Monday, January 28, 2008

Mmmm, man I don't write on this thing enough. Quick update since the last blog
-YEAHHHHH i'm in grad school with an assistanceship (a dream come true!)
-Moved to Greensboro, NC after working as the Christian Education Director for Camp Wright in Maryland this summer
-Have 3 good close friends in the area Kate, Katie and Joy. We are all so intensely different, but interior architecture (and good drinks) have brought us close together.
-I'm back on the Body for Life diet...except this time it really is for life, and I recently started going to the gym.
-Had a whirlwind of a relationship with a man named Drew from Gastonia, NC, which I ended due to incompatability. He really is such a sweet man, but I didn't feel the same for him as he did for me. Poor guy...I broke up with him after he had a day of 12 hours in the airport coming home from meeting my parents in DC.
-Ellen got engaged!!! I'm super excited for her. Honestly, I'm a little jealous too, but not in a bad way. I mean she finally sees the light at the end of the dark dark tunnel called "waiting until your married for the bow chica bow wow". Get it girl!

Yeah...whew and that is just a few basics. Recently, I started going to a christian singles meeting called The Well at Westover church. It really has been great for me to get to know new people.

Currently, I'm really struggling to understand where I am suppose to be in terms of a church. I've been going to DayStar on Sundays since last August and it doesn't feel like home. Even though I felt like going to Westover on Sunday, I decided that I was going to buckledown and go to Daystar to give them another shot. So I went and apparently they decided to change the time of the service and a huge e-mail was sent out to everyone letting them know. Well after all that time there I got no e-mail or phone call from anyone. Faced with having to wait another 45 minutes for the next service to start when I got there I just decided to go to Westover. On my way over I just started balling my eyes out. This may sound silly, but I still feel heartbroken over leaving Eternal (my last church in Charlotte). I miss feeling the comfort, safety, support and encouragement that the people and the message there brought me. I feel like since I have left Eternal I'm like a car that keeps going and I am running out of gas. Where am I suppose to be filling up at?

Crazy thing is I've only gone to like 5 events/services at Westover and I already have more friends there than at Daystar. Realistically, what probably happened when I went to Daystar was that I was still sad about leaving Eternal and probably wasn't as friendly as usual. Maybe it was like the rebound church? That mixed with little time to invest and a place where I didn't feel welcomed all made me resentful. The messages there are so good that I kept trying, but now I feel like it may be time for a start fresh.

In general, still struggling with being single. Apparently, my mother is (jokingly) marrying me off to someone in Iraq. Ha, she is such a crazy and I love her. Atleast she is trying to help.

Crazy roomate indecisiveness has struck and hopefully those caught in the shrapnel aren't too damaged.

Lately, I've been slightly distracted by hanging out with people from The Well. This distraction has proved to be delightful and necessary for procrastination, as well as refreshing. Its been great forming friendships with guys in particular, since I don't have a lot of those. My dancing shoes have also been getting extra action with some swing and salsa nights.

Being in two weddings this year, will certainly wipe out my bank account...but its all for the lady love of Ellen and Stephanie.

That is about all that is going on so I guess I'll end with an..."and scene".