ver-lies-zon wireless

Three and a half hours and four customer service representatives later, Verizon has failed me. They all literally told me something different. I pride myself on my patience when it comes to speaking to strangers, but this was my breaking point. And after all that, we still couldn't upgrade the phones. Yikes.

And then our wireless stopped working today so I spoke to a guy in India for a half hour.

Oh it's just been lovely.

Sometimes people are so anti-outsourcing. I don't know how I feel about it. India decided to send me a free router as an apology for waiting so long/that their product didn't work.
Verizon just gave us more crap than you could imagine.
If Verizon was based in New Delhi I bet I could get a free phone :)

I like when they say "Kindly hold while I connect you to my supervisor" in that precious accent.

Mom's going to call Verizon back tomorrow and give them a piece of her mind. If I was them, I would watch out. Mom is famous for her firebreathing skills. She always gets what she wants. It totally makes sense too. She's the one bringing home the bacon; her job requires her to make people crap in their pants if they don't do what shes says. She's all about women working, having their own apartment, and making a steady living til theyre about 28 and then they should be allowed to get married. A woman's got to be able to hold her own first. I respect that. I didn't realize how much I respect that until it hit me that without her incredibly hard work we wouldn't lead the comfortable lives we lead or have any money at all haha. No one expects their husband to become disabled, but because of her hard work she was prepared when it happened. I really do hope I follow her work ethic-- minus making people petrified haha. And she's not afraid to speak her mind, even in situations where everyone else wusses out. Like at church. I love that. No one messes with Mary Zientek.

Speaking of work ethic, I'm pretty sure I'm not even working this week haha. I'm off to a good start :)


To basking.

my hopes and dreams

It hit me today when I came home from work that I have nothing to look forward to. That sounds more depressing than I mean for it to. I mean that usually during the summer I'm always working as like, something to pass the time until school starts. But now, I'm working to pass the time until...what...? Each day that passes I think, shouldn't I be doing something more meaningful? I let every day get away. Granted, the stuff I'm doing at work really is important to the company and I'm really blessed to work in a place that truly appreciates every thing I do. But I can't help but want more.

I want to live in another country
I want to work with people
I want to live in a farm house
I want a job that makes use of my math degree
I want to go to a church where there are people my own age
I want to knit for a living
I want to live in a city
I want to live on a farm
I want to play my guitar in a park in a city
I want to play my guitar in a field overlooking a huge mountain range



I want to serve.

I hope to acheive all these things in my lifetime. I like change, but only if I've got people with me.
Now that I've said that, I'll probably be alone for awhile.


Thus is life

i need to drink more water

My dad's watching a special on TV about if transgendered people should have to wear tops. If anything, I feel like it's MORE of a reason they should.
Why is this on?


I wish I could say I'm getting into some sort of routine at home. If you call doing something crazy one day and then being lazy around the house in my pajamas the next a routine, I guess I'd be a success. I also wish I could say I'm getting a lot of hours at work. I found out today that I won't need to be out at the farm stand til JULY. And the office work that I can do won't take a month. So I really need to find a job for June. Odds of me persuing this? Low.

Yesterday I had a glimpse into the lives of old friends. I mean literally old. My grandmom, her two sisters, and her friend Margaret all went to Lancaster to see JOSEPH at the Sights & Sounds theater. Mom and I got free tickets to tag along. I was sort of dreading being in a car with them for so long, but I was amazed at how lively and hilarious they all are. They teased each other to no end, gossipped, shopped. It was honestly really cute. I can only pray that my friendships will be like that when I grow up. And hopefully my friends' sons will be police officers so that they can get us out of any speeding tickets we might nearly receive. "Excuse me sir, my son's a lieutenant" "Oh, I see, well, have a great day ladies!"

One thing I'm looking forward to this summer is Bible study with four of my cousins. I thought it could be a cool way for us to stay connected. And we're all between ages 17-22 so it's perfect. I pitched the idea and we're all trying to figure out a day for it to work.

Crazy story about it though. I saw my cousin Cheryl on Memorial Day, and she was like "Lauren, I can't believe you asked Hope to do a Bible study, because John just had a dream about one." She proceeded to tell me about how her husband had a dream that all of our family was gathered at my Aunt's house because my aunt was sick. But there was this feeling of peace among everybody because everyone was doing a Bible study together. The next day, I had told Cheryl's daughter Hope about this Bible study idea. And Cheryl tells Hope about John's dream, and Hope says "MOM! Lauren just asked us to have a cousin Bible Study". I feel like something good is going to come of this :)

Tomorrow, Cerise, Shi, & I are making the 5 hour trek across PA to visit Bethany. I need this so bad. And we're going to an Arts' Festival in Pittsburgh. I am seriously thrilled beyond belief. YESSSS.





Grandmom's friend Margaret: "when I die I don't want any men carrying my casket, just women"
Us: "what? why?"
Margaret: "if a man can't take me out when i'm alive, i don't want him taking me out when i'm dead"


woman's got sass
love it