Overdue

Oh, how the time does fly.

The only reason I have time to write today is because I'm coughing up a storm with a massive head cold. I'm actually feeling a little productive other than the cold. I wish I had a voice and that my nose wasn't constantly dripping but at least I'm not behind on school work. Plus, Noah gets to take care of me with slushies and soup.

I can't believe that I have not made a blog post since the beginning of July. It's daunting to me that so much time has gone by and I barely noticed. 

Ok, I did notice but I was too busy with so many other things happening at once.

So let me try to start from the beginning.

I honestly don't remember much of July and what I do remember is posted here already.

August came with a wave of new responsibilities. 

I was accepted at New York University for their Masters of Science in Translation program and started classes the first week of September.

I received a promotion at work and can now say that I am officially the night manager of the store.

I even got some good time with my grandparents and Aunt Deb and cousin Abbi when we went to Sauder Village. We had a great time.

September had me fighting an upstream battle against the new responsibilities, my class work, and my boss "forgetting" to put my raise into effect. My cousin Andrew got married to a beautiful lady and their wedding brought together the family so it was great to not only welcome Megan into the family but also spend time with family that I don't get to see very often.

October flew by too. I just realized that I worked straight through it and didn't even think about it. I even worked the night of Halloween and didn't get to hand out candy. I was actually kind of hoping that I would get to because of all the kids dressed up in their adorable costumes.

Sigh, I guess that there is always next year.

Now it's November and I've been in Lima for almost a year. I feel like I have become part of the community in a way also because of the regular customers and also my coworkers. The regulars seem to really respect me and I feel great knowing them by name and knowing what they like and making suggestions that they then love. I even had a man give me a ten dollar bill because I found a fifty dollar bill that he had dropped and saved it for him when he came back. It felt like an awesome Karma day.

I'm really excited for Thanksgiving and being with my family. I even get to see Cassi (hopefully). I'm having the bakers where I work make bread for Thanksgiving dinner. They did a test run of it for me and it was sooooooo good. I'm excited for everyone to try it.

Then, Christmas?

Holy Cow.

I can barely even think that far ahead, especially with sick brain. So unfortunately I think I'm going to be done here and see if I can get something else done today.

"Cuz there ain't no rest for the wicked, money don't grow on trees, I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, ain't nothing in this world for free."

As always,

Blessed be.