i’m coming back.

i’m coming back to my long lost blog. i am in the process to figuring out a new look/name. any suggestions?

what i did last night

sadly, i enjoy nothing more than updating my facebook status and keeping up with others during big events. at least i am not alone and many of my friends suffer from the same affliction….click here for a sampling.

baby squirrel

 i’m prone to worry and anxiety. i don’t really know why, i guess it is just a hurdle that i have to continuously overcome in life, part of me that i must constantly give to Christ. often i fail miserably at that, especially recently. today i was on a quest to be a bit more frugal in my errands, buying an in-home dry cleaning kit, grocery shopping at walmart (which was not as stressful as i had expected), etc. as i unloaded my cheap(er) groceries, i looked into the web of trees that surround my house. they are really quite amazing. 

jumping from branch to branch, a little squirrel was doing whatever it is that squirrels do. when i saw him, i thought how nice it must be to just live without anxiety, fear, or worry. but then i stopped. perhaps it was God that stopped me. when i live with anxiety, fear, and worry, i am grossly missing out. missing out on God’s truth and provisions. He brought to my mind matthew 6. if God provides for an inconsequential (sorry, peta) creature like that, how much more does He provide for me? how much more does He care about that which He created in His own likeness? 

today, i cast my anxieties on Him. 

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?     Matthew 6:25-27

so, i’ve been sailing

i’ve been full sailing for four days now….so far, so good. it really is a good school…i’m not saying that because i get paid to. i have been training thus far and probably will for a bit longer. besides working at the banana, this is the first non-church job i have held. i think it is going to be a really good experience. i will have the opportunity to be part of a pretty large organization, do a lot of things i have never done, and learn a whole new “world.” everyone i have met has been really nice and helpful, so hopefully that remains true after the honeymoon. 

all in all, i am excited about it. i am excited about new relationships, new experiences, opportunities to advance, and just to try something new. oh…i think i am also going to need to drop banana. i am gearing up for a day of working both jobs today (7-11 then 12-9). i foresee that never happening again.

don’t judge me.

i have an eclectic music taste. i like a lot of different things. i like everything from patty griffin to britney to josh groban. in the spirit of the season of musical “comebacks,” my kelly clarkson just released her newest music video. i likey.

oh, thomas.

be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. 

thomas kempis

full sail ahead

i just visited my blog and decided the old layout was boring and depressing, so i changed it. i can do things like that around here. and that i need to continue blogging. evidently, it can be beneficial in furthering your career. other than that, i just kind of wanted to. is that so wrong? i need a new name up top…chadvaughan.com is stuffy and uncreative. but i don’t want to be cliche. your two cents is welcome. 

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is january already about a week from being over? this month has flown by and had plenty of blog-worthy news. although i have not cared to update this puppy. nor do i really care to relive said events here. just know that they happened. 

one thing that i am really excited about is my new job. not this one. or this one. or this one (though i am still doing it part time…killer discount…don’t judge me). but this one. this coming monday will be my first day at my new job (in admissions). i am excited about it. although i kind of feel like a kid approaching the first day of school after summer break…nervous, excited, the whole bit. my nerves are kicked into full gear, dreading being “the new guy.” although i am excited to have something that will give me a stable schedule and room to grow, advance, and try something new. i’ll let you know how it goes…maybe.

i’ve also started reading a new book at the recommendation of a friend. the beginning of the month was kind of rough to be honest. still no job, no growing social network (although i really do love my friends here), nothing really tangible to look forward to or even to hold on to. not that tangible is always necessary…but it doesn’t hurt every now and then. i had a conversation with another friend (who may or may not know that book even exists) who asked me, “are you telling yourself the truth?” that stuck with me. i hadn’t been telling myself the truth. when i have a little more time to write about it (and continue processing it), i will. 

until next time. some time soon. hopefully. soon-ish.

new obsession

among other things, i have an addictive personality. when i find something i like, i really like it. usually, it sticks for a couple of months and i move on to a new flavor. recent addictions include, but are not limited to giada, jon & kate plus 8 (which still generates steady blog traffic), and wicked. my new “favorite thing” (take that, oprah) is adele. i know i am a little behind on this bandwagon, but who cares. she is awesome. enjoy.

a christmas carol…britney style

it’s a small (cruel) world.

not that i need to tell you, right? after a slew of “thanks, but no thanks” emails from different companies, i have turned my eye to part-time employment. two “half jobs” make a whole. this makes sense to me…my mom is a math teacher. (she is also hungry a blog shout-out…consider yourself shouted at). 

my quest to become employable brought me to sherberth ave. there, on sherberth i lost the shred of dignity i still had. behind animal kingdom, i was herded, paraded and forced to perform. this is was not a county fair, and i am not an award winning cow. this was disney character audition day. i had gone back and forth deciding whether to go or not. my usual advice is that wavering on wanting something means you don’t want it. sometimes our own advice is lost on ourselves. 

some of you might know me for my dance moves. i’m sure they are the topic of a few casting directors’ dinner tables this evening. but not in a good way. i love to drop it like its hot just as much as the next person, but choreography is not always as enjoyable. while “it’s a small world” (remixed) played overhead, my short term memory failed me. the choreography i just learned escaped me. so i ended up doing a variation of a gallup from one side of the room to the other, smiling and waving, watching my self-respect fly out the door and noticing casting directors pass my file to the end of the table very quickly.

such is life…you can’t have it all. honestly, i am most upset to not get a free annual pass. that’s all i really wanted. by the way…i did get a job at banana republic. i might not be dressing up as a mouse for work, but it should suffice.