Easy day today. I had a period in the middle of the day where I didn't get any work done for over forty minutes. That's what happens when you follow up a trip to the restroom with an unexpected meeting. In retrospect, I guess I should've been anticipating it, as it was our regular monthly departmental meeting. As long as you sit toward the back of the room and don't draw attention to yourself, it's kind of like a second lunch. They definitely try not to waste anyone's time, but I tend people generally view it as another break for which we are being paid.
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Update 11:10 pm- I'm home now. I managed to get an unexpected ride home from my sister Laura. I wanted her to take me to run some errands when I get home, but she figured it was better to do it all at once.
She's going through what I was fealing with a few months ago: a job search in a rather limited market. She's got feelers put out everywhere and has gotten a few interviews. She even has a sort of job but it's part time on-call and so far they haven't needed her. We'll see what happens.
I know from my own experience the frustrations of a job search. I've been through prolonged periods of unemployment, and they can be both frustrating and deeply discouraging. I had more time than I knew what to do with, and as such, I wasted a lot of time. I wasn't saved, so I wasn't doing anything worthwhile or honoring to God. There are literally years of my life that are gone, that I will never get back, that I spent not really doing anything apart from indulging myself and just marking time.
I think that's why it weighs so heavily on me not to waste time in my life, something which I am still guilty of doing. I don't even like to think of that time, because all I can think is, "What a waste." Scripture admonishes us to redeem the time (Ephesians 5:16) we have, that we ought to be pursuing the things of The Lord with that time. I pray that I would do as I should, and that you would seek Him as you should.
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