Less than six weeks before I get to move into my new apartment in Valpo. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be living off campus this year. Luckily, it’s close enough that getting to and from shouldn’t be hard, and my classes are in pretty good blocks, especially when I add the hours I plan to work. I’ve started purchasing things for my room- changing up the decorations this year, and have consequently forbidden myself from going to Target for the next few weeks. It is way too easy to spend money there. I ventured into IKEA for the first time, and all that did was get me really excited to someday have an entire house that I can decorate. Emphasis on someday.
Work is going really well. I’m teaching in our Sunday service for the next three weeks and am pretty excited about that. Hopefully the students will be able to get something good out of it. We’re also getting ready for camp- and the closer it gets, the busier I get, but the more excited I get too. There is nothing in the world like the Peak, and it’s something that I look forward to all year.
It’s hard to think that in a year I’ll be out there in the real world- somewhere. I don’t know where that will be, and am trying my hardest to leave that in God’s hands, especially because I get incredibly overwhelmed when I start to think about big decisions like that. I look back to this time last year- how much has happened since then, the things that have changed- and can’t believe that so much can be different. I guess this just reminds me that a year is a LOT of time, so trying to plan for that right now doesn’t make any sense anyway. Plus, it’s kind of exciting to think of the wide range of possibilities waiting at my door.
I’ve realized in the last few days how much I enjoy having something pretty to look at. Turning the corner and seeing Mount Hood in all it’s glory is something that I can’t do in the Midwest- all I ever see is corn fields and smokestacks. For so long I’ve taken the beauty of the northwest for granted, and looking back I wish I’d done things like hiking, camping, exploring more often. I guess that saying is true- you never know what you got til it’s gone.
Love and miss-
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When I was a student at Valpo, I would gaze upon the picturesque beauty of the old library and its 1960s architecture as a substitute for a beautiful landscape. Trying to navigate between the crowded stacks was almost like hiking. Sadly, you are forced to endure the multimillion dollar new union and library instead. : )
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