The Final countdown

In Four months, the Class of 2015 will be college graduates.

It has only been a week in to the semester and already has been full of ups and downs.

I am scared of the job search. Especially with the loads of licensure applications I have to fill out as well as job applications.

I am unsure of what I will be doing this summer.

Hello living on a college budget again.

Hello thesis-driven essays I haven't written since sophomore year.


So yes...there are lots of things to think about. My mind feels like it's on a bit of an overload, and how could it not be?

However, there are so MANY reasons to be glad.

This is a semester where it is okay for me to sleep in until 8 o'clock since I am not teaching.

I can stay up late talking to some truly wonderful people about life. Yay life conversations!

I get to look forward to teaching next year...and I cannot begin to describe how excited I am about that!!!

Yes...it's a college budget...but I've made some really really good tasting recipes. Even if I burnt the first batch of pancakes I ever made in our kitchen...they still tasted really good. Really good...because I made them as my first meal in our kitchen and that little act of achievement was definitely sweet!

In reality...each of those job applications is helping me to prepare for the future. And there are no complaints about that!

This is also a semester full of spontaneity. We planned a house outing last weekend to the ballet on the spur of the moment. Sometimes we all sit and gather in our living room and drink tea just because we want to talk and catch up.

This semester is full of fun, crazy, different classes that I may not have the opportunity to ever take again...like Creative Writing. (Such a great decision to take this class)

And most of all...I am realizing that yes...it is the beginning of the end of college...but in reality...it's the start of a greater beginning. It's the carrying on of lifelong friendships...it's the making of sweet memories...it's the laughter that fills the air every time friends are together...it's the Culver's dates...and the promise of so much good in the future.

Last night, we pored over pictures of wedding ideas as Libby plans her wedding. It was the sweetest moment to know there is so much promise in the future.

Sometimes...I get caught up in all that has to be done...when in reality, there is so much that comes out of the little moments in life. Those random, monotonous moments that pass quickly and fleetingly, but will someday be treasured.

So with that...here's my theme song right now.
It is a song by Phil Wickham about how God is beautiful in all that he does. He loves us so deeply.