I thought that I would start a blog for a season (at least) just to let people know that I haven't fallen off the face of the planet. It seems that lately, I have found myself wanting to share certain experiences of my life with other people. I have been encountering some new and... abnormal things and so figured I should share them with others while I can still recall them. This past summer was my first summer working, what some people would like to call, a "real job." I have been working at a local hospital in the information technology department.
Working with computers all day may be some person's dream, but I have found that it isn't working with computers that is great; rather, working with people. The reason why I can stay here and work is because I know that it is helping people, such as nurses, doctors, therapists, etc. In order for them to do their job to the best of their ability, I must do mine. I'll admit, it can be hard to help people that don't want to help themselves with a little troubleshooting (saying, "I don't know what's wrong, you just need to come down here!"). You would be surprised at some of the calls... "Is it plugged in?" "Is it turned on?" "Have you restarted it?" The worst part of the job is going to the location and then having to tell them it would have been fixed even faster if they would have made sure it was plugged into the wall first. Thankfully, I have been blessed with some pretty good coworkers. One of them, Jason, has become a pretty good friend simply because we both enjoy surfing and our relationship with Christ. It is always nice to have somebody else to surf and share faith with.
This summer I had the opportunity to build a pretty cool structure that became known as a "hayport." It is kind of like a carport...except for hay. It was a ton of fun and there was many hours put into its making. The idea was presented to me by a friend of mine named Alicia. Before the "hayport", someone would have to put out hay (by hand) almost every day so that the horses would have enough food to eat. With this "hayport", the hay could be covered AND accessible to the horses. It was a real blessing because I really like working with my hands and Alicia and the Wyatt's really wanted a hayport. It was great because I didn't know if I was going to be able to do stuff like this once I got a "real job" AND because it didn't cost me anything. lol You may laugh, but it was great to get to build something and not worry about having to take care of the costs. I would compare it to giving a kid $50 bucks and sending him into the toy store. It was fun and what I could consider as free experience. I also gained some useful knowledge and confidence for future projects. It is pretty stout and is something that I found as both enjoyable and straight up awesome! Here are a few photos during the making...
One of the best parts was when we (Alicia and myself) were done... lol Not only because you could see what was accomplished, but also because most of the work was done during the summer (HOT!) and after work (so I couldn't dedicate all my time in order to get it finished). We worked many late nights because that was the only time when it was actually "cool" enough outside. It took about a month and it was a tremendously rewarding experience...
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