Here comes the invitiable and unfortunate end of summer blog, we all knew it would eventually show up on these tiny bits of cyberspace, I just didn't anticipate it approaching so rapidly.
Goodness it was great.
Summer contained lots of lovely treasures and suprises. Some trivial, some exciting, some life changing, some so silly they don't fit into a catagory. Here are some things.
I participated in the union of my best friend being joined with the love of her life for ever.
I gallavanted on an island with three beautiful friends, sang love ballads in golfcarts and drank beverages by the water.
I grew deeper in my relationships with family.
I became quite fond of a young gentleman.
I had countless nights with best friends, doing nothing remarkable, but enjoying every second.
I got to hang out with mounds of junior highers for a week in the woods. Sleeping on the ground, listening for God's voice, getting my hair braided, eating candy, talking about boys, rattling scorpions out of sleeping bags with a chorus of screeching 12 yr olds, and learning from them as much as they learned from me.
I watched more movies than I can count, stargazed, hottubed, bbq'ed, overslept, underslept, cuddled, camped, wakeboarded, and took many pictures.
I gained another beautiful nephew that I can't wait to see become a man.
I learned how to let go of things I've been harping on for years and realize how much they have affected my daily life, physical health and interactions. And am still working on it and am now changed for the better.
I didn't learn Italian, hike, get a tan, mini golf, or paint my room like I had planned.
I cried every week, and learned how healthy that is and how much I needed it.
I ate $3 pizza with gaggles of friends past midnight on the sidewalk downtown and giggled at the drunks wandering by and singing karaoke.
I felt often treasured, cared for, spoiled, loved and appreciated. Which is (selfishly) what I have been holding out for.
I job hunted fruitlessly for weeks and then was blessed to work for my dad, which was not always easy or exciting but looking back, I wouldn't trade all those hours we got to spend together for any mimimum wage customer service job.
I got to show my beloved Oregon to my beloved roommate, and giggled for four days straight while doing it.
I sipped coffee, talked about important things, went on impromtu photoshoots, swam, windowshopped, watched movies in the park, and stayed up past the point of alertness of motor skills.
I walked from Pennington to Cedar Links holding hands and mumbling tiny things beneath the moonlit sky.
I learned what it is like to be granted God's grace and provision for something you truly cannot control.
I loved, encouraged, enjoyed, expressed, and soaked up every situation to its maximum capacity this summer and I'm sad to see it go.
It is ONLY appropriate to let Dashboard explain...
Goodness it was great.
Summer contained lots of lovely treasures and suprises. Some trivial, some exciting, some life changing, some so silly they don't fit into a catagory. Here are some things.
I participated in the union of my best friend being joined with the love of her life for ever.
I gallavanted on an island with three beautiful friends, sang love ballads in golfcarts and drank beverages by the water.
I grew deeper in my relationships with family.
I became quite fond of a young gentleman.
I had countless nights with best friends, doing nothing remarkable, but enjoying every second.
I got to hang out with mounds of junior highers for a week in the woods. Sleeping on the ground, listening for God's voice, getting my hair braided, eating candy, talking about boys, rattling scorpions out of sleeping bags with a chorus of screeching 12 yr olds, and learning from them as much as they learned from me.
I watched more movies than I can count, stargazed, hottubed, bbq'ed, overslept, underslept, cuddled, camped, wakeboarded, and took many pictures.
I gained another beautiful nephew that I can't wait to see become a man.
I learned how to let go of things I've been harping on for years and realize how much they have affected my daily life, physical health and interactions. And am still working on it and am now changed for the better.
I didn't learn Italian, hike, get a tan, mini golf, or paint my room like I had planned.
I cried every week, and learned how healthy that is and how much I needed it.
I ate $3 pizza with gaggles of friends past midnight on the sidewalk downtown and giggled at the drunks wandering by and singing karaoke.
I felt often treasured, cared for, spoiled, loved and appreciated. Which is (selfishly) what I have been holding out for.
I job hunted fruitlessly for weeks and then was blessed to work for my dad, which was not always easy or exciting but looking back, I wouldn't trade all those hours we got to spend together for any mimimum wage customer service job.
I got to show my beloved Oregon to my beloved roommate, and giggled for four days straight while doing it.
I sipped coffee, talked about important things, went on impromtu photoshoots, swam, windowshopped, watched movies in the park, and stayed up past the point of alertness of motor skills.
I walked from Pennington to Cedar Links holding hands and mumbling tiny things beneath the moonlit sky.
I learned what it is like to be granted God's grace and provision for something you truly cannot control.
I loved, encouraged, enjoyed, expressed, and soaked up every situation to its maximum capacity this summer and I'm sad to see it go.
It is ONLY appropriate to let Dashboard explain...
"Age Six Racer"
So long sweet summer,
I stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays.
So long sweet slumber.
I fell into you now you're gracefully falling away.
Hey thanks, thanks for that summer.
It is cold where your going I hope that your heart is always warm.
I gave you the best, gave you the best that I had.
You passed on my letters and passed on the best that I had.
I hate the winter in Lexington.
So now, here I sit. In my new apartment, next to my new roomie Shannon Tierney (who I am delighted to cohabititate with and whose name you will be hearing more of) as we simultaniously blog.
My parents are leaving LA in the morning, I left my siblings, sibling in laws, nephews, friends and fellah at home. It's just me now and I hope I can squeeze as much out of this Fall and Spring as I did out of Summer.
With 18 units, (2 art history lectures, 3 studios at 6 hours a week, and a lit class) my job in AS (student gov) on Social Board planning student events, and Youth Ministry as well as Music Ministry at my church... I will be at my max most of the time. But I'm thrilled to see what will become of the semester God has planned out for me.
It's with fervent hope, constant faith, zealous ambition and lots of caffine that I enter the college realm once again.
It's good to be back.
Ready? Go.
