Yet another day in the life of Jeff. I like working...still. I feel like I have accomplished something, and I have. Having no goal in life, living one day to the next with nothing to do, makes a person feel worthless in the long run. I was starting to feel that. Even with a girlfriend, I still felt no good. Working at Joe's has givin me a renewed look at my future. I have ambition, goals and determination that I didn't have before. All of that is so awesome.
So this crazy guy who calls himself Prophet comes into Joe's today. He's talking crazy about how his name isn't put in the computer because thats sacrilegious. He caught my ear, and basically I wanted to argue with him. A little later, he is talking to a boy named Mark, who may come to LU in a year to study Christian Ministry, about how nobody studies and parents are paying for their kids to goof off in college. I came out from washing dishes and just stood and looked at him. He turned the conversation on me and asked where I went to school. I replied with "LeTourneau." He then asked if I studied and I told him that I hadn't much in the past, but that I was determined to this semester. He started ranting about how I waste My parents money and how I am no good. I informed him that I am now paying for college on my own and my parents aren't involved financially anymore. He said he got that answer all the time, but our parents were still paying for it because of all the years they put into our upbringing. Now he did have some flaws in his argument. 1st of all, our parents were blessed by having us. We are a gift from God, and it is our parents responsibility to bring us up to be good citizens. Even though they did put time and money into our schooling, it's the parents responsibility, by law. 2ndly I am not a waste of time and money by my parents. I am one cool cat. What Prophet was trying to get across, and I let him know I got what he was saying, was that our parents "pay" for our education and whatever else not only by money, but with their love, and hopes of a better future for us. So even if they don't pay financially, they still invested in our lives and our future, and we should do our best and study study study. He was still a little offensive though. He was proud that I was smellin what he was steppin in though.
I work again from 11-7 on Sunday, and then I get to call my wonderful beautiful girlfriend, Ashley, and then on Monday I am going back down to College Station to help her pack and move out and back to Longview for school. I am ready to get crackin on those book. I'll be psyched for the 1st week, and then I'll wish the year was over again. Thats the cycle. Anyway, until later....