Erincita

Blessings
Friday, December 31, 2004

I am going to MISS my customers. I may not feel like my employment exhibits my full potential, but there's nothing wrong with a lesson in humility, and I know that I'm right where God wants me right now and He wants me to embrace this season; drink from the cup He's given me (that's some Christianese for you...more to come soon). I may have recorded these lines from a song before, but they're worth typing again:

...nothing great to show off my abilites and my worth,
to show my my purpose in the midst of this routine.
...and I am learning to understand why I am here at all,
it's not the big things but the ordinary in-betweens
...so help me take each thing, each little thing that I must do
to bring glory to you.

Anyway, it's so much better set to music.

My transfer-in-progress is still, well, in progress, but I've been assured that I will be in my new store by the second week of Janurary. Apparantly it's somewhat complicated by the fact that I'm switching not stores but districts as well. I'm so excited to work just minutes from home. It'll free up so much time that I'll need to fit in workouts and such. I might be more motivated to trade in hours and supplement Starbucks with other work just because the store I'll be at isn't nearly as busy--translation: I'll be taking a huge paycut simply for lack of tips, which amount to over $2 and hour at the store I work at now. The downside is that it won't be convenient to see Dana anymore, as she loathes the idea of driving in Seattle. I guess it shows how we really came into our comforts zones in college. She drove around country roads in Idaho while I spent four years taking buses and driving around downtown Seattle. It's just home and I can't imagine living anywhere else. This doesn't mean I'll never move, just that I'd be okay if I didn't. I'm sure this is a trait inherited by the Petty's (i.e. Sarah). The other downside is losing all my relationships with my regular customers, which makes work so much more fun. My relationships with co-workers isn't quite as sweet, but we all know each other in such a way that we really work as a team. Everything seems to get done, I sometimes feel like we have some telepathy going.
The main reason I started this post is to post a poem--let me repeat that--a POEM that a customer wrote just for me. She's a sister in the faith, and we've had a few heart-to-hearts but that's all. She really seems to understand me, I nearly cried when I read this:

I've just prayed
a year of tears,
of love too rough
to touch.
But held the thought
that light would heal
through cracks
and seal
the holy broken pieces.
Arise a self
revealed, restored
simply lived on the edge
of another sunrise.

2:00 PM |

Delirous
Friday, December 17, 2004

I had to be at work at 4:30am this morning and I was into a riveting conversation late last night with my housemate Sarah until midnight so I got about 3 hours of sleep. The kind of delirium that results from this lask of sleep can lead to run-on sentences. Anyway, work went by quickly (probably because I can't remember the first half) and I ingested a total of six shots of espresso, which was pretty fun for awhile but now I'm barely coherent but for some reason can't close my eyes. I have alot of Christmas gigs other than Christmas day so maybe I won't be so lonely. Tonight my favorite local band Late Tuesday will be playing and selling their new Christmas album. I was also invited to go Christmas shopping with Lisa, a somewhat estranged friend from church who used to live in the very same room I'm occupying. I remembered wanting a situation like hers when I was looking for a place to live but didn't know that I would end up with the same family! I'm happy here and happy to see Dana as often as I do. Things are good. I am exhausted. It's time to try and get some sleep.

1:32 PM |