Checkout

I guess I have missed a few days of posting. The Holidays in LA are strange to me. It's December, but yesterday I could have worn shorts. But everyone that is from LA have their scarf and coat. They try to act like it's cold...but it's not! I just think that's kind of amusing.

Work has been going okay. It looks like I'll be traveling to NYC next week for work. I love getting to go back to NYC, because I really miss it. It's also a very tiring to spend 6 hours on a plane and then deal with a three hour time change. But I'm definitely not complaining I enjoy getting to travel.

I am flying to San Fransisco tomorrow evening to visit one of my Fraternity brothers. He works for Google! I think that's pretty cool. Chris (another one of my fraternity brothers) is going as well. We are all going to the Google Christmas Party. Google was voted the number 1 company to work for... so I'm sure this will be an event to talk about.

I've beginning studying for an exam to get into Grad school. I'm almost finished with the application and the only thing missing are my exam scores. I'm a little worreid about the exam because I'm not good at taking tests... But I figure if I'm meant to get into Gonzaga then it will all work out.

Yesterday I was in Barnes and Noble buying some Christmas cards and as I stood there in the long line to check out... the person in front of me and behind me started talking. Just chatting about how long the line was taking, the weather, snow...etc. At first, I wanted them to stop because I knew that since I was in the middle it was only a matter of time before they included me in their checkout line chatter. Sure enough the lady started asking me questions... I talked to her for a bit but was also relieved when the cashier finally said "next person in line". I don't want to be that person that is annoyed with the nosey lady asking me questions about my Christmas card. But I was that person last night... After I walked out of the store, I kind of felt bad for being annoyed with the lady behind me. People no matter where they live are longing for relationships or contact with others. For all I know, I could have been the only person that woman got to talk to all day long. My point is that I missed a good opportunity to let God's light shine last night. I was too caught up in the "me" game again. Of course, I was cordial and spoke to the woman... but I simply answered the 20 questions she had for me. I wasn't genuinely engaging in a conversation with her. Jesus would have stopped and talked to that woman, just because she obviously just wanted someone to talk to.

So the point of all that... You never know when God is giving you an opportunity to show his love. Don't be selfish... try to show God's love regardless of if you feel annoyed or inconvenienced. Hopefully I will get another opportunity soon.

Back to work. I'm going to make it a good day!