being on the phone and rambling
Mar 3rd, 2006 by No-L
So, I was on the phone with a friend in Seattle tonight and just started thinking about everything. And really, I think it was just about everything.
I hadn’t told her of the co-leadership position to Russia, or about my thoughts about seminary, perhaps in combination with nursing school, etc. I also told her of a conversation I had with someone at work about how my faith runs through my life, in just about everything I do. I am very interested in all that people think, and hold dear in their faiths. It always interests me to hear where people have come up with things – I think that most of the time it’s not something that they’ve formulated on their own, but something that they’ve taken as gospel from others. And, I cannot judge, or fault them, for that. Sometimes it’s just age that keeps us from thinking authentically, or fear. I just try to explain what it is I think, where it is I learned it from, and why I feel that way, and go from there. What more can be done?
I am still thinking about the seminary and nursing/public health combination, more and more, truth be told. I need to call some schools and figure out where the programs are (besides just Columbia, Harvard and Yale – easy schools, eh?). I think I’m more interested in nursing, just because that caring aspect of it is calling me more and more.
I was sent a posting for a position in Louisville, with the Presbyterian Church (USA), as an Associate for the National Network of Presbyterian College Women – a staff position there – by a friend who is on the pro-choice network I’m on and who is an ordained pastor, in non-traditional ministry. Something that I would be more interested in doing, than traditional pulpit-ministry. So, there’s that.
Also, today, I went to a luncheon and helped out with the VIP arrivals for something – and I just feel very strongly that I’m not interested in the whole “Hollywood Thing” any longer. It bored me. And I enjoyed talking with the people I was able to speak with – at the lunch, not at the reception prior. I just don’t feel the need to schmooze with everyone. Numerous people say that my event skills are great, and I enjoy it – but I think perhaps my skills could be put to better use in other areas. Coordination of rescue efforts in times of hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes… perhaps?!?!
My friend Anna had her baby boy on Sunday evening, the 19th, and is beautiful. Her husband put up pictures and I happened upon them. They were so amazing (not that they’re any less amazing now, they still are!) that I started looking through the mass of them (I didn’t even know they were there!) and wanted to go visit. Right away. On top of that, I started crying at the same time. Yes, I’m a sap. So I wanted to call her and tell her how much I loved her and loved seeing the baby – and to cry into her voicemail. She hasn’t answered her phone for a while, so we haven’t really talked since before Nicaragua. This was someone that I used to talk to almost every day – so this has been a long, long time. But, can you blame her? I just kept leaving her messages that would hopefully make her laugh or something. And as I was preparing to leave a message and try to sniffle enough to prevent my blubbering into the VM, she answered! I got all confused and I swear I almost hung up! But, I didn’t, and was able to TALK TO HER!! It was SO wonderful to chat with her. I was a blubbering, silly girl for a little while – it was wonderful. I told her of my scheme to attempt to get up to Seattle before my crazy microbiology class at CSULA starts.
While on the phone with her, I got a beep from my Presbytery office – so I said I would call my Exec Presbytery back. I called Linda back, and she was interested in the answer for the following question:
Would I be available, and interested, to accompany her on a trip to celebrate our sister presbytery in Taiwan’s birthday?
Uh, yeah. I’m interested. If I do one, I can’t do the other. And it would crunch in on my class-time. But, since the price is right, I could swing it… the Presbtery would pay for the flight there, and Ping Tung would pick up expenses while in Taiwan.
So, I could end up going to three continents in 7 months. Expenses paid by the church. Wow.
In the meantime, I treasure each and every one of you. Even those that aren’t reading.