6 times...3 years...too much

summer isn't over. but...it kind of is. about halfway through it hit me that this is my last real summer. the last summer i'm off for "summer vacation". turns out that with jobs, you don't get the whole summer off. what kind of world is this?!

good summer. ups and downs as usual. got a lot of things checked off my list (there was no list) and then there's the inevitable few things that just never got fit in to what was supposed to be a laid back 12 weeks. so...here's what my summer was like (the phrase "in a nut shell" would fit well here, but i hate the phrase so i'll spare you)...

watched my friends move out and leave me alone for a maymester class. this was the biggest culprit who left me to share our room on marsteller street with...well, no one. i miss living with her! but that's for another time...back to summer.

moved home.

took online classes in order to graduate early.

worked 2 days a week and got really really sick of driving the boring highway to west lafayette.

God opened my eyes a little wider through a Bible study that fell into my lap.

a couple vacations, one with family, one with parents & friends.

finally read some good books. every summer i say i'm going to read and i don't. these were my two favorites, but i enjoyed all the ones i read.

various weekend escapades with friends.

wrote lots of poetry & other fun pieces for a creative writing class i elected to take. some of which i might share. a cinquain from my poetry portfolio is diplayed on the top right. also how i'm feeling these days.

bid farewell while watching a sister move to a country far east that i had never heard of until earlier this year. a pregnant sister i might add.

sat back and watched more change take place.

got a little bitter about change in general.

pondered life as i know it while avoiding thoughts of an unknown future.

future becomes very near and must be pondered.

plans are made. decisions made. everything's lined up.

once again hit with realization that you have to learn to roll with change to survive this crazy life.

now ready for my 6th move in 3 years.

except this time, there's no end date.

new job, new church, new city, new people, new relationships, new issues, new opportunities to serve.

same God. ahh...relief.

so here's to a great summer. and here's to the two amazing people that put up with me for most of the summer. i've never had so much fun chilling at home and going places with a couple of 50-somethings. so so so blessed to be their daughter!