Last day at work
Friday, 28 March, 2003
Today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I will be unemployed. Today was the last day I woke up at quarter to six and set off from home while the sky was still dark like twilight. Today was the last day I caught the train with my old friends from college where everyone sleeps or works busily on laptops. Today was the last day I lined up at the bus queue on Eddy Avenue and caught the 891 express to UNSW. Today I will have my last divine hot chocolate from the coffee cart. Today will be the last day I sit in front of this computer with its 17”screen and Windows XP format. Today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I will be unemployed. Well, that's not technically true; I had all this annual leave to use up so I'll really be unemployed from next Friday onwards. And you're not ever really unemployed if you're a child of God; you're still one of God's fellow workers, no matter what you do. Tomorrow I'll still be working for God—to know him and make him known and bring glory to him in this world. Tomorrow I'll be working for God in serving Ben—washing his clothes, doing his ironing and cooking him dinner. Tomorrow I'll be working for God in frantically trying to write for Issue 07 and put my thoughts in some sort of order. Tomorrow I'll be working for God in getting some rest. What a nice boss!
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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Ooh! I miss the coffee cart!!!
Yes, its wonderful to know that we have a fantastic boss - People always ask in conversations: “So, what do you do?” Recently, especially while I was unemployed, I’ve struggled not to define myself first by work standards… “Oh I work at… I work as a…”. Its funny how our self identity can be so caught up in a job (or lack of one)!
Anyway, looking forward to Issue 07!
Amen, Karen, we’re all working for God! (Good thing He’s extremely patient, and never fires us!! hehee)
Thanks for your comments on my blog, I’ve been so encouraged!
Karen, far too long a story to go into here. However, I can assure you that god does look after each of us. My sons told me after a particularly rough time of unemployment that they were amazed. They always had school uniform, always went on excursions for school. We ate well but simply and healthily, and no one was ever turned away from a meal. I had three sons all teenagers at the one period and they had lots of hungry friends who just “happened” to drop in at meals.
Shalom,
Jan
Thanks for the encouragement everyone!! I especially liked your comment, Irene, about how God would never “fire” us ... germs of an article in the making ...