Life

"it was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

Oh how these words describe my life so perfectly right now.

I sit in my room smelling the fabulous scent coming from the lilac branch I plucked from a bush while walking back from my last class of the semester and am transported to such a great place.  I have to drag myself out of it and remember I still have to live life.  And right now, life is not so great.

Finals. Leaving friends for four months. Grandma.

I should have spent the afternoon studying for my upcoming finals.

Instead I felt the need to go out and buy $2 watercolors and spend the day listening to

Pandora and creating a masterpiece.

Time well spent in my opinion.

April 18th, 2010

Things have been hard for me and my family lately.  My grandmother has been in a constant struggle against cancer for the last year and a half and it has been a very difficult fight as of lately.  I can not express the depth of my feelings at the moment.  I have never before felt such nervousness, sadness, anticipation, fear, etc.  My grandmother has been one of the strongest influences in my life and I can not imagine a life without her.  It is BEYOND hard being away from home at this moment. 

Please pray. 

April 10, 2010

I have decided what I want for my birthday...

I am REALLY loving this beautiful tape lately.

happy tape

I luv.

I luv this print and everything else found here.

To Be Determined...

I am looking forward to a lot of things right now.  Some that will happen very soon and others I will have to wait a little bit longer...

• Going home for another weekend
• Being a part of my baby nephews baptism
• Seeing one of my besties next weekend while growing deeper in my faith
• Finishing my classes for the semester
• Going home for the ENTIRE summer
• Going to Seattle with some FAB girlies
• Opening up my art studio with some more of my besties
• Being able to see some of the best sunsets over Lake Michigan. Every Night.
• Learning how to letterpress
• Taking a GREAT group of middle schoolers to summer camp for a week
• Taking classes im actually interested in
• Having my very own bedroom in such a cute little house on Spartan
• Graduating college and getting a real-life job!

This is such a short list compared to the amount of thoughts going through my head.  Two emotions  arise when thinking about my future: excitement and nervousness.  I'm excited at the unknown but that makes me so nervous at the same time...

What the heck is my life going to look like even at this time next year?