Megan the Nautie Mermate
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A LADY SAILOR
I have no source for this! It's been sitting on my desktop a long, long time. If you know of one let me know! Mahalo!
Until I get a job there will be a daily Mettle Maker - we're on a mission - a mission to get a job and maintain mettle - so we'll call it the Mettle Mission.
Until I get a job there will be a daily Mettle Maker - we're on a mission - a mission to get a job and maintain mettle - so we'll call it the Mettle Mission.
Sometimes you think you know something and you don't. Sometimes things you knew for certain become wishy washy. Sometimes things need to get a bit wishy washy for you to realize that you thought you knew but you didn't.
The beauty of wishy washy is now you know.
Here's what I know in the midst of this wishy-washy-ness called a job hunt:
I am extraordinarily blessed to have such amazing people in my life.
I am extraordinarily blessed to have so many people rooting for me.
I thought I had the best friends a girl could ask for - now I know I have the best friends a girl could ask for.
I thought I had an amazing online community here at Nautie Mermate - now I know that you are all the cat's meow.
I thought my family had my back - now I know that my family has my back.
Tonight I got an email from a man I've never met - saying, 'you go girl'.
“This is a note to encourage you to find a berth on the greatest freighter afloat, in short, don’t quit.”
I have tears in my eyes just retyping that. If that doesn't say cat's meow I don't know what does. The notes, the calls, the career advice, the select name to drop. Thankful doesn't cut it. Blessed. I'm Blessed.
I want to say Thank You and I don't have a whole lot to give you that you'd want. I'm going to give you my best pictures. I was going to keep these for myself and never share them on the blog...I do that sometimes. But you all deserve to know how much my heart is bursting with love for you (oh the cliche...it just couldn't be avoided because it's so unbelievably true.) and if these photos don't scream 'heart bursting with love' I just don't know.
Last week my family took one last trip over to Kona to hit the beach. On our way home we drove through Waimea and the Cherry Blossom trees were in bloom. This only happens once a year. The first trees were planted on Waimea's Church Row in 1953 in honor of Fred Makino who founded a Japanese Language newspaper called Hawaii Hochi in 1912. More trees were planted by the Lions Club through the '70s and in 2012 a dozen more were planted by the Consulate of Japan and other dignitaries to mark the 100 year anniversary of cherry blossom trees from Japan. Every year Waimea has a Cherry Blossom Festival - also called Hanami (I've always dreamed of seeing the cherry blossoms in Japan). This past Saturday 4 more trees were planted to add to the collection. (source)
I saw the pink blossoms in bloom and screeched, 'we're pulling over!!!!'.
Waimea is often overcast and drizzly. Not on the 26th of January it wasn't. Crisp blue skies. The perfect back drop to hot pink blossoms.
I laid in the grass looking up thinking, 'I'm not sure I've ever seen anything more stunning'.
Here's what else I know. I know that the universe is magical. I know that things will work out. I know that I'm right where I should be.
“every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.”
Thank You Nautie Friends, Thank You Faithful Text Messagers, Thank You Family.
You are such a blessing.
(here are tons more photos to click through....because I love you....and pink and blue...)
this is sadly very, very true....
Until I get a job there will be a daily Mettle Maker - we're on a mission - a mission to get a job and maintain mettle - so we'll call it the Mettle Mission.
Since getting back to Houston from Hawaii I've been in a bit of a slump. Like, the don't leave your house unless you need food kind of slump.
Last night at around 6:30 pm I decided I HAD to get out of the house (oh, it's okay, I remembered it was the Super Bowl but seriously, ask me if I care....ok, I kind of care that the Seahawks won...I mean if anyone was winning I'm glad it was them....).
I ended up going to the movies and watching The Hunger Games Catching Fire - then I went to the grocery store and bottle a bottle of red wine and some mac & cheese. I even splurged on the wine and spent like, more than 10 dollars.
Let's hope that did the trick. Let's hope that it was a slump eliminator.
I'm sure you're getting a little sick of a daily mettle maker but, I hope you're willing to stick it out!
you're right. this photo has nothing to do with red wine or mac & cheese. it's pretty. it's bright. we like it.
Until I get a job there will be a daily Mettle Maker - we're on a mission - a mission to get a job and maintain mettle - so we'll call it the Mettle Mission.
