The summer was long. I applied for a ton of jobs. I got one of them, but you know how sometimes something just doesn't work and you know from minute one that it wont work? That was that job. So, I did it for a few days and realized I couldn't. It was the feeling that God had something else in store.
In August, I started working part time for a photographer. I do a lot of paper work for them and posing of groups and individuals, but I love it. It's minimal hours and good pay. Some weeks I work more than others, sometimes its nights, sometimes early mornings. (Is 3 am early morning, or late night?) Whatever it is, I am enjoying it.
In late August, I started roasting coffee. Coffee roasting is an adventure in itself. It took me a couple weeks to be confident in roasting. Every type of bean has a different roasting level and looks and smells differently. Each bean reacts differently. You have to know approximate times, exact temperatures what things should look like, smell like, and sound like. At first, I had to have my boss look at every batch. Now, he only looks at maybe one a day depending on the day and how much I've roasted the beans. You have to make sure the fan stays strong enough to not burn the beans in the bottom of the pot, but you cant let them blow too high! You have to kill the heat at the right time or else they will go to dark! Whew! It's so tiring and exhausting, but I've gotten most of it down. I do that two days a week. I also clean coffee beans and grind whole beans. It's not many hours, and its tiring, but its consistent hours so its always some extra money I can count on.
Also in August, Sondra came to visit for the first time! She only came for about half a day, but we fit a lot it! We went to the apple orchard, ate at Hamburg Inn, went to the CLASSIEST places in town (Ragstock and Silver Spider) made apple sauce, and discovered the tea store are the mall. It was a good day.
At the end of August/beginning of September, the family went up to Minneapolis/St. Paul for my cousins weekend. We spent a morning at IKEA, a few hours at MOA, and an evening/night at a wonderful wedding/dinner/reception.
The rest of September was fairly uneventful with nothing major happening. Iowa homecoming came and we had a ton of people over but a fun alumni party, Iowa football stunk, and I worked.
October brought the arrival of many friends!
First, Nicole and Sondra came. We were able to go up to Wartburg for a day of fun and shenanigans and cheering Wartburg to a victory of rival Luther, see old friends, and hang out. Plus, we got to stop at the frying pan!
Then at the end of October, my good friend Kayla came down from La Crosse, Wisconsin! It was, whats turning out to be, our bi-annual visit.
We went to the Newbo market in Cedar Rapids, ate at the Czech bakery, watched football, made a HUGE no sew blanket, carved pumpkins, ate pizza, played wii, and just hung out. It was a much needed reunion.
And with that, I think that is the highlights of the last 5 months. The job search continues. I've had leads and lost leads. I've had better leads and gotten close, but nothing has stuck. I'm hoping that changes soon though, and you can be sure I'll post about it when it does. I'm looking all over the country and would love to do social media marketing or consumer insight marketing research stuff. But I could also see myself doing marketing for a non-profit, such as I did at my internship. So, we shall see. If you know of anything, holler at me :)
Thats all for now!
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