I just realized that I haven't written anything in a while, and that I'm not exactly sure where I left off. I spent the first part of last week preparing for my trip to Virginia, Thursday to Sunday in Virginia, and Monday and Tuesday being lazy and recuperating from Virginia. I'm tired of being lazy now, though, and I need to be productive. Speaking of which, I got the job at Cato! I spent four hours in training on Tuesday morning, and Monday will be my first work day. My manager scheduled me for eight hours - 12:30 to 9:30; we'll see how that goes! I only work five hours on Thursday, but I agreed to work at the Jacksonville store an extra three hours on the 4th of July. I need as many hours as I can get.
Kendra sent me a draft of her budget for the spring semester in France, and I honestly don't know where all of the money is going to come from. Even though I know that God's always taken care of the details in the past, I'm starting to stress about it now. I know I shouldn't. :P I just don't have $6000, or a definite plan for getting it. Anyway. I'm just going to put that aside for now and think about it tomorrow when I'm not tired and I've had time to sleep on it and pray about it.
In other news, the trip was ctrl-alt-awesome! I just wish that I'd been able to stay longer. I miss Lindsey. :( But seeing her for three and a half days was better than not seeing her at all. She'll be coming back for Bop on the Lake in September, so I'll have a chance to spend more time with her then. :) Anyway, the combination of Lindsey and me with Stephen, Nathan, Tiffany, and Ian was amazing. Except for the few hours we had to crash for at least a little sleep, we were filling the time with pedicures, hot tubs, impulsive Target trips, failed tequila runs, hair highlighting, dancing, Catch Phrase, Rock Band, metro hopping, conversation, spy missions, and other random craziness. I really enjoyed meeting Tiffany, Ian, and Nathan (it was about time!). ;) Hopefully, it won't be the last time that I see any of them, because they're all rather awesome in their own right. I would definitely invite them to come with me and T-Pain on a boat. ;)
After such an eventful weekend and a late flight home on Sunday, I crashed hard on Monday, physically and emotionally. I was so exhausted, and I actually felt kinda blue. Looking forward to the weekend for so long and realizing it was over was a bit of a let down, but that's just how things go. I never want good times to be over. On the bright side, though, at least I can make new good times! :) I've decided that I'm ready to spend my time more productively this summer, and I seem to have plenty to think about and plenty to do, too. I need to prepare things to move into my apartment, balance my bank accounts and figure out a budget for the next year (including France), get involved in some of the ministry opportunities coming up at church, schedule the repair for my car, and take care of some Mary Kay business. I suppose, if I have the time, I'd also like to do more reading, and maybe I'll finally finish the scrapbook of my trip to Québec. I bought a really cute scrapbook today that I'm going to use for France pictures - a random Tuesday Morning find. :) Probably the last thing I'm going to buy for the next six months, too. :/
Anyway.....despite all these things that have crept onto my mind, I'm still feeling much more at peace this week than I have been. God's helped me to surrender a few things to Him, and I think I'm finally allowing myself to just be still -- still enough to feel His strong, steady hands around me and to remember the peace and security of being His. There is such freedom in being owned by Christ; I don't understand why I think my way is better sometimes. :P *sigh* Once again, I find myself pushing every hindrance aside, out of my way. Such is life, I think.
Well, I'm going to go pick up my room and get ready for bed. I'm getting sleepy. I just caught myself typing, "It's been nice talking to you." Hehe. I guess I do feel like I'm talking to someone when I write, if only to myself. The conversation I have in my head really helps me to identify and organize my feelings and process problems. Anyway, I've enjoyed the chat. :) Later.
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