Engage

It's kinda funny... my first day after finishing up at my old job.
And i'm up at Engage where the talks are focused on young workers and working culture, relationships for people around my stage of life.

Feel strangely content with making the decision to cut down work. And faced with the money issues of not having that work and having to trust in God and His provision.

First talk this morning was by William Taylor. He's a middle aged gentleman from the UK with teenage/younger children. He talked about losing Jesus in our lives. Like being 'Christian' but without Jesus. Was a great reminder on focus cos I think at work you just go through the motions of doing and a lot of the time just forget who we are in Jesus.

Matt Chandler spoke on relationships. Kinda mirrored the talk from last year by Mark Driscoll. He made some points about guys growing up and becoming men... and for us girls to be patient and wait and dont compromise standards. I think that was important for me to hear. He mentioned a woman who was married to a non-Christian and her children had been coming to church but had decided to follow her husband. The heartache this woman felt i guess is something that you have to think about when dating or marrying a non-Christian. Sometimes it is hard for Christian women to wait for Christian guys to be interested and it seems to easy cos non-Xn guys just pursue you. Anyway... a lot to think about. But Matt Chandler was pretty emphatic about guys growing into the men God created them to be. Good on him for saying it so directly.

Last talk of the day was William Taylor at night. Again I think we go through the motions of work... everything is just so normal. but the world we live in is a dead man's world... where people are walking around... dead people walking around without Jesus. We were challenged to see the world through Jesus' eyes not our own eyes or through the eyes of other worldly people.

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[edited]patients can be funny sometimes. had a patient with back pain he got from 'nocturnal activities'. trev calls it 'banger's back'. i guess i need to know how the pain started but sometimes it's just a little too much info...

packed to the rafters

i really like this show... at first i didnt but now i'm getting into it.

except one of the cast members really annoys me... i recognise the guy who plays jake... actually met him years ago and he's a bit of a tool...

was at ryan acosta's 21st. he was a guy that worked at target... and i think i must have been about 19 or 20... anyway we were at metro at north sydney and ryan had one side of the nightclub for his party.

ngi spotted this guy james...and recognised him from a tv show called 'breakers'.
so she dragged me with her to say hello cos she reckons he was HOT. james' friend heath who's also an actor off the show took a liking to me...

anyway i remember dancing with him before he tried to get too close. then i wasnt impressed so i went to the public side of the nightclub and he was following me around. and then i went back to ryan's party... he kept followign me around the whole night. so i ended up playing pool with tim... and then for the rest of the night i was stuck hiding from him in a corner with tim keeping me company...

the ugly truth

went to see this movie tonight!
chick flick...

was so funny when i went to buy the tickets. the lady asked if everybody was over 15... lol... so i had to say that i was flattered but over 30!

the movie was really funny... made me think... and i dont know if i can put it all into words... just made me think about the games that people play.

but on the surface... being totally superficial... the guy she ended up dumping in the end, the orthopedic surgeon... well he was absolutely gorgeous...

alright movie... not rushing out to see it again... or get it on dvd...

lymph node

for the past 4 weeks i've had an enlarged lymph node on my neck...
could be that i'm just fighting infection... considering it's flu season and everybody seems to be sick atm... including mum.

but the node isnt tender. and i've been feeling a bit more tired than usual... but i guess tiredness could be cos i've been working/studying/playing?! lol

so went to the gp's to see... did a blood test which came back ok... so i guess it's unlikely that i have lymphoma or leukemia... still...

anyway... so a waiting game... will just see what happens - whether it goes by itself.