grad school students and coffee

Here I am, at the Coffee Ethic for the third time this week. This time i'm sitting amongst my sister's grad school friends as they study for a final. Their brains are working much harder and much, much faster than mine. I sit and relax as they memorize concepts such as the different tics for Tourettes Syndrome, and Adolescent Maturation Cycles (or whatever the big terms are for puberty).

Yesterday I actually joined in on their Advanced Developmental Psychology class at Evangel. They are on their masters guidance counseling track - and I thought it might be helpful to grasp what a master's level class looks like since I am toying with the idea of going to get my own masters degree. I enjoyed seeing my old professors from my undergrad more than I enjoyed the class - but still enjoyed my time soaking it all in. This week has been a lot of soaking for me. Lots of time praying and enjoying small things like 4 cups of coffee in one day, the book The Shack, and lots of prayer and random meetings with friends. I really haven't done anything major, and I'm thinking I may be a little disappointed in myself for this... but I shouldn't be too hard on myself. This month alone will hold trips for me to KC, St Louis, Charlotte, and Iceland. All of which I am looking forward to and saving energy and money for.

To let you all know where I am on the job hunt...I am no longer hunting. A door opened for me at Mama Jeans, a natural health market/grocery store here in Springfield, and I took it. I will now be in charge of the Personal Care department there. I'm thrilled to know what is around the corner finally. Plus the place is awesome - full of great people I go to church with, a fun atmosphere, and seems like a fun job in general (much less stress from what I gather thus far). And I am so thankful for time before I start (july 5th) to relax, contemplate, be with friends, travel, and pray. I'm still tackling bigger concepts of where I want to be and what I want long term - like going back to Charlotte, going to grad school?, relationships, and the like - but I feel like this is a very positive move hopefully in the right direction. Plus Mama Jeans just rocks!

So that's me as far as circumstances go. When it comes to spiritually - I feel like I'm thriving. I'm growing. I'm experiencing. I'm loving. I'm learning to love. I'm learning to trust. I'm learning to give. And there you go. I'm going to get more coffee now.