Spring is here.
And so I rode my bike to school yesterday, did Pilates...
I don't know. Things just wake up in me when the Spring comes. The weather is warmer. The entire world looks like someone got the box of 94 Crayolas and went to town. This tree...I'm not sure which one...is this vivid color purple. It's insane. Maybe fusia (sp?) is a better word. And people. People smile more. And they're all outside because it's warm. You're aware, suddenly, that there are so many other people in the world, and they're enjoying life just as much as you...and why? Because it's warm, colorful, and they can see eachother.
I've finally gotten a move-on with my Honors Thesis. I did the prelim. outline today. I've found all my sources(!), and I've (kinda) scheduled my jury and rehearsals with the violist. Right now, it all seems like it will be so thrown together when I have the jury, but I know that once I have the paper done, I'll feel MUCH better. See, the jury's in two weeks, which means my violist, pianist, and I have to be solid together, and I have to have written my paper and rehearsed the presentation enough to where I can give it smoothely. *breathe*
Things are picking up with ISEP. I got the brochure from Dortmond in the mail at my parents' house, and the forms I have to fill out for it are waiting for me at the International house. I was kinda hoping all the work would be over once I got in. Alas, this is Planet Earth, and things that are really worth doing are seemingly never over. Until...they are...
Another thing about Spring. Things are possible. Everyone wakes up from this cold (or cool if you're in our mild-weather South) sleep, and all the sudden, all the work you've been putting in all Winter comes back and blooms. Not only have I gotten in to ISEP, but a really good friend of mine here - Sinamon - heard from the Peace Corps on Monday. She's going to Africa!! A lot of my friends here are freaked out. They really want her to go, but they're totally going to miss her. It's two years, and they haven't had as much time to get used to the idea of her leaving as they have for me. She was only "thinking" about it in January - and now she's really going! Since I won't be here for six months, and I'm kinda wrapped up in my own excitement about life, I have no obstacle to being EXTATIC for her!
I've also got a friend who just found out about a job opening which is PERFECT for her. As in, I couldn't see her going anywhere else doing any thing. I really, REALLY hope she gets it. It really seems to be exactly what she's been working towards all her life.
It's such a neat place to be. To see the work of you and the people you love come full circle - to finally make sense. It's amazing because, not only am I seeing how God is working in my life, but I'm seeing how He's working in theirs. And, at the risk of sounding cliche, that's far more beautiful than any season could ever be.
I don't know. Things just wake up in me when the Spring comes. The weather is warmer. The entire world looks like someone got the box of 94 Crayolas and went to town. This tree...I'm not sure which one...is this vivid color purple. It's insane. Maybe fusia (sp?) is a better word. And people. People smile more. And they're all outside because it's warm. You're aware, suddenly, that there are so many other people in the world, and they're enjoying life just as much as you...and why? Because it's warm, colorful, and they can see eachother.
I've finally gotten a move-on with my Honors Thesis. I did the prelim. outline today. I've found all my sources(!), and I've (kinda) scheduled my jury and rehearsals with the violist. Right now, it all seems like it will be so thrown together when I have the jury, but I know that once I have the paper done, I'll feel MUCH better. See, the jury's in two weeks, which means my violist, pianist, and I have to be solid together, and I have to have written my paper and rehearsed the presentation enough to where I can give it smoothely. *breathe*
Things are picking up with ISEP. I got the brochure from Dortmond in the mail at my parents' house, and the forms I have to fill out for it are waiting for me at the International house. I was kinda hoping all the work would be over once I got in. Alas, this is Planet Earth, and things that are really worth doing are seemingly never over. Until...they are...
Another thing about Spring. Things are possible. Everyone wakes up from this cold (or cool if you're in our mild-weather South) sleep, and all the sudden, all the work you've been putting in all Winter comes back and blooms. Not only have I gotten in to ISEP, but a really good friend of mine here - Sinamon - heard from the Peace Corps on Monday. She's going to Africa!! A lot of my friends here are freaked out. They really want her to go, but they're totally going to miss her. It's two years, and they haven't had as much time to get used to the idea of her leaving as they have for me. She was only "thinking" about it in January - and now she's really going! Since I won't be here for six months, and I'm kinda wrapped up in my own excitement about life, I have no obstacle to being EXTATIC for her!
I've also got a friend who just found out about a job opening which is PERFECT for her. As in, I couldn't see her going anywhere else doing any thing. I really, REALLY hope she gets it. It really seems to be exactly what she's been working towards all her life.
It's such a neat place to be. To see the work of you and the people you love come full circle - to finally make sense. It's amazing because, not only am I seeing how God is working in my life, but I'm seeing how He's working in theirs. And, at the risk of sounding cliche, that's far more beautiful than any season could ever be.