Office by Alex Penny
My name is Chelsea. I'm 22 years old!! I have random thoughts that need to be put somewhere because one day I might forget. Really it's just a place for me. I like looking back on previous posts because time flies by when you're having fun and it's just a nice little reminder.
I have a twitter =) http://twitter.com/cnhqt2
8 year old kid tells Michele Bachmann “My mommy’s gay and doesn’t need any fixing.”
Have a great weekend.
1. What was the single best thing that happened this past year?
Probably going to church and finding a better way to deal with what life throws at you.
2. What was the single most challenging thing that happened?
Losing people. I lost the most important man in my life… and no I’m talking about my 5 year relationship ending, I’m talking about my Grandpa John. He’s the happiest, most honest and respectful man I’ve ever had in my life. No one has and probably never will be comparable to him but I’m going to anyway because I deserve the best of the best.
3. What was an unexpected joy this past year?
Meeting new people, my coworkers, just all the wonderful people that came out of nowhere when I needed them. I couldn’t be more happier with the people I’m ending 2011 with.
4. What was an unexpected obstacle?
Obviously I wasn’t expecting to be single but I am and I’ve dealt with it. Definitely hard when you’re literally thrown to a curb 200 miles away from home and you find out you’ve been lied to for years<—- that makes me sound bitter=X Things happen for a reason and I see the reason now and it happened for the best.
5. Pick three words to describe 2011.
1. Kiss. 2. My. 3. A$$. lol Worst year ever!
6. Pick three words your friends and family would use to describe your 2011 (don’t ask them; guess based on how you think they see you).
Hard, learning experience, growing up… idk. It happens and you have to pick yourself up and keep on going.
7. Pick three words your friends would use to describe their 2011 (again, without asking).
Idk… we all had rough patches but I hope they had a more enjoyable year than I did.
8. What were the best books you read this year?
Goodness… I forgot their names already=P (They weren’t part of a series lol) I promise they were good though! One had me crying and on the edge of my seat, “These Things Hidden”.
9. With whom were your most valuable relationships?
Tiff and Jazz. Tiff has been there through every tough moment this year (my whole life really). I learned no matter how much time passes or we lose touch for a bit, I can call her in the middle of the night and miles away and she will come get me!! And Jasmine because she’s been miles away but still someone I can always count on to hear me out, calm me down, cheer me up and make me laugh out loud!
10. What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year?
My life isn’t dedicated to one person anymore! I’m living for myself these days and it’s quite freeing and more enjoyable than I imagined.
11. In what way(s) did you grow emotionally?
Well I’ve learned to keep an handle on my emotions. “Don’t cry spilled milk” in the words of my Grandma=) This happen and you take them for what they are, there’s no point in crying all the time.
12. In what way(s) did you grow spiritually?
Thank Jesus he found a way to get me to church and really find my spiritual self. I’ve learned to accept God in my heart first before any human being. As people we’re always going to make mistakes but God is perfect and he’ll never let me down!
13. In what way(s) did you grow physically?
Ohh man=( I promise I’m gonna go to the gym everyday in 2012. It was rough this year and I let things get out of hand.
14. In what way(s) did you grow in your relationships with others?
The obstacles I faced this year has brought me closer to people that matter and has pushed the ones that don’t out of the picture.
15. What was the most enjoyable part of your work (both professionally and at home)?
Realizing that my coworkers are more than just that. They were there for me everyday and I’m so grateful for that. And those kiddos are always so cute and enjoy them everyday!
16. What was the most challenging part of your work (both professionally and at home)?
Getting yelled at for the first time! Having my personal drama show up to work and trying to balance both.
17. What was your single biggest time waster in your life this past year?
Crying.
18. What was the best way you used your time this past year?
Drunk nights with my bestie and my new BFF!
19. What was biggest thing you learned this past year?
Don’t let that hatred infect you! Don’t stop loving! Don’t stop moving! Just keep swimming!!
20. Create a phrase or statement that describes 2011 for you.
Go get em soldier! lol
My friends and I used to play a game called Highway Hopping, where we’d sneak out late at night and run across I-95 right here (none of us were getting laid yet). I suppose we won the game because none of us died. We discovered that’s it’s extremely windy next to the highway because cars go fast and drag along a lot of air behind them.
We also found a homeless guy’s hideout under a bridge, but that was its own adventure.
