From dead end job searches to depressing church gossip my life seemed to be twining in hopeless circles. Stepping down caused us a little more chaos than we intended and my discoverings of my christian walk just added a wave of more drama. In the midst of all this we managed to fill out an application for a bargain of an apartment. Unlike our current residing this place had new carpet, level floors, new linoleum, and a great cooling system. Not only was it in better shape but the rent would be a whole lot cheaper than what we were paying.
Sure that we would have no issues with the "approval" process of calling our references since we've established a good name, we called in to check on our application (we didn't want anyone to get it before us ). With excitement running through my veins the manager very firmly informed me that we "do not qualify." Shocked and in disbelief, I wanted to know why. "What?! are you serious?! Can I ask Why?"
Monday, August 9, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Okay Nosey ones, Eat your heart out!
Okay, so much has been going on I thought i'd share...
My husband and i have decided to resign from our leadership role as youth pastors. It wasn't really a hard decision we've actually been thinking about it alot since we took the young people to youth convention in April which was a bit of a disaster on our parts :{
Since it's not a part of our calling we thought it best that we don't partake in that type of ministry, again. (Although there was more to it...)
ahhhh, now that thats over with, we have recently located a bargain of a home for ourselves, it's an apartment but it's ALOT cheaper than what we pay now =) and that is always a huge plus! (its also in way better condition.)
My job search has been going farely well, i've been applying for receptionist/office work positions which is ultimately what i want so we'll see how that goes...I'm only hoping for the best ;)
I have been rethinking alot of things in my life as far as my belief system and how I chose to live my life and i've come to the conclusion that I will study hard and pray hard (as I've promised my mom I would too) until I've captured where God wants me to stand.
I'm not going to live my life in between things and i'm sure as heck am not going to live it in secret! I mean it in the sense that I'm not going to be a half-way christian...PROFESSING ONE THING AND LIVING ANOTHER.I want to know what I live and believe it's 100% true and stand behind it.
I've decided that I should start working on my book that i've always wanted to write and blogging is just one of those ways to start!
Final thoughts: I want to be a worshipper! In all that i do.
Dearest,
Justina
My husband and i have decided to resign from our leadership role as youth pastors. It wasn't really a hard decision we've actually been thinking about it alot since we took the young people to youth convention in April which was a bit of a disaster on our parts :{
Since it's not a part of our calling we thought it best that we don't partake in that type of ministry, again. (Although there was more to it...)ahhhh, now that thats over with, we have recently located a bargain of a home for ourselves, it's an apartment but it's ALOT cheaper than what we pay now =) and that is always a huge plus! (its also in way better condition.)
My job search has been going farely well, i've been applying for receptionist/office work positions which is ultimately what i want so we'll see how that goes...I'm only hoping for the best ;)
I have been rethinking alot of things in my life as far as my belief system and how I chose to live my life and i've come to the conclusion that I will study hard and pray hard (as I've promised my mom I would too) until I've captured where God wants me to stand.
I'm not going to live my life in between things and i'm sure as heck am not going to live it in secret! I mean it in the sense that I'm not going to be a half-way christian...PROFESSING ONE THING AND LIVING ANOTHER.I want to know what I live and believe it's 100% true and stand behind it.
I've decided that I should start working on my book that i've always wanted to write and blogging is just one of those ways to start!
Final thoughts: I want to be a worshipper! In all that i do.
Dearest,
Justina
Fred Hammond - A Song of Strength
This song has helped me through alot of my hard times in life...enjoy
Thursday, July 15, 2010
How to Ruin an Interview...
I haven't blogged in a while so i thought i'd share a little bit of my recent encounters...
I had an interview yesterday, it was for a telecommunication position doing cold calls (thats when you call people bugging them to purchase whatever it is your selling.)
Okay so I'm extremely excited about the fact that I even have an interview so I walk into the building with a much too high air of confidence and huge smile on my face. I greet the front desk associate and he directs me to where I will be sitting for the next fifteen minutes accompanied by 10 other job seekers waiting to be proped by questions and then told we got the job.
After filling out another application -as if the one I submitted online wasn't good enough, we were all filed into a small room where the manager of the call center, a nice short lady and another guy (not sure who he was) told us about the company for about 45minutes.
We were then asked to return to our previous areas and wait for them to come around and interview us individually. And this is how my interview went...
Lady: "hello Justina"
Me: "Hello"
Lady: "okay so i have a few questions i will be asking you from this sheet of paper, why did you leave your former job?"
