Random Babblings

My mentor tired of mentoring me. I knew it'd happened a couple of months before she e-mailed me making it official. For those considering being a mentor to someone, I give these suggestions:
* Don't have most of your conversations via the internet.
* Show you care about the person you are mentoring, even if it's just sincerely asking how they are.
* If something bothers you about them, please discuss it with them in person, and suggest alternatives to whatever it is.
* Remember that you don't have to rely on yourself alone to mentor them.

Some time ago, a nice gentleman (early 50s in age) drove me home after pm church. This is someone I know, though not very well, so have no fear that I randomly accept rides from strangers. I know him to be trustworthy. He was concerned because there was rain in the forecast, it looked like it could rain at any moment, and I had walked to church and so was walking home. It's a very small thing, really, but to me it meant a lot. Here was someone who doesn't know me very well, and yet cared enough to take me home. In that short drive (less than half a mile) and the little that was said, he gained my respect. I needed that more than most people could understand.

Anyway, I'm set to transfer to the University of Arkansas in January. I now work in jewelery at Hobby Lobby full time. I've officially been a member of the FBCS orchestra four years. I co-lead a 5th grade Sunday School class. Between losing my mentor and some other things, I have no emotional strength left. I'm strong otherwise, but you may find I am at the moment unable to control my emotions as I should.