Life and School and Balance



Studying at Starbucks


I'm glad to hear that several people are reading my blog and enjoying it.
I decided to try to update more frequently, even if the update is just what's happening in my life.

  I went home last week for Fall Break. It was a great time. I enjoyed seeing everyone and getting to have more face-to-face time than I usually get to. It's progressively getting harder to balance living in Dallas and maintaining relationships in Austin. I don't know how I'll keep up with everyone as I get older.






Quality time with Jerbear



It is crazy to think that the next time I'll be in Austin will be for the holidays. I am a holiday-junkie. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Last week at work we pulled out the Christmas tunes, and as I listened to them I felt such peace as my mind flooded with memories of Christmas' past. Even now, I long for a nice turkey dinner and laughter. There is something beautiful about it to me. Anybody else crazy about the holidays like I am?





Getting out the Winter Clothes!



Anyway. Back to life. The church was having a d-now this weekend, which that added to the busyness, and I felt torn in many directions as I tried to see everybody and complete a little bit of homework.
Nevertheless, I love home and I love the opportunities that I am given to go home.

 
School. Sigh. This semester has been one of my most difficult. I expected it to be easier which may be why I am having such a hard time. I think that part of it is my desire to be graduated. I see the completion of my degree and simply want to be at that place. Because of this, a big thing that I have been convicted of lately is living in the present. There's a reason why I am at DBU in my senior year, living in this townhome, and in Dallas, not Austin. I hope to focus more on where I am at right now. It is so easy to look to the future all the time and wait for the next big thing. When the next big thing arrives, I turn my focus to the one after. I choose to see today as full of purpose and as significant in the journey that Christ has me on.



The Tea(top left) is SO good and there's tons of flavors!The Clean/Dirty thing is for our dishwasher, which he rememberd isn't magnetic, so he got us a suction cup one, and the adorable minnie mouse apron is for my cooking adventures. Thanks Jer.

 Jeremy got me perfect gifts from Disney World. I couldn't have picked out better ones. I've been enjoying them all :-)



Sipping Alice in Wonderland Unbirthday Tea in our living room,
wishing it were winter, and wearing scarves. Fun times.

Live for today. I know that sounds incredibly cliche, but there is much more joy when life is lived in the rhythm Christ created. We should drink deeply of all that He has for us right now in this moment and with grateful hearts praise Him for this peregination (thanks for the big word, Dr. Naugle).