Today was my second day working at a local drug store and, although I’m still in training, I was on the cash register today several times by myself. I was ready for it though! It sure beats cleaning the bathroom, am I right?

So this woman comes up to the counter holding a can of drink mix/powder she had brought in herself. She starts telling me about this great product and how she usually gets it at another store but wants us to start stocking it here so she doesn’t have to drive the extra 20 miles for it. She sees that we care it in chocolate but she wants vanilla. I tell her I’ll right it down and let our manager know. Woman goes on to tell me that she likes chocolate just fine but since she drinks it every morning she wants a flavor that she LOVES. I tell her I understand. And then she tells me WHY she drinks it every morning: something about appetite suppressant and vitamins. I tell her it sounds like a great product. Woman says she’s 61 years old and doesn’t take any medication and she attributes it to this miracle drink powder. To be polite, I tell her maybe I should try it. Then the following conversation took place:

Woman: Please tell me YOU don’t already take medication?

me: Yes, I do. Only one though.

Woman: Oh? What for?

me: Depression and anxiety. (I’m not modest at these sort of things)

Woman: No! Well, are you Christian?

me: Yes Ma’am.

Woman: Are you sure? Have to been saved?

me: I have. (Methodists don’t really believe in “being saved” but I have been baptized, etc. but I didn’t care to get into that with her)

Woman: Honey, you need to repent and tell Jesus your problems. You need to have a closer relationship with God and his son. If you are a True Christian you will be healed.

me: (at this point I’m just smiling and letting her talk)

Woman: Physical illnesses are apart of aging and your body shutting down. Mental illnesses are the Devil trying to control your mind. Don’t you let him! How often do you read the bible?

me: …

Woman: You need to read it every day of every week of every month, and of every year. Just one day away from The Word will give the Devil just enough wiggle room. Don’t you let him!

Thankfully the phone began to ring so I told her to have a nice day and I answered the call.

This occurrence didn’t and doesn’t bother me really. I know, and God knows, what’s in my heart. I just thought it was funny/interesting and wanted to share.

This week…

• I like bullets.
• I got to see my nephew Kolt. He’s grown SO much in the two weeks since I saw him last! He’s already 8 lbs!!

• We paid off this semester of nursing school. That’s one less thing to worry about. Now onto the other 2 million things we have to pay for. Ugh.
• My Monday night class (human development/psych) was canceled.
• My mom came to stay at the lake house with me and Neil Monday night through Wednesday morning. I made homemade Fettuccine Alfredo for dinner. It was delicious. Definitely going to be making that once a week. OR MORE.
• We also looked at house plans online because I want to freakin build a house like yesterday.

• It snowed 5 or so inches. It started Monday evening and continued throughout the night. So beautiful. Pictures to come.
• Because of the snow my mom’s best friend and one of my neighbors Ellen got stuck going to work Tuesday morning and couldn’t get back home so she walked to the lake house and stay with us all day until the snow plow cleared our roads.
• Ellen, my mom, and I took a nice long winters walk. Cold but refreshing and gorgeous. Pictures to come of that as well.
• Mom and I made valentines cookies for my boss and a few luck people. So not like me but I didn’t take one picture.
• My nursing class was called off due to snow Wednesday morning. Yay for sleeping in! I did have to go into work that afternoon though.
• I actually went to church. Ended the night with awesome and much needed girl time with my long time friend Megan T. Apps and drinks at TGI Fridays. Drove home slightly tipsy. Whoops.
• I ran errands in Paducah today. My Altima was recalled so my car is currently at the dealership.
• I will host a girlie Valentine’s Day dinner tomorrow night. I have no idea who all is coming but I don’t care as long as I’m not eating spaghetti all by myself. Pictures to come of that I’m sure.

Next week I start my new job at CVS, among many other things I’m sure.

I’m feeling a little tired lately. Like I’m not getting enough free time and or sleep for all that I’m having to do while I’m awake. Before I go any further please understand that I’m not complaining about how much design work I’m doing as a freelancer. I consider it to be more fun than work. Moving on…

You might notice that most of my tweets occur after noon central time and they usually say something along the lines of “I just woke up…” I’m not going to lie, 4 out of 7 days I don’t wake up before 11am so my day doesn’t start until about noon. To some that may make me look lazy but that’s definitely not the case. I hardly ever get more than 8 hours or sleep. If you’re any good at math then you’ll know that means I don’t go to sleep before 3 am most nights mornings. I’m not sure when this came about but I work best during the night hours.

So assuming I get the average amount of sleep every night let’s move on to what my weeks look like:

Mondays: up at 6am, leave the house by 7:15, class from 8-10:30, home by 11, work for CC until about 3:30 when Neil gets home, spend time with him until he goes to work, leave house by 5:20, class from 6-9, weekly Walmart  trip after class, home around 10:30 (my mom is already at the house. she visits once a week), spend time with mom and Neil before they both go to bed, work on designs until about 1am.

Tuesdays: awake around 9am, most of the day doesn’t have a time line but we usually do the following: take a walk, shower, get ready, run ten thousand errands, study, work on designs or study, cook an elaborate dinner, watch a movie, get my hardcore study on, bed by 10pm.

Wednesdays: up at 6am, leave the house by 7:15, class from 8-10:30, stop at home to let the dogs out and grab a quick bit to eat, leave by 11:30, work at CC’s from 12-5, church (fellowship dinner, handbell choir practice, and church choir practice) from 5:30-8, go out with friends, at parents house by 10, work for CC until about 2am, sleep.

Thursdays: up by 9 or 10am, meetings and or appointments from 10:30-2:30, home by 3, laundry, pick up house from when Neil was by himself for more than a day, cook dinner, study, work on designs until about 2 or 3am.

Fridays: up by 11 or 12, work for CC until Neil get’s home around 2, spend time with him until he goes to work, work for CC until about 7pm, work on designs until Neil get home from work around 11pm, catch up on our DVR, work on designs, bed by 2 or 3am.

Saturdays: up by 10 or 11, clean the house, work on designs, bed by midnight.

Sundays: up by 8, leave the house by 9:15, church from 10-11:15,  spend time with family, back to Eddyville by 5, study, bed by 10pm.

Repeat.

Of course I have the daily tasks like bill paying and exercising and eating and whatever else normal people do everyday. A husband and two dogs to constantly take care of. Nursing school that demands a lot more time than any other college course ever would.

And then of course the main reason why I wrote this blog in the first place: the 15 phone conversations with my boss and at least one phone conference with clients a day. Working with IRL (real life) people in this industry is beginning to take a toll and I’m wondering if taking my passion of web design and turning it into a full time job was a mistake. I was having fun just designing a hand full of blogs a month and working like a every other person in an outside job. I’m beginning to miss it.

I’ve applied for a pharmacy technician position at a nearby CVS and if I get it I think I’ll go back to just designing for blogs and not IRL people. I don’t know if it will come to that; all I know is that I don’t want to get burnt out on my life as it is right now, as a designer. I love it too much to start hating it.