perfect timing,

first blog post!!

two days before Easter, after a crazy second semester and a month from HELL (10K, Child Abuse Prevention Month Kick-Off, Transforming Compassion Into Action Community Night, Legalized Prostitution Sr. Research presentation in 2 classes...all with-in a 2 week span of time), i got my wisdom teeth out. all 4. impacted. erupted. i thought i could get them out on friday, and be back to school on tuesday. but i got dry sockets.

see, the Lord's timing is perfect, as much as i dislike it at times. those who know me, even slightly, know that i do not do well sitting still...gotta always be doing something, going a thousand miles an hour (see above...all that craziness in 2 weeks), so sitting still for a week was killing me. but. the Lord knew i desperately needed it. one day during this week of rest, i realized...i am going a thousand miles an hour, always doing something, i never sit still. so, i decided...with the help of the Lord, that this summer and into the fall, that i would relax, take a sabbatical of sorts. i was going to get an easy job, make a bucket list, visit friends, move with the 'rents to FL and relax on the beach while i finish up my last semester of online classes. this was the plan. and a surprising one at that seeing as how i was planning on finishing up school in the summer and then move to OH to find a job.

so, i go back to school, finish up, GRADUATE...but the week before i find out about the possibility of interning with Jeff from Gracehaven. of course, i am more stoked than words can express. i get confirmation two days after graduation that it is a go. i would be running to and from Columbus, sitting in on HT meetings, learning how to run a non-profit, helping work on the house, researching for the next HT bill in OH...perfect internship. and i even convinced myself that i could still relax while interning (because dealing with stories about girls being trafficked and raped for profit really allows for relaxation...). 

but. the Lord's timing. not what i wanted. but i said i couldn't do the internship. the Lord is really doing a work in me in regards to my busyness because i wrestled with the decision to go or not for a good week, and in the end, i knew the best decision was to say no...and relax. then i realized...i don't really know how to relax. so add that to the bucket list. ;) so. all my great columbus friends, i sadly won't be seeing you this summer, only visiting.

even though i am quite sad that Gracehaven did not work out, i must say, i am excited to do some things on the bucket list, which may seem not very cool, but things i have really missed out on the past 4 years:
grow a garden.
READ (i've been doing this already!!).
take pictures.
cook -try new recipes.
train for a HALF-MARATHON. (in October. my daddy and i are running a
       5k in June, and 10k in July. i got him hooked back on running with the 10K!)
paint. a 3 part series.
learn spanish.
learn about cars.
write a book with my kiddos.
learn what it means to live simply.
spend more quality time with the Lord.
road trip.
start a blog. (check)

learn to relax. and get a job.


-better insights to come.