Me: "Well it was a swing shift and we had to work late nights sometimes and i was unable to find a faithful babysitter who would watch my son on such crazy rotating hours."
---Of course i skipped the boring routine questioning i'm just showing you the exciting stuff : /
Lady: "Do you have any questions for me?"
Me: "Yes, I heard the other guy say that you guys have 100 people in your call center?"
Lady: "(slowly) No WE HAVE NINE PEOPLE IN OUR CALL CENTER AND IT'S ABOUT TO BE TEN.
Me: (ditzy)"haha, oh i like that though, i like how theres only 9 people, makes it more umm intimate...You know i worked at all call center but there was about 100 people there, it was soooo chaotic and unproffesional."
Lady: (a bit irritantly)"I've managed a call center of 2,000 employees."
(as if i couldn't stop there, i just had to keep on talking...)
Me: "oh you have, wow...so was it chaotic there?
Lady: "no, not at all."
Me: "I guess it depends on the leaders too, if their proffesional and organized then it won't be."
Lady: "yes, okay so we've had alot of people respond to our ad and i would like to be doing second interviews by next wednesday."
(Silence that felt like forever...I guess i was waiting for her to say we'll call you?)
Me: "Okay"
Lady: "here let me walk you to the door, (while the other 2 people i just finished interviewing before you sit and watch while filling out there "new employee" paperwork of course...I felt like such a dummy!) It was nice meeting you, have a good afternoon!"
Yes i did smile my way out the door too...ugh I think i was way too excited about that interview and i haven't had one in such a long time, I think the lady was a bit relieved to get my seemingly immature, not ready for that type of position self out of there. But what she doesn't know is that i would have been a great person for that position. I really am a good worker but i guess it's sort of a good thing i didn't get it cause who wants to do cold calls for a living.
So there you have it, an embarassing and unsuccesful interview, the first one i've had in about 2years (cause thats when i got hired at my previous job.)
I had an interview yesterday, it was for a telecommunication position doing cold calls (thats when you call people bugging them to purchase whatever it is your selling.)
Okay so I'm extremely excited about the fact that I even have an interview so I walk into the building with a much too high air of confidence and huge smile on my face. I greet the front desk associate and he directs me to where I will be sitting for the next fifteen minutes accompanied by 10 other job seekers waiting to be proped by questions and then told we got the job.
After filling out another application -as if the one I submitted online wasn't good enough, we were all filed into a small room where the manager of the call center, a nice short lady and another guy (not sure who he was) told us about the company for about 45minutes.
We were then asked to return to our previous areas and wait for them to come around and interview us individually. And this is how my interview went...
Lady: "hello Justina"
Me: "Hello"
Lady: "okay so i have a few questions i will be asking you from this sheet of paper, why did you leave your former job?"
Me: "Well it was a swing shift and we had to work late nights sometimes and i was unable to find a faithful babysitter who would watch my son on such crazy rotating hours."
---Of course i skipped the boring routine questioning i'm just showing you the exciting stuff : /
Lady: "Do you have any questions for me?"
Me: "Yes, I heard the other guy say that you guys have 100 people in your call center?"
Lady: "(slowly) No WE HAVE NINE PEOPLE IN OUR CALL CENTER AND IT'S ABOUT TO BE TEN.
Me: (ditzy)"haha, oh i like that though, i like how theres only 9 people, makes it more umm intimate...You know i worked at all call center but there was about 100 people there, it was soooo chaotic and unproffesional."
Lady: (a bit irritantly)"I've managed a call center of 2,000 employees."
(as if i couldn't stop there, i just had to keep on talking...)
Me: "oh you have, wow...so was it chaotic there?
Lady: "no, not at all."
Me: "I guess it depends on the leaders too, if their proffesional and organized then it won't be."
Lady: "yes, okay so we've had alot of people respond to our ad and i would like to be doing second interviews by next wednesday."
(Silence that felt like forever...I guess i was waiting for her to say we'll call you?)
Me: "Okay"
Lady: "here let me walk you to the door, (while the other 2 people i just finished interviewing before you sit and watch while filling out there "new employee" paperwork of course...I felt like such a dummy!) It was nice meeting you, have a good afternoon!"
Yes i did smile my way out the door too...ugh I think i was way too excited about that interview and i haven't had one in such a long time, I think the lady was a bit relieved to get my seemingly immature, not ready for that type of position self out of there. But what she doesn't know is that i would have been a great person for that position. I really am a good worker but i guess it's sort of a good thing i didn't get it cause who wants to do cold calls for a living.
