UPS Adventures

Yesterday (Friday) we got some CRAZY snow in Michigan. At one point we were getting an estimated 3 inches per hour! I believe it because I'm pretty sure I had an inch on ME after scraping off my car in the morning! We got a total of at least 10 inches in less than 12 hours and apparently the state plow guys need a government bailout - they were nowhere to be found!



As you can imagine, a UPS package car (pictured above) is probably the WORST possible vehicle to try to drive through the snow. It was rare to find a road that had been plowed, and even the most gentle slope gave us trouble. My driver and I probably got stuck 6 or 7 times, plus countless times crawling around neighborhoods and tromping through a foot or more of untouched snow.


The photo above is not a road - it's a driveway that I had to walk up with a package in my arms as the driver pulled up to the next house and walked a different driveway that was just as long. Pretty, though, isn't it?


As tough as the weather makes life, though, it's hard to complain about such beauty. Happy snow day!



-Mark- +

Only at UPS...

Have you ever heard those "Only in America" jokes? Like, only in America do banks leave vault doors wide open yet chain their pens to the desk. Or only in America are there handicap parking spots at a skating rink. Well, how about a variation:

Only at UPS will you find a bag of packing peanuts and a filing cabinet in the employee restroom!

life...

So, Im pretty sure that I earn an F when it comes to updating my blog. I seriously stink at it. I think about it a lot, in fact I often think of amazing things to write and then when I actually get to the internet I have a blank mind. Mind you I only get to the internet maybe once a week. BUT GOOD NEWS...I can get internet at Starbucks now! This may not be half as exciting to all of you as it is to me but since I am here ALOT I will have more chances to say hi to all of you:)

So my life lately: I am now working as a waitress at Pizza Hut Wing Street. And it's ok. I am really working on the Philippians 2:14 Do EVERYTHING without COMPLAINING or arguing. For those of you who don't know me that well I complain a lot. So I am trying to have a positive attitude about my new job (it has been hard). And overall trying not to complain about life. You would be amazed at how much easier and happier it makes things:)

I am preparing to lead a LifeGroup next month. I am really excited about it. It will be 20's Women and we are going to a bible study called "Getting past the Chitchat". Its about relationships. I think it will be really good although I have to admit this definitly wasn't my idea. It was one of those times that has happened maybe twice in my life where God very obviously was like "Hey Jen, you are going to do this and you are not even going to try and get out of it". And so here I am. God has given be a strong desire and excitement for it. So please be praying for this group as it forms.

Other than work, and church I have been pushing myself really hard to work out and eat well. I have been wanting to become a runner and I am up to 2 miles which is really exciting for me. But the eating well part well it like one day on one day off. I need a buddy who will keep me in line. Accountability works best for me.

I still have a lot of pictures I want to post. The problem is I never have my camera. When i do go to use the internet I take basically everything I own and camp out for hours paying bills, sending emails, catching up on life so I always forget the camera. Well thats our life. love you all.