forpests

...another spam block word. Whose pests was my comment for? Maybe it was for our pet cricket we have here in the South Lodge. He lives in the lobby oven and frequently follows Taylar and I to the store or Anne and I to a North Hall visit or two. He is a faithful pet.
The past few days have been pretty good. Behind Closed Doors, making name tags for the lodges, goofing around with the staff, and reviewing programming. I'm always pretty bad at programming, but i've vowed to continue to grow in the job that i've been doing for 2 years. I think there are better ways to do things and i want to seek the best. so if you hear me grumbling about programming this year, remind me of my commitment to excellence.
In other news, I got a new computer. There is a lot to learn switching from a PC to a Mac, but i'm enjoying it so far.
Also, my room needs a lot of work. I still want it to feel cozy, so cozy that people will want to come see me and hang out in my room even when i'm not home. Hopefully I can create that feel. We'll see.
We have our staff day away tomorrow. I am excited to say the least.

Lodges

I live somewhere different now. You can no longer find me in room 309 of North Hall East where i once resided for 2 years.
How do i feel?
Well, I started off a little shaky. Transitions are never easy you know? But there are a lot of cool things about transitions. To be honest, I have a love/hate relationship with transitions. The hates include the uncomfortable nature of the matter, but the loves include lots of stretching and growth. If you've ever gone through a tough transitions, don't forget to debrief after. There is a lot more growth that can happen when you take the time to pay attention. So I am in the gray area right now between the love and the hate but i am leaning more towards the love. I'm starting to see the purpose in why God asked me to move here and how its shaping me and how it will continue to shape me this year. I know He has a plan and I know His plan includes falling more in love with Him so I'm really liking the honeymoon right now.
There is still a lot to process and a lot to grow in so i'm excited to be uncomfortable in order to see that growth take place. It's cool to see how the shepherd's staff can truly comfort me. Psalm 23.

Psalm 119: 49-50, 56
Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.

musness

I'm going to start keeping record of all the spam block words the internet makes me spell.

Drove home Tuesday, got here just in time for mom's Mexican dinner. We ate together and watched Pretty Little Liars. i love it when mom gets into the shows I like. Then I showered and headed out for s'mores and chat time with some friends from youth group. yummy shmellows.
Jill and Ashley came over in the morning to be cops with me, we ate doughnuts and coffee and talked about Carlos (Ashley's Ecuadorian love) and Griffin (Jill's injured boo) among other things.
Afterwards, Christa lead me through all of her new college purchases. She is getting really excited/nervous to go to school... nervous mostly because she doesn't think all of her stuff will fit in her room. ha! We are different, but i love her :) It's funny to think that I've had little Christa's under my care for the past 2 years and its great to be on this side of it able to comfort her. I gave her little RA warnings too, like use 3M hooks and putty. She has like 9 picture frames ready to roll... i told her don't be upset when you have to send some of those home with mom. She's going to have fun, it'll be a really good year. I wish I could be with her and the parents on move-in day. I'll visit though.
Oh! and we went through our school calendars and listed all the dates in an email for the family. It'll be fun but weird having both of us in different schools this year.
Then around 6:00 mom hosted a Mary Kay party. We learned all about skincare and i didn't know what to do with my hands. Ate wonderful food mom and i made, then i went to "Jill's house" for a sleep over. Always good to have quality time with Jill. I had the WEIRDEST dream involving, the big R in Marion, R2D2, Bronson Pasko, Mrs. Anderson (midget version), a worm puzzle, and 2 nasty banana sandwiches. bizarre. Then Jill and i looked at cool things on the internet this morning and talked over coffee while the Air conditioning man crept around the house.

Being home is wonderful. I love Greensboro, but i miss Marion too. Its tough having 2 homes. My visits home this summer have made me think more about where I will live after graduation. That thought stresses me out, you can pray for me on that one.

Just a little nugget about me

This morning I realized that in the mornings, I usually seek coffee and upbeat music to get me going for the day and in the evenings I like tea and chill music to debrief what just happened.