Friends, how incredible they can be.
After close to three months in Texas, I've seen God hard at work in my life. He has blessed me with such wonderful friends down here in the Lonestar State. Friends that fill most of my days with such laughter it sometimes feels like I'm getting a work out! These friends have made me feel welcome in the state and in their homes in such a short period of time.
But not only have they made me feel welcome, they have made me feel so incredibly thankful for what I have. I'm so thankful for these friends who saved me from nights alone on the couch in my apartment. For these friends who have again brought me closer to God, whether they realized it or not.
I can't even begin to express my gratitude to them. I'm estatic that I still have 3 weeks with them and I intend to see them all the time. I just wanted them to know how thankful I am that we became friends and to thank God that he has given me them!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Incredible Night!
Last night I was asked to go salsa dancing with some friends from work. Of course I can't turn down an offer like that so after I got out of work at 3 I headed home and started the getting ready process. Rachel from work decided an occasion like this deserved a reason to go shopping so at 7:45, when Rachel got out of work, I would meet her and go shopping.
Shopping was supposed to be and in and out process but it never works the way one wants it to so obviously we ended up taking much more time than planned.
BUT, we made it there by a little after 10 once the band started playing. I met more people and then it was off. Time to learn how to Salsa! All night was full of dancing and it was In-cred-ible!
Everything was fantastic except for the occasional creeper who would suddenly grab you and spin you around. Overal, I learned to dance and had such a fantastic time with all those people!
The band was great! The music was fun and the people were great so it was no surprise we were there until 2 a.m.! Except on the way to the car to go home Rachel and I stumbled across a man who could barely stand up by himself. He wanted directions to his car so he could drive someplace (location: Unknown). So we gave him directions to where his car could have been. When the man started to walk away, Rachel and I both felt horrible leaving him.
We decided that we would walk to her car which was just a couple more blocks away and then drive down to where he should be and if he was still there and not at his car we would take him to it. Driving back, we found him facing a wall looking still confused. We asked him to get so we could take him to his car. After we found his car, we were afraid he would attempt to drive home so we took his cell phone and asked him who we should call.
After several attempts at dialing peoples phone numbers in his phone all we could find out is that everyone in his recent calls either a.) was in the army with him and was about an hour or two from Austin b.) lived even further way in places like L.A. or Vermont c.) did not even know who this kid was. So rachel and decided to drive around looking for something or someone that he might know. So then he passes out in the backseat as we're driving and Rachel calls a friend who says to lock him in his car and hide the keys and leave a note.
Soooo, we drive back, rachel writes a note and I have to frisk him to find his keys...THANK GOD for the nice foreign man who was getting a car help us lift the scrawny man back into his car. At this point it was 3 a.m. and we were excited to get back home and go to sleep! so after the point of being almost home, I realize I still had his phone in my pocket so we had to turn all the way around to get it back to him!
So by the time I got home, it was 4:10 a.m. and all I could think about was sleep.
BUT, it was a wonderful night and I hope that Andy is okay!
Shopping was supposed to be and in and out process but it never works the way one wants it to so obviously we ended up taking much more time than planned.
BUT, we made it there by a little after 10 once the band started playing. I met more people and then it was off. Time to learn how to Salsa! All night was full of dancing and it was In-cred-ible!
Everything was fantastic except for the occasional creeper who would suddenly grab you and spin you around. Overal, I learned to dance and had such a fantastic time with all those people!
The band was great! The music was fun and the people were great so it was no surprise we were there until 2 a.m.! Except on the way to the car to go home Rachel and I stumbled across a man who could barely stand up by himself. He wanted directions to his car so he could drive someplace (location: Unknown). So we gave him directions to where his car could have been. When the man started to walk away, Rachel and I both felt horrible leaving him.
We decided that we would walk to her car which was just a couple more blocks away and then drive down to where he should be and if he was still there and not at his car we would take him to it. Driving back, we found him facing a wall looking still confused. We asked him to get so we could take him to his car. After we found his car, we were afraid he would attempt to drive home so we took his cell phone and asked him who we should call.
After several attempts at dialing peoples phone numbers in his phone all we could find out is that everyone in his recent calls either a.) was in the army with him and was about an hour or two from Austin b.) lived even further way in places like L.A. or Vermont c.) did not even know who this kid was. So rachel and decided to drive around looking for something or someone that he might know. So then he passes out in the backseat as we're driving and Rachel calls a friend who says to lock him in his car and hide the keys and leave a note.
