The Moral of the Story

I’m going to start out with a story. I think it describes the people I work with pretty well. The moral of this story is “Never test out a video recorder when you’re tired.”

It all started when Tyler gave me an assignment of researching the best free webcam recorder. I had all of my softwares picked out I just hadn’t tested them out yet. I went to bed the night before I was supposed to bring my top one to him and I popped out of bed, realizing I had never done it. So, in my sleepy state in which I think like a drunk person, I tested out the best webcam recorder and recorded a video in which I thought to myself, “Oh, I should test out the email transfer and send this video.” And I did.

All that to say, when I woke up in the morning I prayed that I had only dreamed sending that video. I walked into the office and I instantly found out that I had, in fact, sent the video when Tyler comes up questioning my motive in sending the video in which I had no answer. This took a downward spiral as he not only uploaded the video onto youtube, but also made a meme where at the end of the video (after I had done a bunch of stupid stuff) I said in a really weird voice, “This is so unprofessional…” This meme and video was then sent to all the interns (including the ones overseas who don’t really know me… I mean, usually I break them in before I unleash the crazy… haha).

But it made for a good laugh. As I said, moral of the story: Never test out a video recorder when you’re tired!

Anyway, I do work in a very professional setting and despite the setbacks, I have been able to learn a lot about professionalism in an 8-5 workplace. At the same time, I have been able to appreciate the very laid back atmosphere of the Marcom department that I work in. Everyone I work with has been great. It has been awesome to be able to work with so many different people in the department and be able to help out with all kinds of projects.

I was trying to remember when the last time I posted was and I’m pretty sure it was before the fourth of July, so I’ll fill you in on some of the highlights. Fourth of July weekend was nice and relaxing. We celebrated in a very American way and went shopping and saw a movie (“Now You See Me… actually pretty good!). I also bought the first season of Fresh Prince of Bel Air and so we watched about three disks that weekend as well (You can’t ever get enough of Fresh Prince, right?) And we were able to go to the pool with Benjamin and his wife. Just a very nice time to spend with each other and the four day weekend was definitely needed to refresh for the last few weeks of work!

This past week at work has been great. I have been able to move forward on a couple of my projects. An article I just finished should be posted on the website tomorrow so I will be sure to share that with you on my facebook page! Included on the article will also be video that I made myself out of some footage I had, so I was pretty proud of that.

I was also able to record for Project Hannah which was a lot of fun! My voice will now be on the air in a few months for millions of people to hear. No big deal, right? 

This weekend has been great. Did some thrift shopping, saw Despicable Me 2 (very funny movie) and went to the pool after being treated to IHop by a sweet lady from church and then went to a church picnic! 

It is absolutely insane how fast this summer has gone. Two of the other girls and I have been able to talk a lot about how our attitudes should be at this point. While we are sad about how fast the time has gone and how fast these last two weeks are going to be, we are determined to embrace each day and live in the present. The only way to truly appreciate the time that God has given us here is to be able to live in the here and now. When we focus too much on the future and all of our worries about what is going to happen next, we miss the point of why God has us here for this amount of time. We only have today, so we must live today.

I have a mini devotional with excerpts from “Jesus Calling” and there was one that stuck out to me that I would love to share. It says:

“Follow Me one step at a time. That is all I require of you. In fact, that is the only way to move through this space/time world. You see huge mountains looming, and you start wondering how you’re going to scale those heights. Meanwhile, because you’re not looking where you’re going, you stumble on the easy path where I am leading you now. As I help you get back on your feet, you tell Me how worried you are about the cliffs up ahead. But you don’t know what will happen today, much less tomorrow. Our path may take an abrupt turn, leading you away form those mountains. There may be an easier way up the mountains than is visible from this distance. If I do lead you up the cliffs, I will equip you thoroughly for that strenuous climb. I will even give My angels charge over you, to preserve you in all your ways.

Keep your mind on the present journey, enjoying My Presence. Walk by faith, not by sight, trusting Me to open up the way before you.”

[Psalm 18:28-30]

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness. For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. This God- his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.