|
accordingtoyourwill
|
read my profile
sign my guestbook
Interests: Passionately writing, reading to escape, laughing at everything *L*.. yes, i'm interested in laughing at everything, celebrating life through healthy food, singing in the dark.
Expertise: Natural healing, business management *L* , writing freely, aspartame *L*, being uncomfortable (turning the tables on awkwardness), frolicing in the autumn mist in a land called Hona Lee.
Occupation: Customer service/support
Industry: Other
Message: message me
Member Since:
10/25/2005
|
|
| It's a blessing and a curse to have many choices. Like Rob Bell says, we're a nation who worships options. I've always been the kind of girl who liked to have 2 choices. Pick one or the other. I get overwhelmed if i'm in a store with 30 different colors of one thing. I like "green or red?" (with an obvious choice of green). Obvious choices. That would be nice too.
Life is not always so clear... even with God on your side.
I am facing my near future with the option of either: Moving to Cleveland to be the full time Payroll/Benefits Specialist in the store thats opening in November (a guaranteed job if i want it). I can stick around Whole Foods Pittsburgh and apply for the Whole Body Team Leader position (which has been strongly hinted to me). I could apply for the Whole Body Assistant Team Leader (with not as much responsibility). I could move to Cranberry and start investing in my own small Natural/Organic Store (where the demand is high and the supply is low). OR. I could move to Atlanta, GA and go to Life University to study to become a Chiropractor.
... *?* My first instinct is to cut the PBS. I dont want to run payroll for the rest of my life. I know God has called me to the health field. Natural Medicine is my Jerusalem. So how do I get there?
I've been plunging forward in prayer. I made an appointment for the 28th of August to go down to Georgia and tour the campus at Life. I'll be spending a few days down there to get a feel for the area where i'd be living for probably 5 years or so. (Maybe forever if i love it).
I'm living in Indiana right now, but working in Pittsburgh which is getting incredibly old. So- I've decided to find a job in Indiana for the next year while I study at IUP to get my pre-requisite courses done for Life. This will be good also to spend more time with my dad before I move to the south for several years.
This post is reading much like a formal document of sorts. Which brings me to my next point:
i haven't been writing. at all. and its breaking me. SO i'm about to leap into a commitment to creativity... who knows what will happen. I'll definitely have more time to write when i'm not driving 3 hours a day though.
"we can make our plans but God directs our steps"... and i'm still listening.
Peace to you-
| | |
| wow. I really need a new photo. That one is from 9th grade i think- maybe 10th.
I'm going to get the internet in my home soon. *L* what a huge step. Anyway, I'm looking forward to journaling more online. I get overwhelmed by the amount of crap that goes on and changes in my life from day to day so when i finally get a chance to sit down at the computer (which is usually here at work) i cant find the energy to formulate it. However, had i spent the time that i have taken explaining why i havent been able to write writing what i needed to, it would have been done by now.
Life is a complicated journey- and i'm making my way to Jerusalem.
XO
Pip | | |
| update. Auntie Ann started to change her story a little more each time we talked about me moving to Texas until eventually it ended up being that i would live somewhere on my own AND watch her child for free.... SO, needless to say, there are other options to be considered.
Enter Cleveland. Only 2 1/2 hours away, brand new Whole Foods opening in March (a payroll/benefits specialist will be needed) our current Assistant Store Team Leader is going to open that new store as Store Team Leader, she has pretty much already guaranteed me the job, but i'd have to move.
So i'm going to take the last week of August or so to go check out the scene with Willito. See what the housing is like, prices, atmosphere ect. Its going to be an amazing store for sure... with lots of new opportunities.
AND- i've also started to seriously plan opening a health food/supplement store of my own in the Cranberry area...( J thinks i should call it "Pippy's Poppin' Pills) *L* the demand is high and the supply is non-existent. All in due time though. Finances, with the right business partner will be essential. more to come on that.
Chiropractic school is still the ultimate goal, but i feel like i need to set some things up first...i'm finally making some headway on my credit card debt. i paid chase bank 662 dollars last week... i've never made such a large payment before *or was able to*..
i'm currently blessed to be sitting in a home in myrtle beach South Carolina getting ready for bed... my summer goals are shaping up quite nicely.
I hope everyone is having an excellent summer--
XOXOXOXO
| | |
| Houston.... and I don't mean Whitney.
This may shock everyone but i've decided to make another huge transition in my life. Running?... i guess.. arent we all running from something? ...or perhaps TO something.
A BETTER VERSION OF ME.
So. Aunt Ann just had a beautiful baby boy . He's 3 months old. They were up this week visiting for the first time and my aunt and i got to talking. She has to go back to work in September to teach again and they have NO childcare lined up for the fall. Little Benjamin will only be 5 months old. Uncle Chris flies the planes and is gone 4 days out of the week. SO.... cousin Sara moves to Texas, lives for free with Auntie Ann and gets paid to be the live in Nanny ... Choses one of the FOUR Whole Foods in Houston alone to work at on the weekends ect. Saves money, makes lots, pays bills before going into major debt at Chiropractic school..
It's gonna be a good move for me. I really do need to get out of Pittsburgh. I hate the city. Every day when i come home all i want to do is roll in the grass and dig in the dirt and go to the lake... (My aunt lives in Kingwood, actually, which is a suburb of Houston... she lives in the woods really). Acutally... i think i might be ok in a DIFFERENT city. Pittsburgh has nothing for me.. i've completely saturated every immediate job at our Whole Foods. *L*. its time to move on... and its time to get me to the warmth for the winter! No more blue for me! I'm nipping nip in the bud..
So in the great words of Fiona Apple (Sarah, that cd mix is incredible!)....
"here it comes.. a better version of me".
| | |
| Today is looking like a day for Daughters, the song type... and Sarah McClaughlin... lots of her missing from my life.
I have reason to believe that the raindrops are still falling outside, though i've been stuck in this upstairs cubby-like office space since 630 this morning. What a beautiful delight it would be to walk down stairs and see sunshine streaming through the windows as i leave for the day.
Its a chiropractic appointment at 3. Nicely prefaced by some jostly rides at good ol' Kennywood Park. There's nothing like the anticipation of the first ride of the season. Enjoyable, quite enjoyable. Not enough time there though... so i've made a decision to add Kennywood to my goals for the summer.
Lets recap those:
1. Eat as much corn on the cob as possible.
2. Get to the beach as many times as possible
and now
3. Go to Kennywood as many times as possible. (I estimated 2-4 times a month). Espeically if its for the evening. It wont be too expensive.
*wonders about scheduling that many chiropractic appointments*...
anyway. I've been extra super looking forward to the beach trip for the 4th with the nuclear family. The good news is that I think we're taking Curts car, which means no "There's enough crap to kill you without guns".. I'm sure another song will find its way in.
I'm going to develop a home today. And plant some seeds.
And for you:
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
But she's just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
And I've done all I can
To stand on the steps with my heart in my hands
Now I'm starting to see
Maybe its got nothing to do with me
Love and Hope,
PBS Pip
| | |
|