Laura's Boomerang adventures

So, there are no actual boomerangs involved, but I watched Over the Hedge tonight with the Youth Group from Grace MB, my parents church. I am helping with the Youth there, when I am not working during Youth events. Jason Baerg (who some of us know as Jay) is the new Youth director for Grace and it is fun to hang out with him and his wife Lauren. They are lots of fun! Jay calls me Snyder and I have to laugh because no one has really called me that in a really long time. Also, my cousin Andrew is in Youth and he is also called Snyder so this may cause some problems. :)

I am glad this week is over. I have been a crazy person this week, not only working too much and not enough at the same time (my life is a paradox) but doing and saying silly things. Now the week is over so hopefully the stupidness is over too.

A highlight of the week though, was hanging out at the working centre on wednesday. The working centre is a downtown initiative that works with low income and marginalized people in a variety of different ways. There is job counselling, income generation projects, a volunteer fair trade locally produced cafe, bike recycling and lots lots more. So I was hanging out at the cafe and I felt like I should be in Winnipeg, but I was actually in Kitchener and it was great. A woman was singing and playing guitar and she was super good. Also I talked to a customer today about naps and I think we should all take more naps. That is all.

long over due

It seems I have reverted to my non-posting ways. I have meant to post several times recently but when I get on the computer all words leave me. This is one of those catch people up on what is up posts, so it is not terribly entertaining but thats ok. I promise I will try harder to post more. Then they will not be as dull.
First with the happy things. Annemarie was here visiting this past week. She Steph and I had many fun times, did lots of shopping and it was really great to escape from the real world for a little. I didn't work while she was here and we spent time watching "What not to wear," shopping and we went out dancing. I dropped her off at the airport on wednesday around noon and I thought that I was fine, that I wouldn't cry or anything silly when she left. Then I was driving out of the airport on the crazy airport road and all of a sudden I was crying. It was sad. Amp is going to Winnipeg in May for her cousins wedding and I am hoping to be able to make a trip out this spring too, so maybe we will be there at the same time. That would be good.

On a not so happy note, I heard about the job I had applied to with MCC. I didn't get it. As much as this is not a happy thing, it is ok. I don't feel really sad or let down, because I had started thinking maybe this isn't what God is bringing me to. So I am really at peace about it which is nice. Another not happy thing is that I have started paying back my student loans now and they suck. I don't even owe THAT much, but according to their minimun payments I will be paying them back for 114 months. That is ridiculous. So I am paying lots more than the minimum but it will still take forever.

That is all.

job interview

I had my job interview with Mary's Place today. I think it went well, so we'll see what happens. They still have another interview to do next week, so they think they will be letting me know what's up by friday. I want the job, and I think I would be great at it, but at the same time I don't feel like I will be really disappointed if I don't get it. It just means there is something else waiting.

9 days till amp comes!

Rest from the chaos

Hi all. It has been awhile since my last post because my life is chaos. I have nearly every waking minute this coming week planned already, and last week was exhausting. Lucking, this past weekend I went on a fun retreat with the regeneration group from WMB. It was a welcome rest from the chaos. We went to a camp about 45 minutes away and we had lots of fun!! We played "across the room spoons" which left many bruises, we had good worship (REALLY GOOD WORSHIP) and we performed for "Airband Idol" which was entertaining to say the least. More importantly, I made some new friends (yahoo!!) and met lots of fun people. I also got to shed a little more light on the things that are bugging me about my position in life right now. In one of our sessions we talked about how the idea of Independance and Self reliance are big parts of how we view success. I am not independant or able to be self reliant at the moment, at least in terms of living space and supporting myself. Therefore, I am not successful. Part of this is coming from myself - I am disapointed and frustrated with the whole thing, but I think some of this pressure is coming from my family too. Especially my sister. She just bought her first house and is all adult and stuff. And I am living with my parents. Now logically, I paid for a university degree practically by myself, I paid for a trip to Africa and around Europe practically by myself, so if I hadn't done all that I could have a house too, but it just feels weird.

I am feeling better about the direction that GOd is taking me now. I feel that he is opening opportunities for me in downtown kitchener. Even if I don't get the Mary's Place MCC job (for which I had my first interview this morning - more later) I think God is drawing me into that context and letting me know that I am going to be in Canada at least for a little while. This is reassuring.

So, as I just mentioned, I had an interview for the job this morning. It was the first step, to see if I am eligable to work for MCC. Questions like "Who is Christ to you?" and "Do you think violence is ever an option" were prominent in the conversation. I have another interview on thursday at noon. Scary!! This one is more important, and it pertains specifically to the position I am applying for. Ah!

The last thing going on in my life right now, is that Zehrs may go on strike. We are represented by a union and the workers have been without a contract for awhile now. I am new and so don't know much, but people are voting this week to see if we will strike or not. I am not even going to vote one way or the other. I don't know enough about the old contract, the new contract or the politics of it. It is not super important to me since Zerhs is not my only, nor is even my primary, source of income. However, I recognize that for some this situation is really important and the right to strike is important. So, I am basically abstaining from having an opinion about the whole thing. I will say this though. It would be nice to have a chance to breath and if they stike it means no work at zehrs at least for a couple days. That would not be a bad thing.

So, more chaos tomorrow, but I get to see Michelle Jantzi for breakfast in the morning so that is nice. Then it is work and more work and then small group. Yahoo!! That is all.