I'm sitting at Caribou, looking over my laptop at another guy's laptop. No, I'm not being creepy. It's just right there in front of me. He has his calendar up. And it's like a bright screen full of rainbows in grid, table, and chart form. Each day has at least 8 different color coded blobs of text. Maybe he's really important. Maybe he lives a very busy life. Maybe he's just neurotic and schedules every single thing for his day. "Pet the dog." "Brush my teeth." "Go to Caribou and buy a Diet Coke like a weirdo."
But seriously...who goes to Caribou and sits and sips on a Diet Coke? Maybe he doesn't like coffee, Kirsten. Ok fine, no judgment. (But they even have SMOOTHIES here!)
Anyways, here I sit at Caribou Coffee, planning out the next month of my own life. I'm not one for keeping a calendar. But now realizing that maybe I should be. I don't have trouble remembering stuff, but when it's not written down it just seems overwhelming. This next month is going to be crazy. It's going to be stressful. But it's ultimately going to be wonderful.
Kirsten's life for the next 4 weeks:
1. Packpackpackpackpackpack
2. Parents come next weekend to load their truck with EVERYTHING that won't fit in my Subaru and temporarily store it at their house. That pretty much means for my last few weeks in Denver I'll be living the life of a minimalist. I'll have my winter clothes, air mattress, only my cheap kitchen items that I will end up just throwing or donating before the move...and Quincy.
3. Weekend after that I get to go to Miami for a work event. Wahoo, Miami! Too bad I already packed ALL my summer clothes...
I'm really good at packing. Packing strategically? Not so much.
4. JobSearchJobSearchJobSearch. Still no job lined up in WA. I've applied for 15+ so far, and have either heard "Unfortunately...." or nothing. It's weird because usually that would FREAK ME OUT not having a job lined up yet. But I really have peace about it. I think that's a God thing. I have a lead for a part time job that I would love, but like my dad always says..."Don't count your chickens before they hatch."
But here's the thing, He always provides! And He's been paving the way for this move before I even knew I was moving. He's provided with PERFECT timing and just so many answers to prayer already. He's so faithful, it blows my mind!
All that to say, I'll stay faithful on my end by applying, praying, but also not stressing out over the job situation. And I'd love it if you'd say a little prayer for me too, if you think of it :)
5. December 22nd I fly all the way to my hometown in Northern MN for Christmas. From there I fly to St. Louis for another work event (boyfriend will be there too). From there we both fly back to Denver, and the same day we land, we load up the Subaru and "Roll My Windows Down and Cruiiissseee."
Okay maybe the windows will stay up. It will be December 30th. But that's a glorious song. Thank you, Florida Georgia Line. Anyway, we will then be making the 1,340 mile drive to Renton, WA. We hope to be there in time to celebrate New Years Eve with his friends. Ideally with high energy and low crabbiness after a 21+ hour car ride. Possible? We're optimistic.
6. Amidst all of that craziness, my last two weeks at work I will be training in the new Volunteer Coordinator who will be taking my place! I'm actually really looking forward to meeting her and teaching her about the awesomeness that is, the World Vision Denver Global Distribution Center, but it's just another thing to be thinking about.
So the moral of this story is, I need to buckle down and just get to it. Plan it out. Write it in a Calendar (blegh). And get off of Pinterest.
Really, I spend so much time on Pinterest and I don't even really like it. I just...can't...stop...scrolling...
Because the great ideas never end! Even though nothing on there even applies to me right now. If it could give me advice on how to strategically pack for the next month, that would be great. But nope, all I see are 239,846,296 ways to paint your nails.
The good news is, my Crazy Month of December (yes it all needed to be capitalized) started out great with a visit from my boyfriend! We wore ugly Christmas sweaters, he bought me nice dinners and took out my trash (major boyfriend points). We took a bunch of my stuff to Goodwill. We made a lil fire in my fireplace and he even cleaned it out for me afterwards (more major boyfriend points). And on Sunday we watched football and ate nachos like good Americans.
Okay, so I suppose I should put words to actions and stop blogging about how much I have to do and go Nike style and JUST DO IT. This will be easier as I'm adequately caffeinated now, thanks Caribou for your free Wifi!! And delicious Hazelnut Latte!! And beautiful fireplace!! And Christmas music!! And for my free glass of water!! And for your cool snowflakes hanging from the ceiling!! And...okay leaving now.
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