Blah Friday

In an effort to not be completely maudlin, I'm spending the day drinking sparkly tea, singing along and dancing to happy/fun music, and cleaning my room... all with socks in my hair.

Happy Friday, y'all!!

let me feel You shine...

Hey all. Sorry I haven't been posting more since coming back to the world of consistent internet connections...

I thought I'd have all these new stories to write about since coming back to RD and getting this new fancy job and mostly just having a whole bunch of new adventures in a city I haven't known in almost 7 years. Instead I got this city with a transportation system that's WORSE than Leth (hard to believe, I know), all these possibilities for new jobs and none of them pans out, and two halves of a church I once loved. I have met some very helpful people along the way (none of whom have been bus drivers, for the record), but that's where the chain breaks down. And that, in turn, is why I'm breaking down. Not truly having a breakdown, but this city is slowly crushing my spirit, which is also crushing my Scottish dream. Every week I don't have a job is another week I dip into my savings account and push my dream farther away. Now I don't mean to sound like a whiny baby, but I'm fed up being trapped in a vortex of not making enough money to save quickly, and that's a large part of why I'm back in RD.

ARGH. Seriously, someone get me out of this city!!

The reason I chose to call this post 'Let Me Feel You Shine' (from David Crowder's last album Give Us Rest) is because I really connected to the lyrics and felt like they're very accurately describing me in my current situation. *deep breath*

But through all the crap that RD is throwing at me and with all the jobs it's denying me,

God is good. All the time. God is good.

The chili! I forgot a picture of the finished product!! It's not the best, but I learn something new with everything that comes out of this kitchen (even if it is that mom's cat doesn't like green onions), and there's always room for improvement.

11.13.12

"Lunch today won't be anything spectacular. Just quick and easy; I'm hungry NOW." I thought to myself as I scoped out what was in the fridge.

I grabbed the rest of yesterday's minestrone, the other half of the chicken breast I sent with mom for her lunch, and, because I'm on a big kale kick lately, a healthy handful of kale. I quickly chopped the kale and chicken into mouth-sized bits, threw everything into a small pot, and just heated it all up together. Because I added extra stuff, I also added some more chicken stock to make it back into soup. I thought yesterday's soup was good? Holy crap, this stuff was off the charts!

11.12.12

As Amanda said once while we were working at Coco a couple years ago, there's nothing like a fresh batch of minestrone! After putting the first spoonful in my mouth I remembered that statement, and if you had been in my head you probably would have thought the same thing, too. Great comfort food on a chilly day!

all the leaves, green and golden

I'm listening to a playlist of worship music that lovely Liz sent to me, and it's wonderful. I could probably go without the radio now and be completely okay with it.

"Take the world, but give me Jesus..." It's so beautiful and haunting and thought-provoking all at the same time. Music is such a big part of why I'm still sane, and how I control my thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, it's crazy.

So, I'm back at my mom's place for a bit. (A bit being probably into the new year.) I'm not sure how I feel about it quite yet, but I know that God is with me, and He'll keep me safe and sound in His arms.

"And we sing: glory to God, glory to God, glory to God forever!"

I've been going through all my pictures while cleaning the room that's been 'mine' for the past 7 years, that I've only lived in for 5 months in total (but not all in a row). Life is weird being 24 and living in your mom's house after living on your own for 6 years. But this time, the situations are reversed: I'm the one doing all the cooking and cleaning this time. I even made and packed a lunch for my mom last night! Super healthy, too! I've informed my mom that she's going to be my guinia pig for eating healthy and turning over a new leaf. I also told her that I'll be doing some extensive cleaning and re-organizing of this place, and that's another leaf.

It seems very symbolic (which seems funny to me, because I've never been able to consistently point out symbolism... ever.) that the fall season at Evergreen ended on Sunday and I've made all these huge life changes since then, and the saying for big changes is 'turning over a new leaf' and that's what happens at the end of fall.

But! If you could pray for a friend of mine who's been looking for a job since the beginning of October to find something permanent (she's doing a temp job at the moment). Also, I'm job hunting starting Tuesday next week, so pray for that. I'm hopeful that something wicked is going to come my way though, because God is good.

All the time. God is good.

In my haste to procrastinate making decisions about my life that include moving to a house I've never called home that has no space for me and all my stuff, I seem to have forgotten that my last day of work has crept up and is now all up in my grill. Well then.


But hey, at least it's Daylight Savings and a late start at work all wrapped up in one nice little present for me. WIN.

God is good. All the time. God is good.