Oh life, how you love to keep me guessing. I'm making fast friends with the fact that no two days are the same in my twisty little world. I am astounded more and more every day at God's unrelenting grace, helping me choose a sunny attitude instead of being burdened by a self-imposed foggy outlook. He's got it all figured out, that Big Guy.
I just recently returned from a very full week in Northern Virginia. I went to my cousin Emily's lovely wedding, reunited with some long-lost faces, danced to top-40 songs, and had dance-offs with 5 year olds. Oh, weddings. Annnnd speaking of weddings, love is certainly in the air, because my oldest sister Rebecca was proposed to on Memorial Day by her wonderful fiance Billy. I'm so thrilled for them! Here's to a crazy 6 months of planning and gleeful anticipation of what I'm sure is to be one heck of a great wedding. What a cool thing.
I got accepted to IUSB today! Hahah, not like I had any worries of being rejected, but the reassurance that my near-future includes school is a very good one. I'm so excited to get back on that grind. Paper writing and wearing a backpack and being the new kid... it's gonna feel like the first day of kindergarden! (without the paper lunch bag with a note on a napkin from my mom.) I have every confidence, that come fall, my life will have morphed into what I've been slowly trudging towards. When I was in Virginia, as much as it was great to be back, I found myself missing South Bend. That, my friends, is something that I NEVER anticipated would happen. However, it sure does testify to the fact that my decision to move back here was a good one. I see so many bright and beautiful things happening in the near future, and many of them would not exist if I hadn't chosen to leave Virginia. I have hopes, maybe too many, but God is so neat, he probably has way better surprises waiting for me than I can imagine right now. I'm just excited for life, a feeling that's been a long time coming.
Come Monday, I'll be nannying mostly full-time again for the same wonderful little kiddies I had last summer. Only this time, there's a new addition to the family! I will now have seven of these adorable, very spirited, sometimes crazy but always wonderful kids. I'm so excited for the snotty-nosed hugs, getting attacked when I walk through the door with kids sitting on my feet curled around my legs and storybook reading before naptime. By no means am I saying that I won't be exhausted, because mark my words, I will be! I'll be nannying as well as continuing with my other 3 part time jobs, hahah. But hey! If the opportunities are there, why not scoop them up? My life won't be like this forever. I'm grabbing the bull by the horns.
Good books borrowed from friends
A huge pile of clean laundry that smells like a fluffy ducky
Rekindled friendships
Work
Being healthy
A morning off
Phone calls
Family
Day planners
Pens that work
Encouraging words
Fun happenings, however small
Driving to Cassopolis in the rain, detouring closed roads, and not getting lost
These are a few of my grateful-fors.
It's Saturday and sunny and the air outside feels so alive and alert, like even the trees and the sky are excited that summer's coming down the pike. Life is good today.
