turn down an interview and/or possibly a job, I am no longer able to move. I thank you for your consideration of me as an applicant, but at this time I am not able to interview with K schools."

Scientific Conclusion: God is not only humorous, but sarcastic. I am hoping that this is a sign of better things to come. I still have my interview next Friday. I am hoping that this all works out, and I'm sure that it will but.....I guess I'm afraid that I won't have a job in September and I'll be kicking myself for not even going for an interview. Ayron is finally happy at work and that makes me happy. He sacrificed a year of his life so I could finish school and for that I am extremely grateful. So do I consider this a sacrifice for him? I really don't want to move, and I am not regretting my decision about K, I guess I just want other schools to call. I don't want to be left wondering, "What if they were the only school that called." I know that most schools, although I don't understand their reasoning, do a lot of hiring two weeks before school. Hopefully this thing in Steuben county works out and we call all live happily ever after. I guess I just don't know what exactly to think about the whole thing. I don't have a big pit in my stomach like I just turned down the opportunity of a life time so for now I truly believe I have done the right thing. If only the other schools would call...

Life Is Beginning

Today is a FABULOUS day! Ok, so its raining, and humid, and freakin hot, but it is beautiful. I went into work this morning, though I don't know why (it was storming badly), and I was blessed with a phone call. Ayron had his second interview this morning and he is now the manager at the Kendallville T R. This is a blessing! He has some big ideas for the store and he was able to impress the owner. We talked breifly on my drive home from work (no reason to stay if there are no golfers brave enough to golf in lightening) and we both said it feels like life is finally beginning. Yes, I'm 23 and he is soon tobe 25, but if feels like things are finally falling into place. Dad said that there are moments when that happens, but it won't always be that way. I am enough of a realist to know that, but I am having fun enjoying the day off. I think I will go home and bake Ayron some goodies and scrapbook.


PS: Thank You God for this blessing. I also ask that you bless me in this next week so that I am able to properly prepare for my interview at SYIP next Friday and bless me with a new job as well. Thanks. Love, Carmie

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ps: the professional trip included nails being clipped, ears cleaning and a specail deskunking bath.

Cute Find

I found this while "stumble"ing with Firefox. I believe it fits my current mentalitiy.

My Resignation

Entertaining Website

My sister has recently discovered the "stumble" button that Mozilla Firefox has available. While "surfing" the internet yesterday, we found the funniest site. Yes, by some it may be viewed as "just wrong" or "evil." It is rather amusing, in a sick and twisted way. It is called Bubble Girl.

Try it out, I bet you'll be amazed, or atleast mildly entertained.

I Finally Have A Nephew

I have been blessed with four beautiful nieces, McKenna, Madison, Marisa, and Nina(a little bit hairy compared to the others) but I can say that I now have a nephew. My nephew is about 2 1/2 feet tall and probably well over 40 pounds. He likes to drool and he is blessed in the hair department. His name is Brutus. My brother-in-law got my sister-in-law a puppy for her birthday. Making sure that he wouldn't be the only guy in the house, the only stipulation was that the puppy be a boy. Brutus will come home tomorrow. They have spent the week puppy proofing the house. I am questioning their decision to make the dog an indoor dog. I have nothing against indoor dogs, but when they will grow to be bigger than the humans in the house, decisions need to be rethunk. Brutus is a full blooded St. Bernard. My little niece can walk under the mom's belly without even touching her belly, and the dad was bigger than that. As my father-in-law says, "An indoor dog?! Have you ever seen a cow poop in the living room?" If nothing else, this should prove to be entertaining!

Are the doors open or is it me?

I couldn't sleep last night and for some reason I kept replaying a conversation I had with JO at The Gathering (our Bible Study) some weeks ago. We were talking about how God does open doors but he won't physically pick you up and guide you through them. You have to be willing to meet God in the middle. He'll open the door, but you need to do stuff to prove to God the door needs to be open and then make the effort to walk through the door. So back to why I wasn't able to sleep last night...

I am getting frustrated about not finding a job. Yes I work at the country club, but that doesn't really help pay the bills. I feel like I have done a ton to get a job in the education field, but I feel like I'm stuck in a room with an unopened door and no windows to crawl through. Then I begin to wonder, is the door slightly opened and I'm just not tugging on the handle enough? But then, how much do I tug? Do I tug so hard I pull the door off the hinges? Or do I wait until the door is opened some more by some divine force?

I'm pretty sure this whole thing is yet another lesson in patience from the big guy upstairs. I guess I just need to keep trying.

Blech

Well, after being told that I had yesterday off because they triple schedueled people, Ayron and I spent the day farting around in Fort Wayne. I did manage to go to the unemployment office first and apply for unemployment since I am not going back to G middle school in the fall. So I think I have done all of the menial steps to qualify for unemployment until I find a job.

I am not looking forward to tonight. I work 3-Close which isn't normally bad, but tonight will be busy because we are having an open house for a guy that works for us since his wife died. So that goes until 9, which means I can't really start cleaning till like 9:30 which means I wont get home till close to eleven, and then I have to be back to work at 7 on Saturday morning. I work saturday till 2, then come home and crash. Blech. So much for a relaxing birthday weekend.

The Mind Readers at the Credit Card Companies

I believe that Credit Card Companies employ mind readers. I had begun to attempt to set up a payment plan (just with myself) to get myself out of debt with Visa. I hadn't used the card in forever and had been paying as much as possible. So I came to mom's house today and grabbed my mail and thought it was my receipt for paying my bill over the phone. For giggles I opened the letter to find out that they upped my credit limit. Now, I am smart enough to realize that just because they have upped my limit does not mean I can pull it out of the dresser drawer and spend any money, but its just hilarious.

