The Tables Have Turned

Here I am again.  Back after neglecting this blog for many weeks...One of these days, I will master the art of blogging on a regular basis.  I feel this day will come when my evenings are not filled with study guides, journals, hour logs, outlines and textbooks.  Alas, those days are so close.  When I wrote last, the countdown to graduation was at exactly 3 months.  Now, as I write I am shocked at the reality that there are less than 6 weeks until I dress myself in a cap and gown and call the last 4 years history.  Don't get me wrong...I am quite thrilled at the accomplishment of college graduation, but facing what comes after graduation is what gives me the heeby-geebies.

The tables have most certainly turned since this post.  Instead of being a homeless, jobless, terrified, soon-to-be-college grad, I am now and soon-to-be-grad with a signed lease (and roommate), new employee orientation in the morning (EEE!!) and a renewed hope for what the Lord's plan holds for the coming months.

Let me break that down for you just a bit...

• From homeless to home--Shortly after the last post, I was given the certainty that I needed to begin looking elsewhere because my current roommates and I are parting ways (which makes me wanna cry a little lot) for different parts of the Twin Cities metro and possibly different parts of the country :(.  From there, I entered mild panic mode while hunting for a 1-bedroom apartment.  When faced with the choice to live in a studio apartment in the ghetto where I might get shot or to live solely on Ramen noodles for the next several years, I realized that a roommate would be a necessary part of the equation.  Long story short, I have an A-MA-ZING apartment just a short jaunt from where I live now and a great roommate to go along with the deal.  I will post pictures of my new home when I move:)
• From jobless to employed--in the interest of keeping it simple (which it is not)--I am employed by...drum roll please...the one, the only, Eagle Brook Church.  bam!  I anticipate a great deal of learning and waiting in the coming weeks and months.  I start tomorrow--prayers are appreciated needed.
• From terrified to hopeful--Without the fear of being jobless and homeless, now I am hopeful for what will be next in this journey...stay tuned

That is all for now...let me leave you with these random tidbits of awesomeness.

*Funny--Today marks the 119th anniversary of the first recorded ice cream sundae in history

*Awe-inspiring--"The power that brought Jesus Christ back from the dead is the same power that lives in us" -Jason Anderson, Eagle Brook Church.