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Tri-Annual Blog

So it's time for my tri-annual blog! Man, I'm lazy. Hmmm. Update on life. I still don't have a job. I went to Europe again but this time on a missions trip (of sorts) and then to Cali to see family. I'm contemplating seminary. I learned to cook....ummm. Yeah. That's it.

Good Grief

So it's August 7th. Please pardon the length of time which has passed since I last blogged. Since my last blog, I graduated from college, toured Europe (which was amazing and too lengthy to go in to detail), and started the long, arduous task of job searching. Nothing have I found, but the process, being a frustrating one, has been good for me. I feel like it's the last push before the final stamp of "grown-up" can be placed on me. I've learned a lot about waiting, about contentment, and about trusting the Lord.

breathe!!

I have exactly three weeks left in college, with four philosophy papers, one speech, one Romans exegetical project, a host of computer assignments, two finals, and one children's book to go. I have this sinking feeling that it's not going to all get done. I don't want to fail. I want to end well. I feel like I'm drowning. It's kind of like that scene in Star Wars where they're in that large, goopy trash room and the walls start moving in. That's what this feels like. But, after all is said and done, I AM going to Europe for two weeks, and boy, oh boy am I going to need it!

Water, Water Everywhere but not a drop to drink

It's been raining a whole lot here lately. Yesterday was absolutely perfect and today, it's pouring rain...again. I few nights ago we had a super storm. The power went out for about half an hour. I've never seen rain that hard before in my life. My friend who grew up in the Philippines got excited because it reminded her of the monsoon season!
One more class today and I'm on spring break, and am very happy to be so. I'm glad I'm not going to the beach in this weather! I need a break. I just finished my Romans midterm, which went well. I think I may be getting sick, but I'm 85% sure that it is due to allergies and not the prevalent germ infestation that seems to be occurring here. The pear trees are starting to bloom, and as much as I love spring, spring does not like me!

Sometimes I wish all of me could come out at once. I think people have no idea how to handle me now as it is, if I let everything out, they simply wouldn't know what to do with it. At the moment, I'm listening to Dave Brubeck. You can blame my mother for that, and my sister. It's Valentine's Day. For the first time in years I'm wearing pink, just to break the usual black. But right now listening to jazz, I really want to wear all black, and dance around the library like a beatnik. No one my age knows what beatniks are. They can only go as far back as hippies. But man, I'd love to pull out the Beatnik side of me. It rarely comes out, but after the insanity of philosophy papers, it really needs to.