Settled In at School

Well, after waiting for what seemed like forevvvvvverrrrr... I am settled in at school! I spent most of the day with my family, pilfered some hangers from Raph (because I forgot mine, of course), and then went back to my dorm to set up my space... It's a great little space, but it photographs much better in the light...

As a little teaser, I'll show you what it looked like earlier in the day:

Home Sweet Mess

I'll post the pictures of my room all set up tomorrow... For now, I'm going to go to bed and try and wake up by 6 AM.

<3

Don't You Forget About Me

My sister gave me and my brother going away presents today:

My going-away present from Shelbie.

She's too cute. This is what she put in the box:

• A picture of her silly, wonderful self. It's a very funny picture... On it she wrote, "Don't you forget about me" a la Simple Minds.
• A Halloween craft/recipe magazine and a Whole Living magazine.
• A laundry bag for my drrrrrty clothes.
• A gift card for Starbucks (yay! I don't have to give up coffee because I'm broke... yet!)
• A 6 pack... of Ramen! 
• Hello Kitty bandaids!!
• Gigantic paperclips
• Q-Tips
• Ear plugs
• A rubber band ball
• A funky little pen
• Some cash money and
• A roll of quarters so I can do laundry!

She put tags on some of the stuff... for instance, on a package with a map and a Bible she channeled Carrie Underwood and wrote "if you ever lose your way" <3

A map of Boston... and two faces I'm going to miss a lot!!

She's my bestest friend in the whole wide world... I don't know what I'm going to do without her! Who will finish my sentences? I'll have to speak whole thoughts! :(

Well, I'm going to pack up the computer now and get to work on packing the car... Next time I write, I'll be on the other side of the state line.

One Day Left

There's only one day left until I leave for school. Today I went to the doctor thinking that maybe I should get the sore throat I've had for the past two weeks checked out and, yes, I do have something going in the ears/throat. Great. So I got medicine to take and hopefully I can kick this thing before classes actually start on the twelfth.

Do you see anything, Doc?

So when I went to get my prescription at the supermarket, I also went grocery shopping for the first couple of weeks when I'm at school. Buying groceries for one? An interesting experience. Horizon Organics milk (that's the kind that doesn't need to go in the fridge before you open it), cereal, crackers, peanut butter, fruit cups, and - of course - ramen noodles. :)

Now the tricky part, getting it all into the one pink crate I've reserved for food...

Tetris: Kitchen Edition

Overflowing? ... Fail.

Okay, so it doesn't all fit... But that's okay... Hopefully I can fit everything in my stepdad's SUV. Hopefully.

Maybe I can fit in another blog post before I pack up my laptop tomorrow... Otherwise, I'll see you post-move!! 

My Whole Entire Life

I can't believe it - with the exception of a few things I know I'm going to need over the next few days (clothes, pillows, alarm clock, this computer, etc.) I'm all packed up and ready to move! This is, pretty much, my whole entire life!! 

1 Trunk

7 Boxes

2 Bags

1 Hamper

and some miscellaneous stuff it just didn't make sense to pack...

I think there might be one more box if I can get some grocery shopping done while I'm still at home...

What's staying at home?

Knick knacks

A huge dresser full of books

My guitar and piano (for now)

My sewing machine (maybe - it's not that big... and I kind of need it for my etsy store... and to mend anything while I'm at school...)

My furniture (my bed, three bookshelves, a dresser)

My drumset

Three hampers of clothes/shoes

I wonder why I have all this stuff if I'm not going to use it... though the furniture and instruments make sense, so many books and knick knacks really don't...

One of my goals at school this year is to simplify, simplify, simplify... Hopefully living in the smaller space will help me with that. I hope.

Balance is Important in Yoga (and in Life)

Well, today I officially gave my two week resignation saying 'Thanks but now I'm going to school so I can work for Jesus,' or, well, that's a paraphase, I guess. Though I've seen it coming for a long time, it was still a little nerve-wracking. Now I really don't have a job after these next two weeks, now I really am moving in only 21 days, I'm going to need to find a job and make new friends (and leave the old), and get back into the school work mindset (after a nice, long summer off...), oh, and perhaps the hardest part of it all, I'm going to have to wake up at the crack of dawn for my 8 AM classes.

We've all been anxious about things before, and we've all made it through just fine... And yet, these things keep weighing on me. I have faith that once I get up there and get settled (and find a job), this will all quiet down... But today it was such a racket inside my head that I couldn't even focus at yoga class.

I was the wobbliest and most tense person in that room... I think my yoga teacher could tell. I did, after all, have to modify every single pose. And it took me a long time to get into meditation...

I usually leave yoga feeling awesome, balanced, grounded... kind of like I've just been praying with my entire body... Today I felt... kind of let down...

This was me today. From WeHeartIt

Well, it's the truth - every day is not going to be absolutely on-top-of-the-world amazing, and we're not going to leave every yoga class (or whatever activity we may do to relax) completely centered, but the one thing I know about bad days is that God wants us even then... Even when we mess everything up and spill milk on ourselves walking into work and swear at the woman who pulled out in front of us even though she had plenty of time and we were just being a teensy bit touchy...

Yes, even when we're down, God wants us. God wants to hold us close and help us back up, help us dust the dirt off our knees so we can greet another day...

And you know what, after talking it out and reminding myself of this, I'm honestly feeling a lot better about this all. How great is our God? :)