Down But Not Out

Trying to decide what to do with your life is a difficult decision, add in another life and the difficulty level sky rockets. Ayron has finally convinced me (along with my sister) to just start applying everywhere. So as soon as I apply for three in Plainfield Indiana this wonderful opportunity has begun to take shape for Ayron at work. While that is not 100% yet, it is still something he is exteremly excited about but he is hesitant to go ahead in the off chance I get a job somewhere else. I received a letter in the mail yesterday from my "job" at G Middle School that informed me that my position is not available next year. While that is dissapointing, I take it as a sign from God that I don't need to be there because of the stress Mr. M puts on everyone. Now as for the "Not Out" part.

I have applied for several jobs at DeKalb, Plainfield, and one that I'm particularly interested in in Steuben county. The Steuben County Youth Improvement Program is looking to hire a part time teacher at an unbelivable hourly rate (I could make more than a first year teacher in a traditional setting). That position would be really cool because as much as anyone wants a traditional classroom right off the bat I don't know if that is what I really want. Yes, if the opportunity comes along sign me up, but I think it would be cool to teach in a nontradtional setting.

Pray for guidance for Ayron and I.

Oh yea, I turn 23 on the 23rd!! We are going to go golfing. Yes, me, golfing. I went for the first time last sunday (yes, I work there, I just don't participate) with Ayron, Phil and Nikki. I had a ton of fun, I sucked, but I had a ton of fun! So for our (Nikki and My) birthdays we are going to try the back nine. We spent 3 1/2 hours doing the first nine at Garrett Country Club. I suck so I don't think I'll be volunteering to go with Dad anytime soon, but at least I'm trying!

Local Firefighter Is Now Famous

I personally know this guy and here are some interesting facts to keep in mind before reading the article.

1.) This man is a volunteer figherfighter that works under the direction of my brother in law.

2.) This man in deathly afraid of heights (attic fires are not his thing)

3.) He is easily influenced by peer pressure: I asked him if he would take a whole packet of pop rocks in his mouth along with half a can of coke. He then decided that since nothing was happening he would shake his head. When the "explosion" happened he kept his mouth shut and let the lava pour out his nose!!

4.) I know his comments were edited for the newspaper. Jeff would never say "..some scary crap." Jeff, when talking to his buddies would say, "Man that was some F.....ing scary s.......!"

Probably the only fame he'll ever get, but its still funny to open the paper and read about the guy you can influence to do just about anything!!

Local Firefighter

Doing Better

I am doing much better. The days were stressful and for now I have come to the conclusion that I am happy where I am at (living wise). We have decided to attend New Hope. We like it and there is a good mix of people our age.

Prayer Request: Our cousin and his wife had a baby Saturday and Ayla decided to show up a month early. She was rushed to South Bend and David and Lynette have only been able to touch her twice. The extra sensations causes her heart to stress and her breathing to mess up. The doctor's say she is over the hump but we are still concerned.

Happy Happy

Yeah! So I emailed Sarah only to discover that she now attends the church Ayron and I are going to start attending. Yeah!!! I don't know why this makes me so happy, it just does. Well I'm in the middle of dying my hair back to a semi, almost close to natural color and the dye is making my eyes water. Yeah Sarah!!!

Maybe this is my sign

The more I sit here and wallow about not even being considered for the job at GHS the more I begin to think this could be my(our) sign. The other day I was talking to Ayron about this feeling I have been having about making a drastic change. I didn't know what I wanted to change, I just feel the need to make a big change. We joked around about trying to find a job in the Plainfield area where we honeymooned (around Indy) but I begin to question if we really were joking. I really don't know if I could move. I have a lot of family in this area but then I am feeling the urge to try something new. I looked at the DOE website and there are a lot of jobs in the Indy area, but out of my nervousness I purposly didn't look up the school districts around Plainfield. I just feel like things are really starting to click here. Ayron is making great progress at work, I'm making new friends at work and rekindling old relationships with friends from high school, we have picked up our relationship with Josh and I am really feeling the need to become friends with Kelly. I just don't know what to do. I don't know why but Vinita is always in my mind as well. I've only been there once, but I like that small town feel. I know the schools there suck (everyone homeschools) but maybe I could find a position aroud there. Then again, my uncle-in-law is a Superintendent in Michigan, but I don't want people to think I pulled the family card again. I guess I just really don't know what to do. Do I even want to teach right now? I don't want people to think I wasted my time getting my degree and jumping through all the hoops to get my license, but I know that ultimatly I want to be happy. I guess I could always email Sarah, she always has such great advice.

I feel really bad that I only really email sarah when I need help. That's something that God has pressed on my heart, friendships. I guess it's hard for me because I'm trying to balance it all and frankly I suck at it. I feel guilty about even thinking about emailing her. I don't want her to think that I only use her for a therapist. Arg...why must life be so freaking complicated. I am 23 (well almost) shouldn't I have all of this crap figured out by now? I give up, I'm emailing Sarah.

Frustration

Well I just discovered that the position at GHS that I applied for has been filled with someone outside of the district. They didn't even bother to interview those of us within the district. It's frustrating. I thought that was what I wanted, but now I don't know. I did apply for several jobs in my old high school and middle school. Apparently I wasn't supposed to be at GHS, but I just have this feeling that getting a job as a first year teacher is going to be difficult. I don't want to sub for a year, but if I have to I will. What made it really bad is when I called A to tell him he gave me a passive and disinterested "sorry." It was like he didn't even really hear what I said. I guess I better keep looking at the DOE website for more jobs to apply for. If I was a drinker, I'd probably start drinking right now even though it isn't even noon yet.


** a half hour later A did call back and apologize