Thursday, August 18, 2005

Parkland College

So this morning I went to Parkland with my boss and met with the two instructors for the ASSET program. The meeting was far beyond anything I could have imagined. I found out that my math and english classes should tranfer no problem, and that basically I already have all the electives taken care of, except maybe one social science one later in the program. Which translates to no class on Friday, at least for the first session, and class on Monday doesn't start til after noon, and class on Tues/Thurs starts at 10! Which also means I can commute for a little while and I'm not under the gun for a place to live. I found out Parkland also has a Motorsports Club, and they have a 1980 Chevy Malibu that is set up for drag racing that the students work on and get to drive! I was so excited, though due to the 8-week blocks that I'll be there, I don't know if I'll be able to get involved or not. I just had to think on the way home how God has made everything work out so beautifully, and it helps me to be thankful.

Well, I hope you're having a blessed week, hope to see ya at Leo!

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

My life so far as an Illinoian

Ok, so I haven't blogged in a while. Big hairy deal. jk :) Seriously, things are good, although since school/work hasn't started yet, it is extremely difficult to motivate myself to do much of anything. I am going to Champaign Thurs. morn with one of my future bosses at Mangold's to see the director of Ford's program at Parkland College. I am not sure what this meeting is going to entail, but at least it is something. I have heard from other employees that this is how it goes at Mangold's sometimes: ........yeah, we'll get back to you........oh, right, we'll get on that...............sure, let's do that..........now...let's do it. You get the picture? In their defense, there is a lot to do running a dealership, so I guess I'm not really upset about the whole thing. I am actually quite more concerned with the fact that as of yet I do not have a place to live, either in Bloomington or Champaign. I have had some good leads finally, so hopefully one will pan out.
Much to my delight, the Washington YG has a tradition of DQ every Wed. after services. :) I have also been at both Sarah Hodel's apt. and Erin Hodel's house later than midnight in the last two weeks, so it seems I should fit in well with the YG here. ;) Joe came out this past weekend, that was sweet. As far as the lack of posts go, I have had to use Luke's computer to get online, and his favorites list is obviously different from mine and I'm a little leery to change things.
Well, that's about all I have, sorry if you fell asleep at work or wherever you were when you read this.

P.S. - I miss my KS buds so much, I have actually had dreams about some of you. (That's as sentimental as I'm going to get in public. :))