Whew! Life is definitely got some hydrolic engines strapped to its boots right now, but I couldn't be more satisfied with how it is all going. Everyone is out of my apartment. No more roofing, no more windows and doors being placed, and no more drywall! The aptmento certainly needs its 6 month carpet clean, but I am going to ride that one out until we are all done painting. She is beginning to come to life for the brother and I. We are finally on the same page of love for her and getting all the attention at the moment. There are certain things that I really love about living in the aptmento. It has brought out that my brother deserves 50 points for his Hogwarts house for the creativity he uses to load our tiny dishwasher good and tight. It has brought out that craft rooms really are the end all be all in a home. It has brought out my true age of 80 something because I sit in my same recliner just about every time I walk into our living room. It also has shown us what one can really do and not do with 850 squares.
Anyway, I just got back from what seemed like a whirlwind trip before the fall semester starts. There are moments I feel as though my head and life are on the chopping block of time. I know that a week and definitely a month from now that my life will look completely different. So because of that I wanted to take one last hoorah. I drove down to Albany, GA to see one of my mentors. Her husband was on a mission trip so we spent the day together just catching up and me soaking in advice along the way. Then I drove home to see my first student go off to Auburn. I met Gracie when she was 11 and she has been with me all the way to be a little tiger herself beginning Wednesday. I am so proud of her and grateful for all the wonderfully hard things she has taught me. While at home I got to see the other half of my mentors. I also was able to see Nora's excitement for her first day of school for myself. On all accounts she went in fine, but my stepsister is being a wonderful mom and missing her.
It seems as though everyone is doing something new. Tammy and Matt have new ministry partners on the way, Gracie is starting college, Nora is starting school, my sister is buying a new house, my parents are living the debt free life, and I am about to start the marathon of graduate school. Four classes were a challenge, but doable. This semester is one big blind spot.I can do no planning and in fact my placement will be unknown until the day we start. I just have to go with it and in the history of myself that has never been good. Yet, I know and have peace that God has been preparing me for this for quite some time now. I always know that, but rarely do I accept, absorb, and live with it. This time my whole worldview has changed and I can feel it.
I have two days left before the madness of learning begins. So what does one do two days before her life is essentially given over the authorities of the DSM and social theories? Well, she bakes a cake that tastes like the essence of fall to remind her in the overwhelmed states that help is on the way. She finishes painting the aptmento so she has somewhere to come home to. She finishes that book her students gave her so that she can know the whole story and not mix it up with her research. She gets her car fixed so she can get to school without panic. She buys a new computer so she can have all the best resources to get this journey done right. Lastly, she cooks dinner for all the ones in the same boat. I am having some pretty sweet cats over tomorrow night that have made me feel more normal in this grad process than anyone could attempt. They stress like I do, but they also care the same. I need to grow me a sweatband to keep up with these ladies, but especially the next two days as this chick has strong ideas of a blowout summer. Well, I am just a bamboo shoot growing a mile a minute; hope to catch you on the next mile!
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