Ashleyhughes’s Weblog

Here’s an entry that I wrote a few days ago.

I have been trying to get everything finalized with my apartment and laptop connection.  Well, there is a complication with me trying to get my connection in my room, so I’ve been trying to use other unsecure networks wherever they are available.   After trying several networks through my balcony window, I was able to find one under the name “Jeff.”  The problem with Jeff is that he is not always there.  If I’m lucky, I will get a good connection through him for a few hours.  I was chatting with dad last night and got disconnected and told him that I lost Jeff for a second, his response was, “Well how many people were you chatting with?  You must be popular.”  Haha.  I just hope good old Jeff will hang around for a while.  Now, the funny part is that in order for me to mooch off of Jeff, I must sit on top of my washer with my feet on a box on top of my laudry basket.  The reason I have to sit this way is because I don’t get a signal unless I prop my laptop on the window sill and lean it against my knees.  This could defnitely be a commercial!

I pretty much have everything I need now, I cooked for the first time the other night because I finally got all of the ingredients and cooking stuff I needed.  Before that all I was eating was carbs because that was the only thing that didn’t need to be cooked and could be kept in the tiny fridge I have.  I mopped and rearranged the furniture today too.  I love the weekends because I get a chance to get everything done.  I went into work for a couple of hours today for a demo.  I had to give a 10 minute demonstration to the parents of my students and show them what I teach.  I think only about half or so understood what I was saying, but atleast they were able to meet me. 

Now, to tell you all a little more about the church I found, I went with my friend Colleen, and we had a great time.  I found a list of churches online and decided to try this one first, and was very impressed.  Everyone was so nice and invited us out to eat and then the pastor and his wife invited us to their house to watch a movie.  So I was able to meet quite a few people, and I will be going to a group study on Sunday after church with other young adults.  I knew it was so important for me to find a church here because I sometimes feel very alone without my family.  (  I’m fine for the most part, but it is when I am alone and just thinking of home that I get a little homesick.  I wouldn’t change anything, it really reminds me of all the moves that I did as a child, but this time it is on my own.  One thing that is certain…ever since I have been here I have been challenged.  I’m forced to just make it on my own…and this is as independent as I can be right now.  After this year, I don’t think I will have any fear of doing anything on my own anymore.  Even with my job, they often aren’t the most organized there, and I have had to just wing it so many times!  I won’t complain, but I will say that I feel I have truly developed the ability to think on my feet which will help me in the future.