Life flies by so fast! Just last week I was wrapping up things at my summer internship. Now I'm 1200 miles away at home and seemingly in a whole different world. I can say the usual things about Kansas--it's beautiful, slow-paced, restful, a time warp...
After a crazy, tornado-like storm last night, I spent tonight mowing and edging the big, huge yard with Mom. There was such a nice breeze, the early evening sky stretched a million miles before us, and random friendly neighbors we've known for 20 years would come by every 3 seconds to chat. Is this place for real?
While I momentarily felt dejected and bored, I quickly snapped out of it. There are interesting friends and interesting things to do if you look for them. I think I just miss the routine of working and always being challenged every second of the day. That will probably change soon when I'm back in school wishing for less challenge.
I apologize for this very uninformative blog--a lot happened this summer, and I feel like everything's sort of soaking in now that I have more than 5 minutes to stop and think and rest and be. Kansas has always been a good place to be able to reflect, but sometimes I can reflect too much and drive myself crazy. I just need to keep my sights focused on God and keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Hope you have an extremely blessed weekend wherever you may and whatever you may be doing!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
A working girl retires
It is Monday morning and I'm sitting at a tiny wooden table in my new (but old) apartment in Bloomington, Indiana! Somehow I drove 630 miles in 10 hours by myself all day yesterday to arrive back at school.
It was very strange to gradually drive from fast-paced living by D.C. to the middle of America, where things are slow paced and much less polished. Who knew that people could drive a car other than a Land Rover or Mercedes? Apparently there are people in America who also drive Fords!
Anyway, I arrived at my little apartment I'm sharing with my friend Cindy this next year. It's a pretty tiny, sort of old place, but it's very cozy... and we are surrounded by Chinese neighbors! I think it will be a pretty good year. Maybe I can describe the place more once I get settled in. Today I have to move all of my stuff from another friend's apartment to this place. None of my friends have arrived and Cindy is out of town, so hopefully I can it all on my own. Thankfully I have a fold-up Ikea bed and other tiny, foldable things that should be fairly easy to chuck in my car and carry up rickety steps.
Overall, I had an extremely blessed summer that I wouldn't have traded for the world. Well, maybe I would have, but it was still a great experience. I learned an incredible amount, especially through interactions with so many different people. There are some things that I had to say goodbye to, but there are also so many things to look forward to.
Goodbye to:
-Way too comfortable suburban/rich people living.
-An awesome adopted family and dog.
-Going to work everyday and being productive.
-Making a living and some money.
-Being at the doorstep of D.C.
-The spectacular church I attended.
Hello to:
-New friendships and adventures.
-New classes and loads of projects and papers.
-Going back to work with the city during the school year.
-Job searching for graduation time.
-Heading up service and outreach with InterVarsity's graduate chapter.
Thanks for all your many, many prayers! Oh, and maybe I didn't mention it, but my wonderful mother is back from China! Thanks for your prayers for her too. I'll be heading home to Kansas tomorrow to hang out with her for a whole week.
Okay, I really better start moving stuff now. Maybe I'll be able to recruit some Chinese neighbors to help me?
It was very strange to gradually drive from fast-paced living by D.C. to the middle of America, where things are slow paced and much less polished. Who knew that people could drive a car other than a Land Rover or Mercedes? Apparently there are people in America who also drive Fords!
Anyway, I arrived at my little apartment I'm sharing with my friend Cindy this next year. It's a pretty tiny, sort of old place, but it's very cozy... and we are surrounded by Chinese neighbors! I think it will be a pretty good year. Maybe I can describe the place more once I get settled in. Today I have to move all of my stuff from another friend's apartment to this place. None of my friends have arrived and Cindy is out of town, so hopefully I can it all on my own. Thankfully I have a fold-up Ikea bed and other tiny, foldable things that should be fairly easy to chuck in my car and carry up rickety steps.
Overall, I had an extremely blessed summer that I wouldn't have traded for the world. Well, maybe I would have, but it was still a great experience. I learned an incredible amount, especially through interactions with so many different people. There are some things that I had to say goodbye to, but there are also so many things to look forward to.
Goodbye to:
-Way too comfortable suburban/rich people living.
-An awesome adopted family and dog.
-Going to work everyday and being productive.
-Making a living and some money.
-Being at the doorstep of D.C.
-The spectacular church I attended.
Hello to:
-New friendships and adventures.
-New classes and loads of projects and papers.
-Going back to work with the city during the school year.
-Job searching for graduation time.
-Heading up service and outreach with InterVarsity's graduate chapter.
Thanks for all your many, many prayers! Oh, and maybe I didn't mention it, but my wonderful mother is back from China! Thanks for your prayers for her too. I'll be heading home to Kansas tomorrow to hang out with her for a whole week.
Okay, I really better start moving stuff now. Maybe I'll be able to recruit some Chinese neighbors to help me?
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