Adulthood October 12, 2009
Posted by abrammajor in Driving a bus, books, life.3 comments
WOW! It’s been a long time since I have updated. But I am in a “new” place in my life. I got a job, albeit a job that I NEVER thought I would ever do, but it’s a job. For the few of you who might read this and not know. I now am a bus driver. (Que Caedmon’s Call song.) That’s right I drive a CAT bus in Clemson and seneca. I’ve been working about a month, and until now have not been on a regular schedule. Hence the reason I haven’t posted in over a month. But I really enjoy driving the bus. There’s something I’ve always liked about driving, not that it doesn’t occasionally get on my nerves but there’s something that I like about driving people around. In college, when I needed some “alone-lets-think-about-life” time I used to just take the old ‘volvo (which has been replaced) and just head out into the country. So this job definitely gives me a lot of time to think, which is good considering how I now have to plan the rest of my life.
One thing that I didn’t really think about, but Austin and Elise, mentioned to me. Was that driving on the bus will definitely give me lots of ammunition for this blog. You see, 3 days out of the week I drive the catbus in Seneca. The reason I drive the bus in Seneca is that I’m the new guy and none of the other drivers can stand to drive the Seneca route. Traffic is terrible for most of the day, well maybe not terrible but definitely not great. Anyway the route in and of itself is challenging in the sense of staying on time. If your not careful to really push yourself, safely of course, it is really easy to get behind and almost impossible to make up lost time in Seneca. The other reason that no-one wants to drive Seneca is because of the people of Seneca. Now some of them are great, but most of the people who ride in Seneca do it like its their job. As in, they just ride all day. Which for some isn’t a problem, they just ride around and enjoy themselves. But others seem to make it their goal to make it as obnoxious as possible, they ask for stops like 30 feet from the stop, they’re loud and act like they own the bus, complain about the A/C , and whatever else they want. There are some Seneca riders that I just want to throw off the bus (literally). But we’ll see if I can get used to it before I make to many judgments.
Well thats basically all I’ve been doing lately. That and reading. It is amazing how much reading I can get done when I don’t have to go to classes! Hopefully have another post up before you all quit looking at my blog.
The Summer is over. August 27, 2009
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Well it’s been forever since I have posted anything for this blog. I actually have written some posts throughout the course of the summer but could never seem to finish any. I just felt weird about writing about nothing when at the beginning of the summer I was writing about Africa and how God was moving there. The second half of the summer has been slow, to say the least. I was frustrated to say the least at the job market when I got home. Not knowing what you want to do with your life and graduating during a recession is not a great mix. But I finally found a job, for those of you who don’t know, driving the cat bus. I have been doing some training these last two weeks, and tomorrow I am going in to drive the bus for the first time. Hopefully I can take my road test next week and then start driving the bus for real. So I am definitely excited about that! But now I have come to really appreciate the time that I have had to just relax, sort of. Since getting the job, things have been pretty uneventful. I think I have probably read at least 12 or 13 books in the last two months. It’s nice to be able to read the books that I actually want to read!
That’s pretty much all that going on right now. It’s been really nice now that all my friends from SWU are finally back on campus and I can hang out without having to worry about classes the next. College Life is so much more fun without any classes! Who would have thought? I just thought I would fill everyone in on what’s been going on lately.
Quick Update July 29, 2009
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- Right now I am at the Western NY District Family Camp. I am helping out one of my friends run the teen track during the day. So basically I am getting paid to hang out, play video, games and eat snacks with about 30 teens for a week. Which is a pretty decent weeks work. It’s nice so far, we are having a good time here at Houghton college.
- Some of you may have heard but I thought that I would mention this here for anyone who didn’t. I got a message on Flikr that one of my pictures was being used by a guidebook/maps company from my trip to Yosemite, which is pretty cool I think. Here is a link, check it out. While your at it check out my flikr page if you want to see some highlights from my trip to Africa this summer.
- I recently found a couple websites that I really like that are related to books and literature. The first one is called Bookmooch.com, where you can trade books that you don’t want anymore for books that you would like. All you have to pay is shipping and handling for the books you want to get rid of. It’s pretty self explanatory. The other one is called daily-lit.com. They have a bunch of books that you can read online for free. I think that they mostly have classic literature for free because of copyright and stuff, but I heard that you can rent books to read online, but honeslty I haven’t really looked. If you want to catch up on some classical reading this is a pretty good place to do it.
Stranded in Cincinnatti! July 23, 2009
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Well right now I’m in a Quality Inn Hotel in Cinci. I am currently on my way to the New York District Family Camp. I am going to be paid to basically just hang out with the teens at the family camp this week. I am excited but there have definitely been some drawbacks to this trip. First of all I missed my family reunion this year, for the second time. I thought originally that I would be able to go to at least part of the reunion, but the district paid for my ticket and they could only get a ticket to leave today. So me and my friend Brady left this morning, and made it all the way to Cincinatti. Then the trouble really started. We were traveling on Buddy passes so we weren’t guaranteed a ticket. But the lady at the desk in Cinci, told us that the first flight was probably full but the second, (and last) flight to Buffalo had plenty of seats. So when we checked before the first flight finished boarding we were told that we did have seats. Right when we found this news out the couple behind us in line offered to pay for our spots so they could make it to a wedding. Feeling nice, we decided to just let them have our spots since we had thought that the later flight would be less crowded any way.
So we waited. SIX HOURS, in an airport with no wireless. Then when we get to the desk to check in to our flight to Buffalo, the new lady at the desk told us that the first lady had a faulty schedule and that our new flight was totally booked. We waited until the flight was once again almost boarded. Long story short, Brady is now in Buffalo and I am in a hotel in Cinci for the night waiting until the next available flight tomorrow at 2:20.
But honestly it’s not that big of a deal. I am still excited about the camp and will probably be writing more about it later.
Summer Update June 23, 2009
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- Since getting back from Africa, I have pretty much just been taking a break. Playing x-box and reading some good books.
- I am currently about to head up to Table Rock to visit the Senior High Camp and see some friends. Seeing all of the ministry team getting ready to leave for camp made me really miss the time I spent the last two summers traveling around the country to hang out at camps and play music.
- I have now read three books by Ernest Hemingway. I read For Whom the Bell Tolls in Africa and really liked it. Then when I got back I went to a barnes and noble and found a good deal on three more books by Hemingway. I then read The Sun Also Rises and wasn’t all that crazy for it, but then I read The Old Man and the Sea and really liked it. Right now I am reading The Benson Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, it was a book that I was supposed to read in a class I took a few semesters ago and just never got around to it.
- One good thing about being home is that me and my dad can finally finish the truck that we have been working on for a few years. Hopefully we will be able to finish it this summer. We had basically gotten it taken completely apart, but the last few days we have gotten the axles and the control rods on it, then yesterday we put the engine back on the frame and today we installed the gas tank. Things are starting to move!
- Last week I went and saw UP in 3D, and it was amazing! I pretty much say this about every Pixar movie that comes out but honeslty this is one of my favorites. I can’t believe they have made so many movies that are really good. And by the way it is totally worth the few extra dollars to see the movie in 3D.
- Yesterday I found out that a close friend of mine found her mother, who had passed away some time this weekend, in their house after spending the weekend out of town. I have gone to school with this girl since middle school and our families are pretty close. This woman had some major health problems, and I know that she knew the Lord so on one hand its comforting to know that she is healed now, but still it’s so sad. It was totally shocking to hear the news, but I think the saddest part of the whole experience is that the woman’s daughter was the one to find her. I definitely think that this family could use some extra prayer right about now.
