Life

So its summer....
This summer I am working, cleaning up an apartment, and raising two dogs, Elsie Mae and Toby Mac. I once dreamt of becoming a stay at home mom. Now that I have spent the last week playing a similar role, I can say that I am SO glad I am going to be a Social Worker. It's been interesting.. my bro got a girlfriend, my dad is getting engaged, I think. My gparents are coming out next weekend. I've really been spending my time revamping an apartment.. like painting walls, cleaning floors, cleaning stairs... making bathrooms look like new or close to, and turning a kitchen into something I would want to cook in. Being the dreamer I am, I thought I would have all of that done in like two days... let me tell you it took much longer and really wore me out everyday.
I am continuing my job as a Res Tech this summer, which I highly enjoy. I am also working with YWCA co-leading the group Mentor Mothers and I get to do some fund development. I think this is going to be a very growing experience, you know one of those things that is really rough, but good to have the skill set in the end. I get to be in one wedding at the end of the summer :) and I think my dad might be getting married this summer too. My roommate that I am living above like she owns the house and I am renting the upstairs is getting married in just a few days :) I am going to be going to weddings this summer whew! If anyone was wondering, I am staying Marion for the long haul. I'll be spending a few weeks back home- May 28-June 9 and then August 16-31.
I'm in the middle of pondering some different subjects.. so I'll write on them later, but some tight quotes I've read recently:
-"It would take me many more years before I began to understand that we would others out of our own wounding"
-"So often when we are hurting we run from one thing to the next, frantically looking for a quick fix that will ease our searing pain and restore things to the way they are to be. However, God is not seeking restoration, but transformation"
Both of those are from the book, The Hidden Life, by Kitty Crenshaw and Catherine Snapp
Those aren't related to anything specific right now, but they were fresh to read.
I am in a transitional period right now. I didn't go home for the summer, so I am living like an adult.. except not quite 40 hours a week yet. Hopefully I will get that at least a few weeks this summer. It's hard to transition and find purpose in things that are brand new. I am being forced to just live. If you know me well, you know that I do not enjoy that, but I am learning. I love how Betty the person the biography is about longed for a serene, close relationship with God. As I read this book, I am praying for the same. I want to think that I am way behind and should have learned this stuff already, but in reality.. God's got me right where he wants me. I am blessed in Marion, Indiana. The house I am looking at buying is in stand still. I'm not sure what is going to happen.
Transitioning will continue... untill I have internet I won't be on here as much. :P Peace.