Anyway, I was thinking about how windy it is on the highway and how that much wind must be useful to someone, somehow, when I had the above idea: the Jersey Generator.
After an extremely shallow investigation into how wind turbines work, I’m reasonably certain this would work. Cars go by -> The wind spins a fan -> the fan drives a shaft -> The shaft spins into a generator where, using science, electricity is created -> That electricity feeds the grid or goes into batteries, to be emptied later. Each little fan wouldn’t create too much power, but we have a lot of highways and all those little volts will add up fast.
Here’s the real beauty of the Jersey Generator, it solves the energy crisis (as far as I can tell). If we all drive electric cars, the cars will power the generators which will power the cars which will power the generators, ad infinitum. Even if we don’t all get electric cars, the excess power created by the Jersey Generators will make car charges so cheap that owning a gas-powered car will become fiscally foolish eventually. Best of all, it’s a closed circuit, self-reliant and self-sustaining. A little tax money to maintain the infrastructure and we’ll never have to go to Iraq again! And we can use our domestic oil for it’s intended purpose: exploring space. Obviously. History will not judge us kindly if we keep using our oil to go to Wal-Mart instead of Mars.
Can any scientists poke a hole in this? (NOTE: If you’re an oil company scientist, please keep your thoughts to yourself)
As always, drafting by Derek Winegar.
I could write a whole list of things not to do in a relationship based off of my last 5 1/2 year stint.
• Get rid of him if he has a problem with your family! If he ever finds an excuse to get out of hanging with your family! Or if he ever holds off on meeting extended family!
• Idc if he’s male… Everyone should have manners, especially at the table!
• He should never ever throw a fit in public and you should never have to ask him to talk about this later!
• He should always be a gentlemen even if he’s mad at you and he definitely shouldn’t call you names or say “well you’re acting like a ____.”
• If you’re ever… EVER! getting that gut feeling that something is up… it is!! Don’t ignore it.
• Don’t ever let him persuade your decisions or talk you out of or in to something you didn’t agree with in the first place. You should never have to change for someone.
• You better act like a lady at all times, even when you’re arguing!
This list is to be continued…
I feel like a ruined woman. I’m damaged and I have issues. I’m insecure about too many things. I should be one of the most confident people out there. Why is it that the most confident women are sluts?? Why do they walk around acting like they could get whatever they want?? I’m educated, I have a job, I don’t have kids, I can count every guy I’ve been with on one finger, I’m not ugly and I’m for the most part in shape (don’t ask me to run a mile). My last relationship I gave it my all. I didn’t lie or cheat. 95% of the time I did things the right way, I’m a catch. Why do I feel like someone’s trash though?
Church last night was amazing! I feel so welcomed there that I’m finally feeling like I’m apart of that and I’m not just a visitor anymore
I just want a sign on me at all times that says I’m emotional, I’m sensitive, I care way too much, I have a heart and I can promise I’ll do my best to make your life better if it’s at all possible for me to do so. In return, do not be rude to me, do not hurt me, do not attack me, do not assume things about me AND DON’T TRY TO SUE ME!!
I know I need a thicker skin but at the same time people just need to stop being a-holes!!
So I’ve learned that working in KC a lot of the girls have kids that they really enjoy because they took care of them more than others or got to watch certain kids grow up longer than others. Since I started, there definitely are a few families that I absolutely adore and this is definitely one of the them.
Little Henry started KC at 6 months and now he’s walking and talking up a storm but only knows a few distinct words. He’s come such a long way from the crying, teething baby I remember. Now he giggles for no reason and pretends to be tired just so I’ll hold him. His mother has lost over 40lbs since she started at the gym and her two girls Olivia and Allison are absolute sweethearts! I spend most of the time with Henry though because the girls are in school.
I’m so sad that in a few weeks they’re moving away. That’s good for them though because their father has been over seas for quite sometime now. They’ll be moving with him up north and will finally get to be together. I’m so excited for them because the kids have no idea that he’s actually coming home tonight! I can’t wait to hear the girls tell me all about the surprise and see the excitement on their faces. They truly are the perfect example of why I love my job.
The bathroom for the kids is like the miniature bathroom you had in kindergarten… Remember those?
Little 3 year old Jesse: “I can’t use this little toilet. I’m a big boy! Did you see my big feet!” Last week he got new shoes and his mom told him it’s because his feet are too big. Because kids can’t wear shoes in KC he just kept asking if we noticed his feet are getting so big!
