In Whatever Time We Have - Stephen Schwartz

 This is a beautiful song from the musical Children of Eden, and this is a beautiful arrangement of it. I feel the sentiment of this song a great deal right now.  I hope you enjoy it!

Softly and Tenderly

 One of my all-time favorite hymns and I absolutely love this version!

One Drawer at a Time - Back in the office again

 

Well, here I am back in the office again taking things one drawer at a time.  As I mentioned before, this time is different because I am actually cleaning out the room for Jason to move it.  So far, I have gotten a few things gone through and moved out.  It is a slow process, but it will get me where I need to be in time. 

One of the things this time I am discovering is I have so many books.  I love books.  That was not always the case as far as reading goes.  But now, as an adult, I do love to read.  I have collected so many books from my family and added my own choices to the mix as well.  But the majority of them I have not read yet. I need to change that.  There is nothing like curling up with a wonderful book and escaping to another world for a while.  That is an upcoming goal for me.

But I am going through things again and getting rid of what I need to.  There's a definite donation pile and a trash pile and then there's everything else.  Going through things brings back such wonderful memories and gives me hope for the creation of new memories.  We shall see how that goes!  

That is all

Career Lattice Program

 Due to some unexpected circumstances, my vocational goals have changed temporarily.  I work for a very good company, and I really do enjoy my job. I had thought about looking for work elsewhere just to get some experience in other areas and build my skill set.  However, I realized that my last class for my degree, which won't take place until next summer, is either going to require me to be away from my job for about 7 weeks, or it is going to have to be incorporated into my current job.  With that in mind, I realized that I want to stay where I am until I can work all through that. 

On the plus side, Heritage Greens has begun a career lattice program.  That is a program for associates to work and get experience in all of the departments within our community.  That is definitely something I am interested in. I was actually in this program years ago.  But, after our first welcome meeting, the pandemic happened and that was it for the program.  When they decided to do this program, I put in my application and was one of six people chosen.  I am very excited about this.  It will eventually include an increase in pay, but having this experience is going to be great for my career.  

I am excited about being able to grow professionally within where I am now!

Daily Challenge - Cleaning out the office

 

Well, we are a week into September already and it's past time for this month's daily challenge.  This month, my daily challenge is to clean out my office.  Why?  Because I have a roommate moving in next month and I need to clear out the space.  It is definitely going to be a challenge because, like all of my rooms, there is more stuff than I think there is.  Who knew?  haha!

Now, while I have been working to clean out my garage, I will probably be putting some things back out there.  I do not see this as a setback because I have actually created more room out there.  But there are some things that cannot go out into the elements of the garage.  My record collection, which is in the office, is going to have to find a home somewhere else inside.  This is all manageable, so I'm not worried.  It really is a matter of getting it done.  I do not have a choice since Jason will be moving in soon, I just do not want to wait til the last minute.  We all know that won't be pretty.  Wish me luck!  I can do it!

Student Adventures - rounding out week 3 of class

 

I'm in my last year of graduate school, which in itself is pretty amazing to me, and I am finishing up week three of my current class. After this, I will only have my capstone project to tackle and then I will have a masters in gerontology.  Very excited for this!

The class I am currently taking is on elder law.  I have always been fascinated with wills, so I was looking forward to this. My fascination with wills is what got me into doing household inventories, by the way.  Still, I wanted to take this class my first semester of graduate school, but I realized that three classes were going to be a bit much my first time back, especially with working full time.  So, I decided to put it off until later.  Well, later is now!

So far, we have really focused on the importance of estate planning.  This includes wills and trusts and POA's both durable and healthcare.  I have found it most interesting.  I have these documents in place, personally, but taking this class has reminded me that it is probably time to go over them again and alter them where needed.  Actually, I don't have a trust, only a will and the POA's. I don't have enough to warrant a trust LOL But it's interesting to learn about. But even if I did have a lot of money, I think I prefer a will over a trust.

Anyway, I really am enjoying this class and am looking forward to it offers next.  I have to begin work on a research paper, so I am working on picking a topic right now.  So far, so good!  Wish me luck!!

Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis

 I've been listening to a "Best of Randy Travis" cd throughout the day today.  I really do enjoy his music and not just because we're from the same home county LOL  But Three Wooden Crosses is the last track on this cd and it always just gets me emotional (in a good way) and gives me chills.  Enjoy!

Thought of the day - Dealing with Change

 It seems that some things in my life are changing at a quicker pace than I am used to.  My journey in life is far from over, but right now I am going through some changes, and I don't always deal well with them. So, I was looking around for some inspiration and comfort and came across this.  I like what it says and am going to try and live each day this way.  See you on the other side!