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Welcome to Beverly's Oasis for Random Thoughts. Please take a look around often as I will be updating when you least expect it. I hope you enjoy all that you read and I whole-heartedly welcome any comment you have. ~Beverly
My Life as of Today
04.29.04 (11:13 pm)   [edit]
Well, I'm not actually going to post my entire life up until today. I think I will just mention a few little things.

Today I went to Oasis. (guess where I got the name for this blog) I go there quite a bit actually. Besides the Movin' on Up program that I am involved in, they have drop in hours where young women can go and use the computers for homework or just hang out. I often go there to fax out paperwork for college and the like. Today I had a counseling appointment and confused my counselor, Anita, with my family tree. There was time between my appointment and the class for today so I went online and applied for a scholarship for college. I think that I did a pretty good job on it and hope that I will get it. I will be applying for a lot in the days ahead, so I'm sure I'll get something. For those of you that haven't checked out the webiste for Oasis, here you go: http://www.sfoasis.org .

Yesterday, while I was at gone from home, a man from Comcast stopped by and told Josh that he forgot to disconnect the cable to this apartment when the last person moved out. Because of this, he said that he would bring us the box and set it up for us today and it wouldn't cost us anything. Also, he gave the impression that we wouldn't be charged anything for the first month of cable. Josh knows that I have some shows that I like on cable, so he figured we could get it for the first month and then see if we could continue to afford it.
Well, today another man showed up to install the cable and I was informed that it was going to be $19.99 for the first three months of service. I told him that we didn't have the money for that, so he left. He probably thought that we were really weird, but I think comcast is really weird for using strange marketing scams. Tonight we saw an ad on tv for comcast offering free installation for everyone, not just people who they "forgot to turn off the service" for.

Personally, I don't see the need for cable. There are a few shows on the basic channels that I like. Those include: Little House on the Prairie, Dr. Quinn- Medicine Woman, Star Trek and Star Gate SG1, but I'm not willing to pay $20 a month when I have more important things to do than sit around and watch tv all day and night. For some people that is fine, if that is what they enjoy. I am just way to busy at this point in my life. I doubt it will get any less busy for a really long time. ;)

Tomorrow, it's back to Oasis. Cynthia and Yuriko need help unloading and setting up new computers and desks for the computer lab and Josh has offered to help. (He's such a nice guy.) I'll be going to help however I can and also to fax out some more things. It should be fun.

~Beverly
 
Journal Entry - "What do you think about?" (edited for privacy)
04.29.04 (11:10 pm)   [edit]
I decided to put a journal entry on here for people to get to know me better. All I ask is that you read it with an open mind and heart and please be sensitive towards my feelings.


"I think about everything. I think about my husband a lot. Where he is if he is away from me. What is he doing; What is he thinking? I know that he is thinking of me. :)

I also think a lot about my dreams and where I am going in life. I think about my classes and my assignments. I think of all the new things that I am learning and how they apply to my life. Do I accept the new concepts as new beliefs or do I leave them behind for others to pick up? I think about how different the world looks now. Three years ago I had this picture in my head of what the world was and what it looked like. My view of is has changed drastically and it is still changing every day. It all seems so different and I find myself trying to figure out how it has changed and what it is now.

I think about my family and how much I miss them and want to see them: now and more often. I try to think of ways to have enough time and money to go see them even though I have already figured that it will be a while: longer than I would like. When I think of my family, I think of my wonderful parents and how they are doing. I think of all the love we have for each other. I also think of all the little ones and how they are growing up so far from me. I wish I could be a part of their lives. I wish I could be there to see and help them grow. I think of my siblings and grandparents and how much I miss them and being a part of their lives.

I think about God and my relationship with Him. When I do, I realize just how great He is and how much I want to learn about Him and get to know Him better. I try to think of ways to use my life to help others in their lives and to see Him. When I think of God, I also think of my favorite Bible stories and gather courage from them. I wonder how my church friends are doing. I think of all the good things in my life and am continually thankful for them.

Sometimes I think of stories I've read or seen. Sometimes I think of my own stories that I may someday write, but for now are just for me because they are not complete, always changing, and mostly just the beginning of an idea.

I will often just think: I try to figure everything out. Everything from the most efficient way to store and stack food, to how we can end poverty and other struggles in people's lives. I don't get too far on the big stuff, but maybe, if I just keep thinking, I will finally figure it all out." - March 25, 2004

~Beverly