It's a happy heart kind of day.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Coffee Blessings
At this moment I am sitting in an artsy little coffee shop, attempting to finish my homework as I sit across from a dear friend of mine. We laugh together, share embarrassing secrets and have meaningful heart-to-heart conversations. This girl means so much to me and I am so blessed to have this friendship. A year ago I moved to a college 3 hours away from my hometown and the amount of people I knew I could count on one hand. At that time I would have never imagined that today I would be sitting here with such a close friendship with the girl across from me. Honestly, I just realized how much God has blessed me in this past year and I am so thankful for everything that he has done in my life. I'm thankful that even though he is the God of the entire universe, he cares that I have solid, loving, Christian friends at college too.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Life is Good.
Well, its been a really long time since the last time I wrote (not that I was very consistent to begin with) and a lot of things have happened in the time being.
The first is that I started another year of college. Whoo hoo! I think? I'm back to my crazy friends, time consuming school work and Friday night crochet and movie-thons. What could be better, right? For some strange reason I decided to overload myself and take 18 credits this semester. Part of the reason is because I agreed to help one of my professors as a research assistant in their lab. I get to run participants and crunch data, but the whole experience has actually been much more fun that I originally expected it to be. Other than the tight schedule, the transition back into the school life has been not so bad.
The second (and much more exciting) thing that has happened was my recent engagement to my boyfriend of three years. Yay! It was a beautiful day and K and I were visiting my family that live in the area. We decided to go out shopping (just the two of us) and then had a late lunch at Olive Garden. After we ate K insisted that we visit a three-tier waterfall that interrupted a large river that ran through downtown. I agreed to we spent the next hour walking around the gorgeous site. After we had seen most everything in the area, K took me to a quiet spot farther down the river and we sat on the river bank and talked. Throughout the summer he had asked me what my favorite part was although I was never able to give him an answer. He asked me again but this time he had me close my eyes and then open them when I had an answer. I thought about it for a little while and once I mustered up a good enough answer I opened my eyes and to my surprise he was kneeling in the sand with the ring in his hand. I can honestly say that my favorite part of the summer changed instantly to that moment. It was absolutely perfect and I am beyond excited for what it now means for us!
We plan to get married this coming June and I absolutely can not wait! We have finished planning the major wedding decisions and now are just slowly working on the more minor details. It really has been going so smoothly and with very little stress. Hopefully it stays that way until the wedding! :)
(Though I do understand that isn't very likely.)
Thats all for now!
The first is that I started another year of college. Whoo hoo! I think? I'm back to my crazy friends, time consuming school work and Friday night crochet and movie-thons. What could be better, right? For some strange reason I decided to overload myself and take 18 credits this semester. Part of the reason is because I agreed to help one of my professors as a research assistant in their lab. I get to run participants and crunch data, but the whole experience has actually been much more fun that I originally expected it to be. Other than the tight schedule, the transition back into the school life has been not so bad.
The second (and much more exciting) thing that has happened was my recent engagement to my boyfriend of three years. Yay! It was a beautiful day and K and I were visiting my family that live in the area. We decided to go out shopping (just the two of us) and then had a late lunch at Olive Garden. After we ate K insisted that we visit a three-tier waterfall that interrupted a large river that ran through downtown. I agreed to we spent the next hour walking around the gorgeous site. After we had seen most everything in the area, K took me to a quiet spot farther down the river and we sat on the river bank and talked. Throughout the summer he had asked me what my favorite part was although I was never able to give him an answer. He asked me again but this time he had me close my eyes and then open them when I had an answer. I thought about it for a little while and once I mustered up a good enough answer I opened my eyes and to my surprise he was kneeling in the sand with the ring in his hand. I can honestly say that my favorite part of the summer changed instantly to that moment. It was absolutely perfect and I am beyond excited for what it now means for us!
We plan to get married this coming June and I absolutely can not wait! We have finished planning the major wedding decisions and now are just slowly working on the more minor details. It really has been going so smoothly and with very little stress. Hopefully it stays that way until the wedding! :)
(Though I do understand that isn't very likely.)
Thats all for now!
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