i'm back once more.

I think this is the third blog I've had.
I feel as though I should start anew when I've gone through a particularly long dry spell.
So I have.

I graduate from high school in two and a half weeks, on June 9th. Unreal. I am ecstatic...
and a bit lost.
Nonetheless, I am looking forward to an incredibly long summer (almost four months!) and going to the University of Washington next year. All I know about that is I will be looking into a career in the medical field (currently liking the sound of being in nutrition or a PA) and that I will be living in the woman's UCU house.


As for this summer, things are turning out very differently than I had hoped. However, in the course of the last few days, God has definitely shown me where and what I need to be doing in the coming months and I feel an amazingly peaceful sense of direction in my life that I have been searching for fervently. At first, I was very disappointed that I was not going to be doing staff this summer at Lakeside...it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I have prayed about it alot, and while I was considering becoming lifeguard certified to do staff, I will not be doing so. I feel strongly that God wants me in a different place this summer.

My current plans are:
- working full time at Old Navy (eek...) AND getting a pay raise.
- looking for another job (in the food industry) so I can have two part time jobs and fold clothes for 20 hours a week instead of 40....
- participating in my church's one-on-one discipleship program!
- volunteering at my local food bank
- going on as many as 5 vacations (camping, senior trip, disneyland, church camp-out, and relatives in kansas)
- continuing playing drums for sunday morning services
- going on many day adventures (all the touristy things I have never done in seattle and much, much more)
- buying a laptop (i'm hoping to go with a macbook...but it seems a bit unrealistic for my current financial state.)
- and finally,

I am trying to start a college-age bible study/group at my church. I am super excited for it and hope all works out. It's really the one age group at our church that is left out...we have had one before but it fell through and I'd love to see it come back. I discussed ideas with a possible host/leader for the group and really want to make it inviting, fun, and in-depth. Study material ideas and activities (group sports, bbqs, boating, etc etc) are constantly running through my head. I need to work out some details and research some materials with my pastor, but all in all, though primitive, it is going well!

Ahh...summer. I cannot wait.