There is a first for everything....

"There is a first for everything" and expression we have all heard before, and probably have even used before. There are firsts for a great many things, but really in the way we use it, I think it is a but of an exaggeration... just a bit. There are many things I will never have a first for. I will never be hired as the COE of a large corporation, just not happening. I will never grow feet out of my hands and start walking around upside down. I will never walk on the sun, or even the moon for that matter. I will never be a famous chemist or a run way model.

But, that being said there are many many things that have happened or will happen to me of the first time. I'm sure you can think of many yourself even in the last week. For the fun of it I will try to think of a few first since I moved to Burnaby.

First time...

living in a condo (all 517 sq ft)

having no bedroom closet

having the washer and drier in a closet in my bathroom

seeing a transvestite and being aware of it

attending a Church of 5000

seeing an unwrapped condom right in the middle of the sidewalk.(sorry... it's Van!)

taking the skytrain as a resident of Vancouver

owning a bike a newer, one that wasn't made in the 80's or early 90's

having 4 house plants at the same time (love it)

being a minority

walking in the mall and feeling tall (yup!)

being fired....

having the car towed (that was my husband by the way) ... and being fired on the same day, at the same time.

So ya, there are more but I can't think of them right now. The reason I was thinking about firsts for everything was I got fired today!! Crazy right. Me, fired. Never thought that would happen, but it did. When it was happening I almost interrupted the guy with "you joking right?" I thought he was! I'm a great employee, hard working, smart, great people skills, organized, ethical, punctual, cheerful. Anyway, even now I'm still in shock. His reasons were that he thought I just could not handle how busy it was! Strange that the girl who was crying when it was busy didn't get fired but I who remained calm and upbeat the whole time did... something is not right here. It is actually a bit funny to me, I know the reasons he told me are not the real ones.

Other than pure shock, the feeling I have is relief. I really didn't like the job anyway. He never gave me what he promised for hours, the girls were super catty and rude. The schedule was all over the place and I really didn't like working till 9:30 pm. Yesterday I actually spent the afternoon handing out resumes and walking around trying to get idea's of where else to work, checking on craigslist and email out my resume as well. So it is not as if I actually wanted to keep the job, but I was hoping to find a new one before I left the last one. Also ruined my perfect record.

Well God knows what he is doing, I'll just keep praying and trusting Him. He is so good and faithful. His way is perfect. I just really want to find a job where we can save enough money for me to go to school, but His will be done.