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Name: Carrie
Birthday: 2/13/1981
Interests: I am currently a law student at Emory University in Atlanta. I love reading, watching reality television, and Sports, especially the Cincinnati Reds!!! I love deep, meaningful friendships- hanging out with people who know all your good traits and bad traits and still love you anyway. I also love hanging out with people who make me laugh!
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12/30/2003
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| So I'm officially off work until Wednesday! Yay! I'm hoping to get a lot of studying done. I think I am done with christmas shopping, but I need to wrap all of my presents still. I've been really good this year- i've gotten some neet things for people, but I resolved that I would not spend anymore than waht I could reasonably afford. After all the money tightness I have had I am not going to go into debt for Christmas, especially now that I have things under control.
My boss took us out to lunch yesterday at Montgomery Inn- it was really nice to hang out with people from work and to talk about things that weren't work related. I feel so blessed to be at the job that I am at- first of all, it is a relaxed atmosphere, which is great especially in a legal environment. Secondly, I am learning so much, in an area of law that I really had no experience in, which will only make me more marketable in the future. And for the first time in a long time I have my confidence back- it has been at this job where I finally once again feel like I am competent, where I am working hard and doing well, but more importantly that others recognize that- my boss has consistently recognized my work and gave me a really nice Christmas bonus. It is just nice to once again think that I am a smart, confident person- I haven't had that feelings since right before I went to law school.
I think the biggest struggle in my life recently is trusting that God will bring me a husband. I am okay with it not being right now, but i'm just so scared that it will never ever happen. i know that I have to trust in God for that, but every now and then there is a doubt in my heart that it will not be God's plan for me. But it is the greatest desire in my heart to be married and have children, and I know that God grants the desires of our hearts. So I guess I just wait.
Ok this study break is over, back to the world of contracts.
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| So It has been a crazy four months ... sorry about that- I can't imagine anyone reads this anymore, but heck I'll once again try to keep up.
I still really like my job- its at a small law firm and I received a promotion so I'm salaried and getting management experience- It does not pay a lot of money yet, but I'm learning a ton which is great.
All of my free time is consumed with taking the bar exam- I havne't received official notice that I will be able to take the bar in February, but until I hear otherwise, I'm studying studying studying- there seems like there is so much to learn- and I can't imagine how I'm going to remember it all. But I keep trying:)
It has snowed a couple of times here- and it is soooo pretty!
I think I've gotten all of my christmas shopping done- only a few things left that I can grab at the last minute.
Well, I know this was boring, but since all I do is study and work, there's not much to update!:)
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| I wanted to post a quick update, things have been crazy here! So the big news is I have a job...two of them in fact! One is a temporary position- I am helping an attorney on a major project- doing all the research, reading etc...He is paying me very well, and I think it will be great experience. The second job will be my main staple, I will be working as a law clerk/legal assistant for a small firm - one partner, two associates. They can only give me between 25-30 hours a week, but with studying for the bar, it should be fine as long as I'm frugal:) God is so good and He has really blessed me abundantly!
THis past weekend we took our youth group to Cedar POint- and yes while it was fun to be up there, as a leader it was a lot of work and required a lot of patience. Please pray for our youth group- our kids have a lot of attitude issues lately and it is so hard to reach them. Most of our youth are not Christians- in fact probably 90% of them are not, so it makes it even more difficult. We are working on revamping everything to find better ways to reach them...I'll go into this more later as we figure out what we are going to do:)
Ok, I'm heading to bed!
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| Well this has been a week of job hunting. And God has been faithful- I've had a few nibbles and have a couple of interviews in the next two weeks- all with attorneys for law clerk positions. Hopefully one of those will pan out- a couple seem very positive. I am thankful to have interviews- I know that people can go months without having interviews, so I feel that I've been lucky in that regard.
Wednesday was girls night out- we had a hot tub party at one of our girls houses. It was great. We had about 8-10 youth group girls, plus Hannah and I. WE had lots of awesome food, thanks to Lauren, our hostess, and lots of fun. We are always trying to get the girls to reach out of their comfort zones and to bond to the other girls who they may not be friends with outside of youth group- so we played "three girls in a hot tub"- which might be more familiar to some of you as three men on a couch- basically you have everyone right down three stories or things that have happened to them and then randomly pick one out and have one person who it actually happened to and two other people all tell the story as if it happened to them- and everyone votes on who they think is telling the truth. Lots of funny stories.
Thursday was our regular youth group- and let me tell you it was a total change from girls night- many of the kids had lots of attitude- it was like we had to fight with them to do anything. We're taking the rest of August off (except for our Cedar POint retreat and girls/guys night) and the leaders are all revamping everything. We just feel like we're not reaching the kids on youth group night, so I think we may switch to a girls/guys bible study/fun night combo instead of meeting 2 times a week.
After youth group on Thursday, John and I went over to Hannah and Dave's and watched Back to the Future- because I had never seen it before! It was super cute- I really liked it, definitely made me reminisce about the 80's.:)
Today I went to Kings Island with Jamie and JOshua- we went to the real park for a little bit, then spent about 2 hours in the water park- it was really fun, and free since we all had passes.
Well, I have a busy weekend so I'm heading to bed!
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| Well, today I was at the interview for 2 hours- 2 hours that I wish I could have back now. Becuase about halfway through i knew this wasn't for me. At the end I was offered the job (with a couple of contingencies, such as getting an insurance license), but I still left disappointed, because I knew in my heart that this isn't what God has planned for me. It is hard not to be a little disappointed, because it would be so comforting to have a job right away, but I want the right job and I know that I need to keep trusting that God will provide for me. And I am thankful that God gave me the wisdom and discernment to know that this wasn't the job for me. So now tomorrow I start over again at square one, trying to find places to apply.
Tonight was our 20 somethings group- it was the fifth Monday of the month so we went to Dave and Busters instead of Bible study. I really didn't want to go, as I was tired and kind of let down after my interview, but I made myself go and once I did I was so glad that I went. I love playing the trivia game and it was so nice just to have conversation and fun. I am so blessed that God has provided Christian friends for me!
So now I'm going to bed, ready to wake up and start searching again:)
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