The Autumn

It has officially changed seasons since my last post. I saw my first tree with leaves changing color today. It was absolutely lovely. Have I ever mentioned my favorite season is Fall? Not to copycat Tom Hanks in You've Got Mail but it really does make me want to buy school supplies. Something about the cool crisp air, damp air, shorter days, blue jeans and lightweight jackets, homework... I always go back to elementary school days. Fall meant that school was starting back, meaning new schools supplies, new shoes, new clothes, new jackets. In my photographic brain, I see out of the back seat passenger window that we're driving down Convington back in BG, heading towards Small House Rd, with my little red bag of piano books, some homework, and usually a snack of goldfish or M&M's. The huge old trees lining the avenue are all shades of brilliant reds, yellow, and oranges with a dusting brown crunchy leaves over the front yards and sidewalks... Somehow I don't think England Fall will be able to compare to with the Kentucky Autumn I hold close to my heart.

Life updates: We placed third in the Crud tournament last week. It was still fun regardless of the end results. I'm still on the job hunt. I met a wonderful woman at the A&FRC today. She is helping me to revamp my resume and also helping scout out potential job opportunities. On that same note, I am meeting with one of my crud teammates/friends who has offered to share her work experiences since being in England with me and help me to find a job.

Life has been rather rough the last few weeks, to say the least. Hence, the blogging hiatus. Hopefully, things will continue to improve as the leaves progressively change into bolder and brighter colors.

Frustrations

Do you ever find yourself wanting something so bad it hurts? To the point where it is no longer a want, but a need? And you just don't know what to do because it completely out of our hands?

Why do I struggle so hard to trust and to let God take care of this one thing???

Job Interview

So I had a job interview with one of the banks on base today. Nothing too fancy- just a teller position. Could have gone better but definitely could have gone a lot worse.The two guys interviewing me were really nice, and the position doesn't seem like more than I could handle. HOWEVER: It requires going to Germany for two weeks for some sort of training- not happy about that. It's the only thing I have heard back anything on though. And I'm waiting for my transcript in the mail so I can apply for substitute teaching, which I would rather do. If for some reason, they offer me the job, I honestly don't know whether to take it or not. Part of me says don't be picky, just take the darn job. But the other part of me would rather hold out for substitute teaching which may give me a foot in door for other school positions. What do I do??

Nothing New

I have become horrible at posting. There honestly just hasn't been much for me to write.

Since I almost knocked my teeth out last Tuesday, I have played some more crud and have vastly improved. Even the women I play with are commenting that I am starting to hit some really good shots! Awesome! Oh, and since smashing my face into the table, the awkwardness has definitely started to subside. You know what I'm talking about- that weirdness that happens when you first start hanging out with someone and you don't necessarily have much to talk about or you just feel out of place- yeah, I can definitely join in conversations and do a little crud trash talk here and there. These women are so fun to hang around with that I am definitely going to be sad when Gerrit is no longer attached to the squadron that their husbands are in. Crud tournament is in, oh... 16 days, I believe. Should be interesting to say the least!

I also have been making up some new recipes and using Gerrit as a guinea pig. So far, so good! He is still alive and hasn't had a single bad thing to say about any of them.

On Monday, we went to Thorpe Park- an amusement park- with some friends. Rode some roller coasters, ate food that I definitely do not want to the know the caloric values for, rode some more roller coasters and spent almost 6 hours in the car. Made for a very long Monday but it was definitely fun!

Those are pretty much the high lights of the last week or so. Still frustrated with certain aspects of life but all I can do is wait for them to work themselves out.