So there you have it, an embarassing and unsuccesful interview, the first one i've had in about 2years (cause thats when i got hired at my previous job.)
Friday, July 2, 2010
...Death Scare
The past 3 days have been proboably the scariest days i've experienced while being sick. I woke up and all at once there was a pounding migrane, nausea that pepto bismo wasn't helping, sharp chest pain that shot to my back, shortness of breath, and excruciating pain from my knees down.
The first day i laid down in the exact same spot all day.
The next day i took meds and was able to move around but still had shortness of breath so i had to take an excessive amount of breaks just to catch my breath if i didn't i would begin to get dizzy and feel like i was gonna fall out (nausea still remained).
Anyone who knows me knows that i don't get sick very often so this was all too odd for me. Every sickness that once possessed and sometimes conquered my family began to cross my thoughts and increase my concern..."what is this? asthma? heart disease? cancer? valley fever? is it because im overweight? I have honestly NEVER been so concerned about my health.
Day three had to be about the worst day, although my pain had gone away I was having the hardest time breathing. One minute i would be sweating and the next i would be shivering with chills...
So bed time came and i had been propping my head up the past three days to help me breathe easier. I thought why not move these pillows and see if i can sleep laying flat. Once i removed the pillows i felt my heart jump twice and i felt something soft inside of me rub against my chest, i thought it was my heart but then again im not a specialist...so, immediatley after that i was able to breathe without having to concentrate or by trying to catch up with myself.
I went from having such a hard time breathing to the point i felt like i was going to fall out to being able to breathe clearly! I have never been so thankful for air in my life!!!
and that leads me to this, EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY even the very air we breathe so we should live to the fullest as if every day is our last!
Dearest,
Tina
The first day i laid down in the exact same spot all day.
The next day i took meds and was able to move around but still had shortness of breath so i had to take an excessive amount of breaks just to catch my breath if i didn't i would begin to get dizzy and feel like i was gonna fall out (nausea still remained).
Anyone who knows me knows that i don't get sick very often so this was all too odd for me. Every sickness that once possessed and sometimes conquered my family began to cross my thoughts and increase my concern..."what is this? asthma? heart disease? cancer? valley fever? is it because im overweight? I have honestly NEVER been so concerned about my health.
Day three had to be about the worst day, although my pain had gone away I was having the hardest time breathing. One minute i would be sweating and the next i would be shivering with chills...
So bed time came and i had been propping my head up the past three days to help me breathe easier. I thought why not move these pillows and see if i can sleep laying flat. Once i removed the pillows i felt my heart jump twice and i felt something soft inside of me rub against my chest, i thought it was my heart but then again im not a specialist...so, immediatley after that i was able to breathe without having to concentrate or by trying to catch up with myself.
I went from having such a hard time breathing to the point i felt like i was going to fall out to being able to breathe clearly! I have never been so thankful for air in my life!!!
and that leads me to this, EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY even the very air we breathe so we should live to the fullest as if every day is our last!
Dearest,
Tina
Thursday, July 1, 2010
I HATE PANCAKES!!!
Does breakfast food always have to be a 3 course meal? oh my gosh, i know this is a blog and i prolly should always be positive but hey,,,,,I HATE BREAKFAST FOOD! it's like i hate routine...Every stinkin day (of course sometimes i try to skip days) i have to wake up and prepare a breakfast...pancake, eggs, sausage, fried potatoes...I mean why can't we just do lunch for breakfast...The ironic thing about it is,,,,my husbands favorite meal is breakfast food...and i don't mean a bowl a cereal...(by the way i like cereal) but the whole shebang!
ahhh....done with that venting
Dearest,
Tina
ahhh....done with that venting
Dearest,
Tina
Monday, June 21, 2010
A Weekend...now rest
So Friday night from 10pm-6am we had a youth lock-in at McDermont field house in Lindsay CA. it was sooo much fun!! we took our young people and played all kinds of sports and activities. after getting home saturday around 8:30am we slept and awoke at 3pm to get ready and drive 45min away to watch my younger brother sing in a choir! he did awesome, i'm so proud of him ; )
We got home around 10pm and awoke the next morning for 2 church services...fathers day!
we really didn't do much special just eat at my moms for dinner = )....
So what a busy weekend... now i need rest
We got home around 10pm and awoke the next morning for 2 church services...fathers day!
we really didn't do much special just eat at my moms for dinner = )....
So what a busy weekend... now i need rest
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