Another year

So this past thursday was my 26th Bithday. I had a great time with a group of my friends at the Cheesecake Factory.

However, I also kind of celebrated all weekend. I decided that since I did not have to go on an interview that I was going to go to Asheville. Joelle and Elizabeth, my two best college friends, still live there. I got to stay with Elizabeth and got to know her boyfriend better. We did a lot of things with Brandon, the boyfriend. I went and saw them in the holiday prade that they were in with their church. Last night Elizabeth and I meet Joelle at the Grove Park Inn. We went around and saw all the gingerbread houses, look in some stores, and had quile legs and chocolate cake at the Blue Ridge Room. It was a blast. I some how realized that I have changed in my way of thinking a lot since I have been at Candler. I am more liberal and that is not a bad things. However it does put a little bit of a drift between my college friends and I.

Falling apart

So I now have a third major medical problem this semester. First surgery for my gallbladder and the complications from that. Second I broke my left wrist two weeks ago. Now I have a Kidney Stone!! This had to happen on the day that I would be leaving for Texas for an interview with a church. They however have been great and I will be going to do my last interview sometime in the next few weekends (probably next weekend). I am so angry about all this illness. I have never been this sick during a school semester before. I kind of feel like my body is falling apart and well I am way too young for that to be happening.

Crazyness

So I have felt a little out of place lately. I broke my arm falling down a flight of stairs in my house. Poor Lynn fell behind me and kind of slid down but I went down on my left wrist and snap. One more reason to feel behind this semester. Luckily it was a clean break and I only have a soft brace/cast.
Also I am finally getting places with my job hunt. I have been talking to a church in Texas and one in Washington (the state). I am heading to my third and what should be my final interview with the church in Texas this Friday. I will be down there with them until Monday. I am so excited and nervous as well. I cannot believe that I am finally in a place where I am going to get a full time ministry job. I am waiting on my second interview with the church in Washington. I don't know where I am going to end up but I know God is with me. Please pray for me and my search.
Finally I got my alumni email address today. I feel so official. I am finally going to graduate from Candler School of Theology and go out into the real world. This step has been 3 1/2 years in the making. Now I just have to make sure I pass all my classes this semester. Wish me luck!!

What have I been doing for Three Years?

So this weekend was awesome. My roommate Dave had two of his friends that are girls come from TN and spend the weekend. We toured all over Atlanta going to underground Atlanta, walking downtown, and having drinks at the Sundial. It was so much fun. Sadly I realized that I have lived in Atlanta for 3 years and had never done any of this before. I have been so focused on studying, trying to make ties with a conference, and working that I have not had a whole lot of fun. Yes there were fun times, but I am just now realizing all the cool things that are in Atlanta that I will probably not get to do before I move away in December. However, I have decided that I am going to once again take a sabbath every week and go out and do fun things, even if I am doing it by myself (this is a huge decision for me, I hate doing things alone). I figure this will help me prepare to move and learn to have fun by myself, since I am probably moving somewhere that I have no friends. I am so excited about my decision for sabbath plans.
Also this weekend was my neighbors Octoberfest party. I had a great time. We eat tradational German foods and drank lots of beer (cider for me). However, I did not get drunk and am very glad I did not becasue the party got a little crazy.

Puffy Jesus

I feel so happy smelling communion bread baking in my oven. That is untill I opened it up and found my Jesus was puffy and you can hardly see the cross I put in them. Thus I reworked the other loaves and my Jesus (communion) Bread is no long puffy. I guess that is what I get for making communion bread for the first time. I know I will now be able to make non puffy Jesus Bread!!

Grandma

So my grandmother fell and broke her hip today. Of course I cannot be with her because I have missed so much school and this pisses me off. I really just want to go up and make sure she is being taken care of. However, my mother will be doing this job and that means more time off work. She has taken a lot of time off between my Great Aunt Betty dieing two weeks ago, my surgery complications (same time as Betty's funeral), and now having to go and be with my grandmother. I am so glad she has a stable job. I really just want to be in Cranberry Township right now and be with my grandmother. It is at times like this that I completely regret not having graduated from school yet. WHY in the world does this all have to pile up my last semester in seminary??????

Back to the grind!

So I am back in Atlanta and start back to school tomorrow. I am kind of excited to finally be back to school for more than hopefully a few days. Yet, I am scared right now as well.
Will I be able to catch up?
Will I be able to graduate in December?
My life feels so crazy right now and all I want to do is just be done with school. I have so many questions running through my head and I know that I am just worrying too much. I just wish I knew how everything will turn out.
Other than that everything is going alright. I was able to do a full workout today and go to work. I am healing slowly, but healing all the same. I am looking forward to Thursday and going to Wicked with my friend John. My life I guess is going back to normal and I know this will be good for me.