On the road again

Well, if you haven't already heard: my temp job in St. Joe is split into two parts. 6 weeks then a break and then another 6 weeks. Now during that break I will be moving back to Stonecroft to work. The job title is a Communication Specialist. It is also only temporary. When it is complete they will evaluate my performance and their budget. No guarantees. I have mixed emotions. Don't get me wrong-- I'm very excited about seeing all my friends again and working full time in ministry stuff. But it has always been hard to move, move, and move. My family did it and now I'm having to do it. Never being settled is rough. 3 weeks til I pack my life back into a car and hit the road. What is God doing? Almost a year since graduation...

Figure it out

Well, the "add image" feature is still not working properly. Yesterday I received my first paycheck for 2009. January, February, March, April.... I think we're 1/3 of the way through the year. Things have slowed down considerably here at work. The weather is nice so everyone is outside and not thinking about their Web site. So my first two weeks of working in a new place at super warp speed has now diminished some. I'm still working on improving my CSS skills. Most of the time it makes sense, but everyone once in a while my brain starts going in circles and then someone falls off the merry-go-round. The biggest thing that I've learned that I've needed to learn is slicing up designs in photoshop and incorporating them into your Web site. I didn't even know I needed to know this... Whoops. Must not have paid very close attention in that class. But that is what your first couple jobs are all about. Realize you know very little.

Designing for the Web

Here are some are some of my first banner links while working here at API. Some are a little rough but improvement will come. In the future, hopefully I can include some light animation.

My .gifs are not working properly yet. Coming soon!

Phase 3...

I'm going to attempt to keep this more up-to-date in the coming weeks since I'm learning so much and want to track it. I just started a temp position at Angus Productions, Inc. in St. Joseph. A member of their Web Services department is gone on maternity leave and I am filling in. There is a little uncertainty how long I'll be here but I'll know more next week.

Learn. Learn. Learn. I'm trying to soak in everything I can. I can upload a Web site. I can edit a Web site. But can I really build one properly? I've discovered that I'm quite inadequate but have the potential to learn. I'm praying that I can fit several pieces together in my short time and really walk away with a new outlook.

Like normal- everything is unnormal. I'm constantly living in a different place, interacting with new people, even working at someone else's desk. Nothing is settled in my life right now but God seems to want it that way for the time being. (what does "for the time being" even mean? geez)

Biggest lesson I've learned since "becoming" an adult: You always struggle with how to manage your time. The past is the past, refocus on right now.

Phase 2 ended

The internship at LH was fairly beneficial when I look back over it. Yes, I did some secretary work and yes, I did some grunt work.... But I was able to design an 8.5 x 11 direct mail piece for their Outpatient Rehab Clinic's new Tennis Strengthening & Agility Program. Rehab also has a whole new set of Web pages. No real coding was involved but I was able to whip them out faster than anyone else in the office. I also wrote two articles for their employee newsletter. Overall, I was able to add some more confidence and pieces to my portfolio. Not bad for 8 weeks of unemployment.