rather than apologize and say i need to get better at consistency (though i truly believe that i do) i am going to share what i have learned the last 26 days in my not posting period.
1. i love being unemployed.
i am enjoying my last bit of time as a student and have decided to take a break from being a working student (plus, as everyone tells me, i have the rest of my life to work!). boy, oh boy, is life so sweet this way. i get so much more done, in school work and in reading my bible and running and being a much more fun and spontaneous daughter with my sweet mama bird.
2. i don't want to do any job that requires extensive field note writing.
i'm taking a class that requires me to write field notes twice a week and, to be quite frank, by the end of the two and a half hours it takes me to document every detail i could possibly recall during my volunteer time, i have zero desire to sit in front of my computer screen again.
3. i am madly in love with my other half, jason.
i made a promise to myself to not be ridiculous, or remotely reminiscient of a hormonal teenage girl, in writing about my beau. however, he has just bloomed into quite the funny man and i am so proud to call him mine. not only do i think he's absolutely one hundred percent precious, but most everyone else does too. let me just say,
he is a TOUCHDOWN!
(he'll appreciate this being the football lover he is, although i'm much more partial to SCOREEE!)
4. mama bird = best friend for life (yep, now i'm sounding like a second grade girl)
everything that has happened with my dad has brought my family closer together and this makes me thankful. but more than that, my mom is more my best friend now than ever before. yep, she's a real life version of house, m.d. (great show!) and i'm proud to get to call her mine.
5. there is a time for everything.
God has set out a great path for me, for my family, for my beau... and i'm thankful to be a part of all of the crazy adventures that life throws our way. plus, He is providing us all with time...
a time to cry
a time to fear
a time to question
a time to rejoice
a time to thank
a time to wish
a time to embrace
a time to pray
a time to cling
a time to laugh
but in all of this time, He has given us hope, faith, and love to an endless, infinite degree. thank God for His goodness that goes so far beyond the greatest stretch of the imagination.
thank you, thank you, thank you.
in ecclesiastes 3:4-8, God lets us know about time... about how things change but about how they return... just like the swing at the playset in elementary school. back and forth, back and forth, but in the end, it's all in His control.
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance.
a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
a time to search and a time to give up as lost;
a time to keep and a time to throw away.
a time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
a time to be silent and a time to speak.
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
yay for his perfect timing. thank goodness i'm not in charge of all this and can just enjoy the ride (as much as i want to be a planner!)
song of the day:
let it snow, let it snow
by: lady antebellum
yipeee! it's that time of year for Christmas cheer!!!
