A Day of Firsts...

Today, for the first time, I:

• Had to finish getting ready in my car due to the fact that a squirrel blew up in our transformer and took our the power in our house.
• Arrived at school only to realize that I left my backpack and all its contents at home, causing me to drive back home to get it (where the power was back on, of course)
• I scored less than a 50 percent on an exam. Don't worry, the highest score was a 76 and our professor handed back the corrected exams, went over them thoroughly, collected them, and gave us the exact same exam to retake. So, I got an A in the end, which is also a first for that class.
• Went to NMC to try to give blood with my mom. That's not a first. I've tried several times for the past two years, but my iron has been too low. This was the first time I actually passed the iron test and gave blood!!
• Counted all the posts in the auxiliary gym while blood was slowly being collected. Yeah, it took awhile. And no, I don't remember the number anymore.
• Lastly, I learned how to drive a stick shift...and I rocked it! :D

Yeah...that was my list of firsts for the day. Firsts sure do make life interesting!! :D

Today is My Anniversary.

You may be asking yourselves: Anniversary? What? You're not married. Are you? Hmm...what are you talking about?



Well, it goes something like this:

Characters: Alyssa Walter, Megan Rendall (me)
Setting: Freshman year at NWHS, probably in the north surge I'm guessing
When: Wednesday October 15th, 2003

Alyssa: Hey Megan!
Megan: Hi.
Alyssa: How are you doing?
Megan: Eh, I'm doing alright I guess. I'm tired of school already.
Alyssa: Yeah. So what are you up to tonight?
Megan: Uhh...probably nothing as usual. Wednesday nights don't really have any good tv shows so I normally just sit around watching the Disney Channel or something. Why'd you wanna know?
Alyssa: Well our church is having this hayride tonight. It'll be really fun! You should come!
Megan: Oh yeah? Hmm...well I'd have to ask my mom first. What time?
Alyssa: We could probably come and pick you up if you want! It starts at 6:30. Oh and ***** will be there too. He goes on Wednesday nights.
Megan: (smiling really big) Oh! Well, I will definitely have to come. I'll call you after school to make sure, ok?
Alyssa: Alright. Sounds good. See you later!
Megan: Bye!

I went to that hayride. It was cold. We went and packed what seemed like a million students into a tiny little barn. I remember the games we played, the people who performed skits, even the speakers and band members. It was much cooler than my normal Wednesday nights. I kept attending ever since that night.

So, today is the 5-year anniversary of me attending Nappanee Missionary Church, or I guess church in general. Yeah, I definitely went for the wrong reasons for awhile. I thought I was in love. Haha. Yeah...not quite. I only attended Wednesday nights up until the summer before my senior year when I made a promise at summer camp to attend on Sundays. But over the past five years, thanks to my best friend Alyssa and the many people I have encountered at NMC, I have been able to start, develop, and strengthen a relationship with God. It's amazing what my Savior can do in such a short amount of time. And it's amazing the amount of impact certain people have had on me. Those people will probably never know how much they've done and still continue to do in my life. I am extremely grateful to the family I have gained in the past five years and I am extremely excited to see what happens in the future.

What's the Point?

Oh, what a lovely Wednesday so far...yes, that was complete sarcasm. Sarcasm seems to be the only thing left keeping me somewhat sane today.

Of course, bad days typically start with waking up late. So, at 6am I got a phone call. From whom you may be asking? My boss. Yeah, I had to open at Starbucks today. Opening means being AT work at 5:30 and being ready for customers at 6. Oh joy. So, that was great. Then, as my customers began to come in, our espresso machine decided to...yeah, you guessed it...not work. So, with being frazzled and stressed out with that, I proceded to spill drinks, cups, lids and anything else. And on top of that, I got to deal with the angry customers who insisted that I fix the machine and that it was my fault for it not operating correctly. Man, some people are so grouchy without their AM fix. Throughout my entire shift, the espresso machine worked, then didn't work, then worked, and so on. I think it managed to be operating for a total of 1 hour the whole day.

Yay. Coffee shops without coffee. Ya gotta love it.


Side note: In addition to Starbucks not operating fully this morning, the oven in the bakery was not working (aka...no muffins, or bread, or pastries, etc) and the gas station was also dealing with maintenence work. Apparently God just did not want Martins to be opened today.