Soooo, we drive back, rachel writes a note and I have to frisk him to find his keys...THANK GOD for the nice foreign man who was getting a car help us lift the scrawny man back into his car. At this point it was 3 a.m. and we were excited to get back home and go to sleep! so after the point of being almost home, I realize I still had his phone in my pocket so we had to turn all the way around to get it back to him!
So by the time I got home, it was 4:10 a.m. and all I could think about was sleep.
BUT, it was a wonderful night and I hope that Andy is okay!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Change
Ya ever wake up and just feel good? Going to bed just feeling good? It's been awhile for me but I've finally come to it.
Last night I went to bed feeling like I was walking on water and woke up this morning feel possibly even better. Which is about oh...I don't know like a hundred times better than I've been feeling. Lately, I've been only focusing on the bad in my life, but now I'm just ignoring it. I'm sick of being down and out. I'm pushing it to the back burner for now and maybe I'll bring it up again later on when it needs to be sorted out.
So any particular reason for this change?
OF COURSE! There is always a reason. This time it was a person that little did I know, I kept hurting and it was time to stop and just move on. There's nothing I could do to change the circumstances that I had arrived at. It was time to just pick up and go and stop hurting someone I cared so much about it.
Now, I'm just working on picking up all the pieces that I let fall apart and attempting to move on. You can't dwell on the past forever and that's exactly what this has come to, something of the past, which makes me greatly sad but what else can one do?
Maybe things or circumstances will change but for now they are what they are and letting go is just the easiest thing to do. Maybe friends is just the best bet, if it can even come to that now.
Last night I went to bed feeling like I was walking on water and woke up this morning feel possibly even better. Which is about oh...I don't know like a hundred times better than I've been feeling. Lately, I've been only focusing on the bad in my life, but now I'm just ignoring it. I'm sick of being down and out. I'm pushing it to the back burner for now and maybe I'll bring it up again later on when it needs to be sorted out.
So any particular reason for this change?
OF COURSE! There is always a reason. This time it was a person that little did I know, I kept hurting and it was time to stop and just move on. There's nothing I could do to change the circumstances that I had arrived at. It was time to just pick up and go and stop hurting someone I cared so much about it.
Now, I'm just working on picking up all the pieces that I let fall apart and attempting to move on. You can't dwell on the past forever and that's exactly what this has come to, something of the past, which makes me greatly sad but what else can one do?
Maybe things or circumstances will change but for now they are what they are and letting go is just the easiest thing to do. Maybe friends is just the best bet, if it can even come to that now.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Need to Leave
So I'm laying on the couch, like I've been doing for the majority of the day, and I'm thinking about this great city I've been living in since May.
Austin has overwhelmed me and stolen my heart, granted it doesn't take much for that task. Nevertheless, I love it here and the more I think about it, the harder it is for me to want to go home. Granted I already have priorities in Michigan, but it's still sad to think about leaving this great city.
I've done much more here than I would had I stayed home in L-town (Lapeer for those of you who are confused by this). I've jumped off some cliffs, kayaked, got attacked by an alligator gar, gone 2-steppin, and many more things I would not have experienced otherwise. I guess what I'm trying to get at here is that I'm opening up and broadening my horizons to new things. It was a slow process that started in Grand Rapids and has really accelerated down here. Living in a different city and state, even if for only a short period of time has just fueled my need to move out of the mitten. I don't want to stay in a state that the majority of the citizens do not enjoy. I want to live some place and be proud of my choice of where I decided to live.
Now I've started the long process of what to do after I graduate. I can't stay in Michigan. It would be a miserable choice for me. I guess I have three more years to think about it but I want to be prepared . I'm looking for suggestions on what to do next.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
It's been one of those day where you don't get up, you don't leave the couch, and you just vegetate. I work at an outdoor cafe and so when it rains, a kid poops or throws up, or anything along those lines, the pool closes and my job is pretty much non-existent. With that being said, today it rained for a good portion of the day and I was out of a job.
Instead of doing anything productive with my day, I sat on the couch for about 90% of the day. Needless to say, there was a lot of time to just lay around and think.
I much rather prefer this than working. Good day.
Instead of doing anything productive with my day, I sat on the couch for about 90% of the day. Needless to say, there was a lot of time to just lay around and think.
I much rather prefer this than working. Good day.
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