Booting Across Europe

In about 40 hours I will be boarding a flight to Europe for a little vacay. It will be 10 days full of adventure starting with 3 days by myself in Vienna before heading over to Budapest for the wedding festivities (college roomie is getting married). Needless to say, I've been pumped for this trip since I booked the flight back in October. Unfortunately, there has been one small set back. I will be wearing a boot. Womp womp.

For the past while my foot will randomly decide it wants to hurt to the point of almost being immobile. This will last anywhere from a day to a few weeks depending on how restful I am. Well, Saturday, it began again but this time it hurt far worse than any other time. My parents urged me to go to the doctor so they could take xrays and whatnot. So after being convinced and bribed with breakfast, I went in today. The ER doc I saw this morning thought he had narrowed it down to Morton's Neuroma and referred me to a Podiatrist. Thankfully, I was able to sneak in an appointment today. After going through the typical Dr office trick (when they take you back to the room on time then make you wait an hour to actually see the Dr.) I was able to chat with the specialist. He was old, nice, excited about my trip, but utterly confused by my hurting foot. He instantly ruled out Morton's Neuroma (Thank you Jesus!) in a that-guy-has-no-idea-what-he-is-talking-about but wasn't certain about what was wrong.

His best guess is a stress fracture that isn't showing up on the xrays or some strained ligaments. Either way, he threw me in a boot wrote me a prescription and sent me on my way.

I will now be booting across Europe with a nice stash of percocet so I can't complain!

Field Staff/ Service Center

Every Monday, I get a copy of YL's Monday Mornings which is a mission wide email that is full of little diddies about being a YL leader. This also includes a spotlight on a job opening each week. Today made me ashamed of my organization.

"Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Office of the President"

To me that reads: Denny's secretary's secretary. Really? There is enough work that your secretary needs a secretary? Obviously I inquired further and checked out some of the job description.

Here are a few of the responsibilities listed:

Upkeep of the Office of the President — supplies and refrigerator.

In-office lunches.

Desk preparation for the president and DOP.

Maintain a positive, warm, personable manner with flexibility and a desire to answer "Yes!" to all requests if possible

And... you don't need a college degree.

Hilarious. But the sad part: they probably make more than me and get those sweet YL benefits without worrying about their area moving into deficit. The cherry on top: no fundraising. Womp womp. Maybe this is one of those reasons some field staff don't love the service center. Jobs like this make me mad when I look at the 22ish% service charge that goes out of my account each month to pay for their salaries and services.