WHOA!! A new post! I'm so proud of you little Mattykins!!! :) I am so glad that you're feeling confident about your classes...i know you weren't there for awhile. What are your plans for Christmas break?
I deem that it is. I had so so so so so so much fun this Halloween. Here's the breakdown.
On the actual Halloween night I had to work, but got off early since there was not too much stuff to do. After that, I went to a party at a friends house from my inprov group. It was standard Halloween party shenanigans, lots of candy, gmaes, scary movies, that type of stuff. I wenty as a beach bum.
On the day after, which is right now, At Mrs. Rhonda Thomas' we had the annual Halloween party. So Much Fun!!! I went as Two-Face, but not from the Dark Knight, but from the cartoon show back in the 90's. It was an amazing costume, and I actually had a suit jacket that was black on one side, and silver on the other, thanks to Mrs. Baker.
Also, on a related note, at this party there was pumpkin pie. Which is the best pie in the world. No exceptions.
Well, so ends this years Halloween festivities for me. Now I have such a long time tille my favorite Holiday to come.
Oh and in case you were wondering, here are my top five favorite holidays.
1. July 4th (independence day)
2. Halloween
3. Thanksgiving
4. Christmas
5. Veterans Day
And here are the reasons why.
1. Cookout and barbeque with my dad up in Georgia.
2. Crazy awesome cosutmes and being scared and scaring.
3. Awesome food, and get to hang out with family.
4. Same as #3, but only fourth because of the vast amount of misconseptions about this holiday.
5. It's the day after my birthday, which means I usually get my birthday off from school thanks to it.
you should do something! something fun...it's on a monday right? so you should do something the weekend before! You'll be 20 right? Thats a good bday...no longer a teenager!!! ;)
Oops, looks like I missed your big day. Happy Birthday!! I hope whatever you did was lots of fun. And by the way, don't listen to them. You post whenever you feel like it, I do, or don't. I hope you have a happy turkey day.
So I got an email today from my new boss at the Reitz Union. Basically it said that due to the University of Florida's slow human resources department, I won't be receiving a paycheck on the 7th because according to them, I'm not technically an employee of the union. While the hours I worked these past three weeks will still be valid, and will show up on my paycheck on the 21st of November, I won't get anything on the seventh. This is really tough for me since I NEEDED that money. Like literally needed it. Right now, I have count 'em kids! A total of 1 dollar in my checking account. So, once again, my life comes down to barely scraping by. I absolutely HAVE to ask my family (both blood and church) for money now because honestly, with the amount of food in my apartment, and the one dollar in my checking account, and the amount of gas in my car, I cannot live for three more weeks.
Please pray for me that I can get through these next weeks.
So last night I got out of my practice, and me and a friend of mine had plans that after I got out of church, we would study for an exam. So I call him about 8:45ish, and I get his voice mail. I leave a message telling him I'm ready to study whenever he is. So I go to campus where we are supposed to meet and start waiting, and at about 9:30 some other friends of mine happen to walk by, and ask me if I want to go get some food with them. I tell them no, that I am waiting on my other friend to study with him. At this point they look at each other, and they tell me that this friend that I am waiting on is over hanging out with some other people, just shooting the breeze or whatever.
So I am of course upset at this revelation so I'm like, whatever, that's fine. I went ahead and went with my other friends to get some food (I ended up only getting a Dr. Pepper) grumbling about how rude my other friend is.
So 10:00 rolls around, and my phone starts ringing. Lo and behold it's my friend who was supposed to study with me. He tells me he can't make it and I of course make a snide remark about the time of the call, since at this point if I were still waiting around for him on campus, I would have been waiting for an hour or so. He says he wants to reschedule for today, and I agree apathetically. To be honest I have no intention of going and studying with him today.
Anyway, to add to all this, he was the one who asked me to study with him. So I was doing him a favor since he skipped so many classes that I'll be surprised if he even gets a D on the exam today. The lack of courtesy really is ridiculous.
This is seriously one of the many reasons why I'm starting to get sick of UF.
It's not just in UF; it's in the world, everywhere. I know that stinks, and it makes you feel like you or your time are not valued, but look on the side of the blessings: all the friends you have who love you and wouldn't dream of doing that to you, but would be thrilled to have just 30 minutes with you. I know several people down this way who feel that way about you!!
definitely. It's not just UF. And don't think that it's just immature college students who do that. I know plenty of immature "adults" who do the same thing. It's pretty ridiculous.
Alright, so it's 1:45 AM, and I have just now finished the last bit of homework for tomorrow. I have an exam in German that I don't feel very confident about, but we'll see how it goes.
Classes are tough, but fun.
I just got a new job working at the Reitz union, basically my job will be to set up stages and stuff for when events are held at the union. So that will be fun. I've also found a guy who is interested in taking my old job at the police department, so that's good too.
So here's where I get reluctant to type more, but I will anyway, cause I got to get something off my chest.
For past three weeks, I have not been going to church on Wednesday night. I usually go to Glen Springs on Wednesday, so it's not like it is a tough thing for me to go over there or anything. I actually have no good reason for not going. I have went over the excuses I had been telling myself, and upon reflection I realize they are all stupid, and I should have gone to church. I realize now that I was being very stupid, and I hope I can fix that. Please pray for me to be more dedicated to going to church on Wednesdays.
It happens man. Glad you caught yourself :-) I'm still convinced that Satan's greatest tool is rationalization. You're in my prayers bro. Hey, on an unrelated note, what are you up to next Saturday (a week from tomorrow)?
Your new job sounds fabulous! What kind of shows are at the union? About your Wednesday night dilemna...I'm with him...I'm just glad you realized it. It's great that you can have some self reflection...and it's also good that you can share these things with your brothers and sisters on Pleo so that you can get the encouragement you need! :)
Matti I will definatley pray for you.... I really am on the same page as you kinda. I have been going to church and everything, but my desire is lost. I havent been praying and I feel so distant from everyone I love. Please pray for me and I will pray for you also. I think we both need to realize that we have examples to set and opportunitys to teach other people and become sloser to God. We can get through this with God's help. I love you Matti Have a good week
Don't sweat it man. We picked this weekend because James will actually be at home (no UF game). Next weekend though we'll most likely be working on the house again. If nothing else we'll try and work out an impromptu campout :-D
