New lifestyle

its kinda crazy. but with time and dedication i have been able to effectively change a few aspects of my life...

1. i wake up before 7 am every day (its actually wonderful and the only time in merced that it is not freaking 104 degrees out)

2. i eat like a jenna & karissa now, really healthy..i'm not sure what has happened to me.

3. i have not drank in forever (besides when i saw julie...haha we had a date and got a lil tips together)

4. i've had a lot of time to reflect on my life and the past year.  I have found so much peace in comparison with the end of the semester (guy wise), i was all over the place...God has really allowed me to be content with not having a guy to depend on or constantly contact in my life!!  and i'm reading Captivating again!

so 4 things..not that many..but big for me. oh also, i'm a small C now. yessssssssssssss

I love you all and miss your faces dearly...becs, i miss your hair as well...i love looking at it..so mesmerizing.  

I'm really bad at structuring these blogs. i'll work on that!

oh classes are going well. i'm blowing the drawing 1 students out of the water...not to brag or anything =)

talk to you soonnnn my little ladies

I am the champion my friends...

I did it.

I got blood drawn. I caused a scene at the lab due to blacking out and nearly vommiting....panic attacking...sweating off 3 pounds of water weight. Dear me....a SCENE. I had to be taken to a private room with a table...they gave me juice.... my friend is a nurse for pediatric ER and she took me and helped me, but when I was done and recovered laughed for an hour straight and said her 7 year olds are far braver than me. Whatever.

But, I did it. Thought you all would be proud.

Love and miss you...I start my 70 hour work week on wednesday! Can't wait.

SURPRISEEEEEEEEE

I am officially employeddddddddd!! WOOO God is so good! It is exactly what I want to be doing and it will open doors to any career I could possibly want!!

So here is the deal:

I got a 6 month fellowship at a non profit called Net Impact (read more about it at netimpact.org)...it merges my love for non profits, business, and economics in ways I could never have dreamed. I will be working with all the keynote speakers at the annual conference...this years is teh CEO of GE, which is HUGE. Apparently everyone who has had this job has gone on into incredible jobs after, so that is really exciting!! The office is this cute trendy loft in SOMA, with a bunch of cute (and educated) hipsters that work there! Right up my alley!

The downside? It only pays a stipend of $600/month which isnt even enough to cover my rent. The job is 40-50 hours per week and I will be working at my old job 20 hours a week doing freelance grant writing to make extra money. ALSO, I picked up a consulting job for about 10 ours a week...ergo....I will be working 80 hours a week for the next 6 months just so I can pay rent. Sweet. Please pray that God provides because I literally am SO stressed about money, but truly feel that this is the job that God has for me right now.

Anyways, just wanted to fill you guys in!! Thank you for all your prayers and encouragement over the last month! Love you all!!

xoxo,
Karissa

I just thought you all should know...

that I peed at the Other Room without getting locked in the bathroom. great success.

KATIE

i still don't know how to make an account for myself...so i'm using becs.

anyways. Jenna! i'm so excited that you are loving your job..that is awesome.  Karissa, i just gave blood the other day..you will do awesome and you won't DIE..promise. I'm expecting a call from becca tonight and i'm sooo excited. 

with me:  i've been hanging around..with the grandparents (both sets) and cleaning..making lists etc.  I've been going to the gym everyday with my dad and i'm doing the stair climber for 15-20 minutes...talk about killer..that ish is HARD! It's real fun to see people from highschool while you're sweating gallons and smell...NOT.  (i just realized that i type how i speak..all slangy and whatnot) i should fix that.  

i still have not found my lululemon pants..i'm bummed. i must have left them at school =( so if anyone sees them around.

oh i officially have no money. thats fun. and my mom is going to pitch a fit about me going down to malibu this week..boo her. oh well. 

if anyone is in the mood for movies..i've watched these this summer and approve for your viewing:  wolverine, bedtime stories, hotel for dogs & taken. 

i'm going to yosemite on tuesday with my dad..which i'm uber excited about,, yah! i'll take pics and post them up here somehow. 

ps. my parents have been impressed with my "cooking" skills..which are pretty slim to non in comparison to you guys..but still..i learned from the best..i have to say i miss jenna's cooking =)

FUNNY: i saw this car that looked like a dinosaur..no joke..so i said that aloud and my sister thought i said it was Diane Sawyers car and was all "where..where?..dave and i got a good laugh out of that. 

love you and miss you all!

Katherine Anne

I am actually awake after 11 p.m. so therefore I will blog

Hello my beautiful friends,

I miss you all you so very much (and am excited that I get to see little Rissy Roo tomorrow)! This week has been a complete whirlwind for me. I started at the Dole Nutrition Institute on Monday and have completely fallen in love with my work. It is so exciting to be doing something I am passionate about and getting to read and research articles about food all day long. My department runs free fitnesses classes after work that I have started attended and let me tell you they are pretty much kicking my butt.

And get this, it's actually the non-profit sector of Dole. Who would have ever thought I'd be working at a non-profit? Tis funny the way God works sometimes...

However my boss terrifies me. In a cool, I respect you so much that I can't help but fear you. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard, was a former speechwriter for George H W Bush and might be the smartest, toughest person I have ever worked for.

My sister "graduated" from 8th grade this week so that is probably the biggest news in my personal life. it's a very weird feeling to have her in high school. My cute little baby is growing up. :(

Other than that, I have just been settling into work, hanging out with Dana and trying to figure out what church I want to start investing in.

Hope you all are well. Other people need to blog besides Karissa cause I want to know what is going on with you all.

love,

Jenna

death.

well this is 3 posts in a row for me, but hey i'm unemployed it makes sense. Here is the reason for the post: I am having blood drawn 3 weeks from today. FML. Its finally happening. I am prepared though, my friend who is a nurse is stealing tourniquets, etc from her hospital so we can do run throughs minus the needle so that I am ready for the big day....I am so pathetic, but at least im stepping up to the plate this time....which is more than I can say for Becca....cough....stretching...cough. JK, love you girl!