Time Slips On By Sometimes Leaving Me Behind

So, I need to make this quick so I can get some sleep before volunteering tomorrow.

Wow! What a time I've had recently. Already the end of week four; midterms are next week and I don't feel ready for my linguistics class, but I'll study and do my best. My ASL class I'm not too worried about; I've already done all of the VLOGS (Video Blogs) for class so far. And, our teacher hasn't said anything really about a "midterm" (i.e. hasn't made a big deal about it. We namely do discussions and take weekly quizzes to make sure we are attending and understanding.) I feel more comfortable with signing now, but know that I'm still not that skilled.

Yesterday, six of us girls made a trip on down to the pumpkin patch...which one? We didn't know. We all crammed into one car - which we didn't know there was only one car - and started driving to....nowhere really, since we didn't have a plan, I guess. But we found one and spent about an hour there...or so. We all got pumpkins and plan to carve them as a group. Those who couldn't make it this week are planning on going next week; I'll probably go again. I have kind of become the photographer for house events like this. : S Well, if everyone enjoys it, might as well, right? (At the end, I've attached some pictures.)

Work this week was HORRIBLE. Monday I was batting a thousand, doing everything wrong. Not to mention that they put me AT/on the grill, and I had NO idea how to make it, and they were trying to teach me (verbally) how to do things, and I wasn't that successful. : (

THEN....Tuesday, when I went to go close, NOBODY was there. So, I tried my best to do the compost, recycling, wiping the counters, doing as many of the dishes as I could and so on and so forth. I hadn't been shown how to do the salad bar, so I couldn't have done that - not to mention I found out the next morning that the produce hadn't come in. Speaking of the next morning, I got chewed out by a supervisor-personnel. She said that she wasn't chewing me out, but everything she was saying, how she said it, and so on and so forth was telling me opposite. She was accusing me of things I had no idea happened/didn't happen, was saying I didn't do anything (in less direct words,) and was just negative, negative, negative. : ( I almost cried, but I was able to hold it in. I felt AWFUL and it was so HARD to shake it off and do work for the next hour or so. But, yeah, I knew she was upset with me and blaming me. But there are people who come in after me and are supposed to clean up and "truly" close the kitchen. I just help. And, as I'm being chewed out, praise God there was another gal there who was trying to defend me - I tried, but this supervisor wasn't listening nor believing me - and was so supportive of me and my cause. Then, after I am blamed and condemned (I'm sure she wanted to fire me then and there,) THEN I'm told these little "secrets"/"helpful hints" about how they want me to run/do things when I close. Oh! AAAAAAANNNNNDDD I was condemned for being "slow." - I was hardly ever still for the whole time I was there; granted, I wasn't running around, but I was always moving, looking for something to do and clean, etc. So my batting average sank lower. I just hope tomorrow isn't bad. I've had a bad week already, I don't want to end it poorly.

But......though I can't say what exactly it was I did, I have had two positive nighttime experiences (last night and tonight) that have lifted my spirit and have encouraged me. Tomorrow will be the third and final night for some time, but that's okay. It'll help me get through this week. All I can say is that this week is homecoming here at WOU, and I've helped out some with that.

Oh! I am also back on with the Western Journal, the school paper, and am writing (on average) two articles a week! Whooo! I'm excited about this next week's articles. Both are based on personal experience and one is purely...opinon/my choice topic based. The other is specific, but because of the topic, I can write it based off of what I have experienced, although I need to interview some of my girls here before the weekend. Eeeek! I forgot about that. : S So, I'll try to do that after work. I'll need to do a bit of research - if I can find the info I'm looking for - and then just sit down and write both articles. I've started one and have an idea of how I wish to start the other. But we'll see. The most o

opinionated one I'm struggling with to find the words I want to say/express myself. I'm hoping it will turn out right. Every time I want to say it - like when I'm showering and thinking out loud - the BEST ideas come to me, but I never remember them long enough to write them down or I can't remember everything; thus, each consecutive try thereafter is worse. : ( *sigh* Oh well.

I think that is it for now. I think that is enough to catch up on me - more or less. Hope I didn't bore you too much. ; ) Hope all is well with whomever is reading this. May life bring you many blessings and good health. Take care & God bless!