Hit the lights, cue the drumroll, and finally roll back the curtains! It’s now something like “half-way” into the program with it’s fourth week! Once again, I’m Jamia and I know I should never regret. After asking one of my closest friends multiple times if he had ever regretted anything, he took the time to think for a moment before telling me that he had no regrets. I was shocked obviously knowing who I am. I can be just as meek as I can be boisterous. When I’m not putting myself out there, wild and all over the place like the world revolves around me, fulfilling my small whims and big dreams without even thinking before my actions, I’m stuffing myself in the loneliest corner of the room, quiet as a well-experienced house rat with all the tips, tricks, and know-hows to evading humans at times longing to make a friend or help out a stranger. So when it comes to this close friend that I mentioned earlier, someone who’s like a guy best friend to me and someone I’ve mentioned before in previous blogs, amidst all our conversations, he taught me not to regret before he moved out of state the last Sunday of June. I’m going to miss hanging out with him because he taught me so much more, but out of all else I learned from him, if nothing else sticks, that will remember to never regret. I will do what I want, I will say what I can, and I will be who I am, all so I will not regret my choices.
With this mentality, I spared no expense to win the cubicle contest. I brought brightly-colored flowers, brightly-colored dice, brightly-colored duckies, books, books, books, and honestly more books for the majority of things, and most importantly, quotes. My wall was filled with quotes, but you see, if the contest wasn’t held back by two weeks, I wouldn’t have done as much as I did out of laziness. I wouldn’t have won 1st place like I had, so I’m glad. The prize was basically a bonus pay of $40 dollars in a gift card of my choice, so with that, I think I’ll take my parents out to eat. Everyone added some nice features to their cubicle in my opinion. Zoe had lovely pictures and a file holder, Priss had lovely posters and a cactus, Fatima had a cute plastic trash can, Grace had a nice all pink set-up, Ty had an interesting Day of the Dead skull, Taea had a candy jar and a picture of herself, Da'janai had a little quote flag and pineapple, Keosha’s cubicle itself was just in a very comfortable part of the room, but overall Hadiya had a freaking amazing set-up with Christmas lights and amazing photography making it a cubicle that really felt like home. If I had one vote, I’d vote for her. I’m surprised she didn’t make first place with her professional display against my kids-play-area of a cubicle, but regardless, I’m glad I won.
Continuing on, since last week, Treehouse was mostly pushed to the side. In place of it, we at Empowered had been both working on designing a website for our assigned business partners and creating a blog for ourselves on WordPress. I’m gonna be honest, I don’t really like WordPress because it has everything pre-coded, so, like a template on Microsoft Word, most all you have to do is fill in the blanks. On WordPress, there’s actually a function that allows you to type up your page like a Microsoft Word document. It’s convenient, but annoying to me, but I’m getting used to it regardless. I guess things are all looking like they’re coming together at Empowered. Overall, the thing I look forward to the most, even more than making friends and chatting, it’s when my co-workers ask me for help. I like being seen reliable, helping people within my abilities is what I love to do the most, but sometimes I just don’t get why I’m relied on in the first place. Most often, I’m figuring things out with them, I don’t even know that much knowledge apart from what they know, but they ask for my help anyway, and that makes me happy. An opposing feeling from my Saturday night after I exchanged goodbyes with my friend. At least we still have the internet, but I don’t think it’ll be the same. I’ll keep striving to be better than the me yesterday, I’ll keep following my heart, and I’ll learn all I can for these next three weeks. At least that’s the only method I can think of to match the world’s speed as it continues on even without me. So, once again, I apologize as this post was longer than the last one, until next week.