Floating. or Sinking.

After tallying up my grand total of hours worked this week, I realized maybe I made a mistake. Not a mistake in counting, (trust me, I know how tired I am) but a mistake in choosing to work. I knew it was kind of dumb to apply for so many jobs and then accept them all. I worked 42 hours this week and counted my hours for next week and will work 59. I have never worked that many hours on anything in my whole entire life.  But I don't want this whole post to be about complaining, I just wanted a tiny bit of sympathy for like 2 seconds. Self pity over.

So today at preschool, I made some friends. I really do love that job and anybody who asks me to sub I try to move everything else so I can. I have subbed for ages 2-4 so far. Definitely the 4 year olds are my favorite mainly because they are potty trained. This sounds like a weird reason to love someone, but I can only be peed on so many times before I start to not love that. This job is also cool because it is a Jewish preschool so we follow all the holidays and traditions they observe. I have never really known that much about Israel or Jews, so this is a way cool experience for me. Every Friday we do a prayer for their Sabbath and I just love listening to tiny children sing words that they have taken so much time to memorize. They can't even read and they can barely write, but they have learned from home and from school all these Israeli words and these really cool concepts and ideas. Since today was Shabbat (the 7th day of the week), I learned all about Shabbat Shalom and got greeted nicely by all the students. Since I have never studied Jewish customs, I won't preach about this because really I know very little. All I know is I love the experience I am gaining.

Life is a little stressful and a little crazy, but that won't stop me from feeling excited every time something really fantastic happens...such as best friend Cassie coming to see me tomorrow!!! yeah, I'll be working, but this is really happening and I really do get to see her for a minute! If you are wondering the way to my heart, it is visiting this homesick little girl who just needs some friends :)

Waaa.

I knew it would happen. It was only a matter of time, but I knew I would have to deal with this sooner or later....I'm homesick. I want to go home and see my family again! I know I am the one who made the decision to move across the country for half the year, but I do miss my good ol' house in Burley. Don't get me wrong, I love Virginia and I love having a job and a nice place to live, but I have hit that time where I wonder why I did this. I am learning that fun lesson where the people you work with are not super pleasant, and going to work is actually not as fun as it could be. I hope when I get a grown up job someday, that will also mean that the people who work there are actually grown up...I am really tired of teenagers/young adults(20's)) who hate their job, hate being there, hate working, and hate doing things thoroughly. I tend to think that if you are lucky enough to have a job, the least you could do would be pretend you actually like being there. Yeah, sometimes the work isn't as fun as playing around all day, but then again you are getting paid so just do it and be quiet! But before this turns into a rant, I will get to the point. I miss my family! Come on July...get here faster!

Hello, Welcome to AMC!

Today was another day of training at the movie theater, but instead of the boring class lecture we got yesterday, today we actually got to go downstairs and be seen by the public! (we have been upstairs hidden in a windowless classroom for hours on end) We learned how to use the cash registers and where everything was and then after like a quick 30 minute rundown our instructor told us he had to go and we had to stay until closing. That was a lot of pressure for being a real live employee for 30 seconds. We got paired up and my partner and I rocked it. We served 5 whole people in 2 hours and we were so bad we just had to laugh. Our transactions took us at least 5 minutes each to actually figure out what we were doing and we just had to keep the guests laughing so they wouldn't notice how horrible we actually were. We even managed to mess up refilling some guys soda (the guy I was working with's fault, not mine). Basically if work is as much standing around and laughing as we did, I think I will be just fine. Oh, and free icee's whenever I want? Don't mind if I do! (there are other free things we get, but obviously I am not as excited about them) And on a wonderful closing note, our backyard pool opened today! Hooray! I have been waiting for this moment ever since I moved here. Not even kidding. Unfortunately at the moment it is only accessible to people who love swimming in 50 degree pools. Keep on shining, sun! Warm my pool up! If I don't show up in the blog world for a while, its because the crazy hours I work killed me. Bye!

Hold on, gotta answer my arm.

I recently read an article online about a company trying to patent a tattoo that tingles when your cell phone rings. The idea is that the magnetic ink used for the tattoo can be activated to recognize your cell phone ring and you feel a little tingle on your arm (or hip or wherever you get it) when you receive a call. They thought of everything and even as much as scratching your arm to dismiss the call or text. There was talk of being able to set an alarm and wake yourself up in the morning. Or rather, have the ink on your body do it! I am not entirely sure if it is legit, so please feel free to take a look. What I am wondering is, do we really want to be that connected to our technology? Are our lives that important that if we miss one phone call or we answer a text message a couple hours later, are we that impacted? I know I am still a young person, and maybe my life isn't as important as the CEO of blah blah blah, but is this really something people want?  I think this is the craziest idea ever and I want to hear your input. Ready, go.

Easter...and stuff

This week has by far been the most successful week of my life. I passed my lifeguard training class, received my license, and will begin working Friday, got interviewed by the IMAX theater at the mall and begin working Monday, and got interviewed for a private preschool down the street from me that I will be substituting at. I am so excited. I have been pretty much doing nothing since I got here besides a little babysitting on the side and now all of these jobs suddenly fell in my lap. I am ready for some serious cash flow here :)

And you may all look at my beautiful Easter eggs I decorated and feel sad for when I have to eat them (which I haven't done yet...gross)

basketball and dinosaur

Every once and awhile my little brothers decide to call me on Skype and they make me miss home more than ever. Eli tells me that he misses me and he will still allow me to move into the house when I decide to come back *which is a big step for him because in his eyes, once you leave the house, you leave the family. Jessica told me about a little conversation they had the other day that went something like this...

Eli: We have too many people here...

Jess: Should we hold a family council and vote someone out of the house?

Eli: NO!!

Jess: Why not?

Eli: because it might be Em...

good to know I still have some fans back home. 

Well here's to hoping that these next couple of weeks don't kill me. 

Insert Title Here (seriously)

So because this post is written by iPod, I won't make it too elaborate. Mainly because I spell at least every other word wrong, but also because my typing speed is drastically reduced. I don't have any earth shattering news to report, but I do have to say I am getting pretty good at doing nothing. I just finished reading the 3rd Hunger Games book (in 3 days) so I can now resume normal life again. I am really anxious to get my lifeguard training out of the way 1 because that's 24 hours of my life I know I am going to have to deal with and 2 because I can't wait to start swimming. It is my favorite activity next to soccer and rugby. Yeah, I have a weird list of extracurriculars. My time in Virginia is speeding by so quickly even I can't believe I've been here a whole month already. The pressure is already on in getting ready to get my mission papers and things ready, and that is just an added excitement to this soon to be filled summer ahead of me. Tomorrow I could probably indulge in a better written post with lots of exciting things to report, but for now just enjoy this rainbow I saw.