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| This is incredibly random to actually update this...seeing as probably no one will read it, but oh well I have a lot of time right now. Being stuck in bed for the past 5 days with no voice...alone (except for when my lovely friends - Annie and Hope came to save me on Sunday) gave me a lot of time to think and reflect. It meant a lot when Annie and Hope came up - drove over an hour spur of the moment...I was too sick to be interactive but they sat with me, cleaned up, took care of me, sat with me 2 1/2 hours in Urgent care, shopped for me, tucked me back into bed and said farewell. Everything they did was a perfect picture of selfless love and friendship...I'm truly blessed to have them in my life. Too often even in my own friendships I am one of those people who want to do the quick fix or if there is a silence - fill it with words. With all the silence lately, I've realized I'm afraid of it...everything isn't a quick fix sometimes there is the awkward silence and waiting. It also usually means I'm not in control of what's going on... | | |
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The Cutest baby in the world!!! (I'm not biased or anything)
Rachel, Me, and Carlie at Old Home Days during family reuion
The girls the day of Em's wedding | | |
| Alright, so I'm incredibly bad at updating this thing. This summer has been CRAZY!!!! Somedays I want to pull all my hair out and give up and then others I'm having the time of my life. I took 10 weeks of summer classes at LHUP (Chem I and II). It was good to get them out of the way and geeky me actually enjoyed them for the most part. I just couldn't handle them for 10 weeks straight, 8 - 12:30 every day, a test every friday, etc.... I was also working as food manager at camp - it was great to be able to still be a part of camp, but also frustrating because I basically became a 911 # for them in terms of food. It's hard to feel like I've done a good job - I feel like I"ve failed it in so many ways, but I'm glad I could help out. I also started to realize that I couldn't put it all on my shoulders - I needed to do my part to the best of my ability and then what will be will be. I also have been working with my bro 15 hours a week. It's been a lot of fun. My relationship with him has taught me a lot about being patient and serving others. To communicate with him I have to help him type on his computer so that takes patience and time...often I've made the excuse of being too busy and not taking the time to listen to what he wants to say and do. We've had some good times though - including a shopping trip to the mall, various errands, just hanging out together watching T.V. It was really cute today I was talking with my mom in the car about maybe doing some stuff overseas and when I got home Caleb told me that he wanted to me to stay and that God could use me here...he didn't want me to leave. It was really sweet. Anyway, other than that I've been just hanging out with the fam mainly...I got a chance to hang out with some of my high school friends which was good as well as continuing to hang out with my fam. Carlie is growing up so fast and so is Caysa. I will definitely miss seeing both the baby and the pup grow up. But that is what happens as we grow and life takes us different directions. Also I just came back from SC for Em and Nathan's wedding. It was amazing!!!! It was an honor to be in their wedding. It was also really good to see friends down there and hang out, catch up and just relax. I also needed to just be there without any worries...I don't transition well so I was a little nervous about coming back to CIU. This past weekend helped a lot. Well, that's about all for now. I will hopefully get to see many of you CIUers in just a few weeks!!!!!  | | |
| Hmm...once again it's been quite a while since I've updated. I seem to see a pattern of updating after I go away from Williamsport - I guess that's when things exciting happen. Everything around here seems routine and mundane (even though in reality it's insanely crazy and never stops.)  Anyway, this past trip was a whirlwind event to NC and SC. It was great to see people...the long trip was worth it. It gave me a lot of time to think which I've needed...didn't really come to many conclusions about anything but it was good driving time. I headed down on Friday after class to Concord, NC to Emily Pressley's house where I also met up with Amanda and met Oompy's mom. It was great getting to catch up with Amanda and also just people to talk into the night. In the morning we got dressed up to go to Em's bridal shower at her Aunt Fran's house. It was beautifully set up and I think Emily really enjoyed that special time. I left early from the shower to make a 2 hour drive to Kenny and Shari's wedding in Columbia. It was an amazing wedding! It seemed to fit both of them. Shari was beautiful in her wedding gown and Kenny's reaction to her coming down the aisle was even better. After the wedding I was able to catch up with various people - it was weird but good. Being away for 6 months seems weirded to me than to the people that stayed at CIU. I don't know in some ways I feel like I've changed and everyone else has stayed the same. It was good nonetheless to catch up with everyone and I look forward to seeing them more in the fall. After the wedding Emily, Oompy and I headed to Oompy's family's house. It was a great place just to unwind and relax. In the morning we got a small tour of the farm which was cool. Then church, relaxing with Em, and then off to Nathan's house in the evening. We helped a bit with dinner and then hung out playing games. Once again it was good to see familiar faces and hang out. I've missed that here in PA. Monday morning before I left I was able to slowly get out of bed and get ready for the long ride back to PA. This is quite the long update for basically just telling my weekend. I also started Chem I this past week. So far I enjoy it...I don't regret taking this semester off and studying some things that I wouldn't have gotten at CIU. I've enjoyed not staying at one place to long - don't know why I don't like being in one place long.... Anyway, I came back home to my fam and it was good to see them after only a weekend being gone. I missed our church retreat (at Camp Susque) for the first time this year since I was in SC so that's a little weird since I also won't be working at camp this year. Well, sorta - actually I may be the food manager at camp - ordering food and such. That's one of my jobs this summer...God has also provided two other jobs - working again for my bro after my mom has surgery and then helping to paint college gyms with one of our friends from church. Hmm...anything else? I think that's my life in a nutshell at this point. =) | | |
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We took Carlie to one of Rachel's friends houses and took pictures with the tulips
Carlie (4 1/2 months) having some tummy time on her surf board | | |
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