Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Little girl, hey, the door is that way
Curse me and my too-strong sense of obligation when it comes to work! Yesterday, I was scheduled to work from 10-6:30, my typical Tuesday schedule. Alexandra picks Lourenzo up, so I have my evening free, which means that I can work a longer day. Anyways, last night was the first night of Forefront's small groups, which I was actually pretty excited for.But, of course, someone called out at work, and they were short-staffed, and needed someone to stay until close, so I worked from 10-9:30, and missed the small group. Not the end of the world, but I have to remember that this isn't Becky, and I don't need to feel obligated!
I know what it feels like to be on the other end of it, though, and to be the one in the lurch because you're short, and I hate leaving people in that situation. I know it's not my responsibility to cover all the shifts--or even every shift that I can--and I probably should have said no last night, but whatever... it all worked out.
I just need someone to kick me if I start to consider it too often!
Other than that... it's sopping wet here. Think Calgary in June this year, and that's what New York is like right now. It's only been for 3 days, though, not a month, so thus far, it's not unmanageable. I think I've gotten more wet in those 3 days than I did in most of Calgary's wet month, though. Much more walking, much less driving. No driving. Much more time spent outside.
It's strange to me that I'll go for a whole year (almost) without driving. It's just such a daily thing at home--there are very few days when I don't drive somewhere--and here, it just doesn't happen. It's not uncommon for people to live their entire lives in this city and never get a drivers license.
What else? I signed up for a class on "The Bible as Literature," starting on Nov 1, for 4 weeks. It'll look at the different literary forms in the Bible--poetry, parable, story, letter--and it's taught by a professor at Wheaton College. It's actually offered online, as a correspondance course-type-thing, through Barnes &Noble--they offer all these different courses for free through their website. It's not for any credit or anything, but it sounds interesting, and it'll be a good chance to get my academic feet wet again.
I'm still looking for classes now, but it's looking like I won't actually take anything through an actual school until January--you know, those things they call semesters might have something to do with it! I may still start an acting class--some of the ones I've seen have ongoing registration--but in terms of an academic class, after Christmas, things will pick up.
Anyways, this will be an interesting diversion, and it should be an interesting subject. They offer some pretty diverse classes and reading discussion groups... of course, they want you to buy the books from them, but other than that, the classes are all free (and open to anyone--it's not just an employee thing), so if you've got some spare time that you're not going to fill with NaNoWriMo (which I still haven't decided if I'm going to tackle this year), you could take a look at it.
Okay, I'm trying to get caught up on emails and stuff tonight, so I should get back to that--but updating here was definitely on my list of things to do while online tonight! I was feeling like I was leaving people out of the loop by not updating since Sunday! Ah well... it's all up to date now, so rest easy. Heh.
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