awesome

okay, so it's been about 145678234 years since my last post, and i am SO truly sorry for that! SO SO much has been happening lately- i finished my first year of COLLEGE (which means i finished all of those stressful projects and long nights of studying for finals!), i started (and in one week will be finished!) a summer school class, and most importantly started my incredible job!

In my last blog, I think I left you hanging with some pretty big news- well I was going to write this huge long post about my summer, and i actually started it, but it wasn't great. Maybe i'll go back and finish it someday.. but for now you'll have to settle for this: I have an incredible job for the summer! I'm one of the children's interns at my wonderful home church. I am SO excited about this job, I don't think I have the words to describe it. Today was my first day, and this morning I tweeted (oh yes, I'm on twitter) about being so excited, I compared it to being like a child on Christmas morning- but even that doesn't do justice to how fully pumped I am to see what God has in store for this summer! I could go on about this for a LONG time, trust me.. but for now I'm going to move on to another topic, but dont worry.. there will be plenty of posts this summer updating you on this summer goes!

Okay, so I finished my freshman year of college- that's a big deal! Such a big deal that I want to dedicate an entire post to that.. I want to take time to think and reflect on all the ways I've grown and changed.. So that's being put on the back burner for right now. I promise, it'll come soon enough- but for now I have something else I want I want to chat about..

So there's this book that my wonderful boss showed us today called The Book of Awesome.

I dont know if you've heard of this before, or maybe you've even read it.. but this book got me so excited! This book is pretty much just a compilation of awesome things in day to day life- simple things that could so easily be taken for granted.. but can be so awesome. Little things like the smell of playdoh, seeing 12:34 on a clock, pushing those little buttons on the soft drink lid, or picking dried glue off the lid.. such little things that don't mean much at all- but can bring so much joy at the same time. That's what life is about.. finding joy in the small things. I know we all have off days- trust me i've had my fair share of them.. but those little things that make you smile- even if it's as simple as spending an afternoon with your mom- those are what are important.

This reminds me of my favorite verse- Matthew 6:34.. Dont worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself- each day has enough trouble of it's own. We don't need to worry about what the future holds- it's all in God's hands- and that's the best place for it to be! I dont know about you, but if there is anyone I want controlling my future- it's the big guy upstairs. We shouldn't worry about the small little things- instead we should find joy in them! Why sweat the things that are out of our control- instead take sometime to appreciate the little things that are just.. awesome.