it's september...holy cow! in honor of the beginning of the lovely fall months i wore a brown dress to work. i'm hoping that this heat breaks and the crispness of autumn weather will be upon us soon. fall is my favorite season. i can't wait.
they've hired someone to fill the empty position in my office. PRAISE JESUS!!!!!!!!!! the past few months have been a struggle because of the absence of a person in the position, but starting september 20 that void will no longer exist. i'm so excited and relieved. i think that the overall atmosphere of the office will pick up...there won't be as much tension and everyone all around won't be as stressed. hopefully i won't be as stressed out and things will start to fall back to a less hectic pace. i'm praying that's what happens at least.
students are back and classes are in full swing. i thought that it would take me longer to adjust, but other then the first few days, i've been fine. there are still moments where it hits me that i'm not a student anymore, but overall i haven't freaked out like i thought i would. and that's a good thing.
kb's wedding was last weekend. oh my gosh it was the most beautiful wedding i've been to. it felt like it was out of a movie or a storybook or something. it was so traditional, but it was lovely. it was also nice to see friends from project again. it makes me happy that we still keep in touch and have deep relationships, even a year later. i think that i'll be friends with them for life. :) we're getting a lot better at saying good bye too...but i haven't decided if that's a good thing or not yet.
my mom's coming down this weekend and i'm staying with her in raleigh. i'm so excited. i've missed my family a lot. and then next weekend my dad's coming down. it's funny how you don't really appreciate something until it's not really there anymore.
still reading "through painted deserts" by donald miller. i'm loving the book more and more with each page i turn. here's a little excerpt and maybe you'll understand why:
i think to myself about the weight in my pack. last night paul and i talked a bit about all the stuff that we carry with us, all the weight we walk around with, emotional baggage, thinking we need stuff we don't need. we weren't getting very deep or anything, but i keep thinking about it, and how much stuff i walk around with, about how life is a dance and God just meant for us to enjoy life, not get bogged down in sin and religion. just be good, it seems like, is the point of life; be kind to people; don't hate anybody; forgive people because we all make mistakes. i know there are always going to be exceptions to this kind of thinking, but it seems like life would be better if we could just let go of the thought we need more and more stuff to be happy, more and more of the approval of others.
--donald miller, through painted deserts
