Stagnancy

So things back here in the ol' homestead have been fairly dull and stagnant of late, and so many things are still up in the air. We usually think of stagnancy as being in a rut of activity, but I'm in a stagnancy of uncertainty. It's like being stuck in Limbo (see: Rasputin in "Anastasia"). Nothing is certain, there is no direction, yet the lack of direction and solidity is unchanging.

I'm hoping, though, that something, anything, will change soon.

- I'm still looking for a job and had some interviews before Christmas. One seemed very promising but I still haven't heard. I hate applying for jobs, too, and have pretty much been constantly looking for a job since leaving college. Now that I've got an end time limit on my availability due to grad school, it's hard to find anything above retail. Pray for a job, any job, to work out, and for God's direction (and my listening, and for me not to be too proud about what kind of work I do).

- Even if I get a job in downtown Philly, I may just try to carpool with my dad rather than get a new apartment for just 3-5 months. Need direction with that one, too. And if I do live at home, lots of prayer for sanity and flexibility and humility. Living at home is something else entirely after having lived on one's own.

- I had been waiting to find a new church until I knew where I was living, but the job/housing stuff is taking too long and I'm going to seriously start looking tomorrow. I'd like to find a place solidly rooted in the Word and that has a welcoming community. I'm also hoping to find someplace with a young adults ministry or Bible study, because being out here in the suburbs is lonely as all get out, and I'd like to make a few friends. It's been a long time since I felt connected to a church. So yeah, prayer for that would be super.

- And, of course, grad school. I still have no idea where I'm headed, if anywhere. If I don't get in, the current idea is to just move back to Savannah and start over from there. Definitely need prayer for God's will to be evident in grad school decisions.

Oh yeah, and I'm incredibly bored, as evidenced by the carrot creations.

>{EDIT 1/6/08: God found me a church this morning, and surprised me with lots of people I know well and the potential to make friends of some folks my age. God is a good God, yes He is, wu-hoo!}<

>{EDIT 1/8/08: I got a job today at an aquarium supply store with fish and herps and inverts and sharks! They said they weren't hiring, but then there was a shift change with a new manager, and he liked my resume (which I just happened to have with me and it piqued their interest), and then he took me back to meet the store manager and they hired me then and there and they'll let me have Sunday mornings off and WUHOO!}<