Summer is here, but it is not the summer I remember. It’s
different. I can hear all the wise old folk out there saying “welcome to the
real world” as they read this, but hey, I’m new here. This summer Jeff works
every day, just like he does during the year; Monday through Friday and
weekends off and I don’t know how he does it, I would get burnt out without a
break or something different. I’m working 12-6 Monday through Fridays at a daycare
with babies (J).
So my afternoons and pretty much my evenings are gone by the time I get home
and get supper made. I’m sad when I
think of playing outside with my brothers, tanning in the pool, going to
friends houses, getting my favorite ice cream from the Schwanns man, and I even
miss the chores I dreaded and put off. I’m realizing that opening new chapters
means closing old ones. Some new chapters I’ve now had a little (10 months)
experience with and know that I love it and am excited for the rest of it, but
other new chapters I only know the title and it has me a little nervous. This
fall I start teaching fourth grade at the school where I student taught. It’s
the job I hoped to get and I am thrilled that I did! Also very nervous. This is what I have been
working for the last several years of my life, but now I have to actually go do
it, and it’s very important that I do a good job! As with all the other
chapters in life, I will continue through it and God will be there in it and it
will be significant; it’s just exciting and intimidating to sit here and look
at the ‘title page’ for a little while.
There is one lovely perk to adult summers…vacation time!
We are blessed with the opportunity to go to Florida in July! We get to visit
Jeff’s Uncle and go somewhere that I have never been to, and hopefully go do
some things that neither of us have ever done J.
And for those of you wondering “how the married life is
going”, It’s fantastic! Our pastor recently asked if it was anything like we
expected, Jeff said “it’s better”. I agree, it is nothing like I expected, but
it is better. Sharing a life with someone else is complicated and sometimes a
pain, because it would just be easier to do things on our own, but it is so
much more meaningful when you are sharing it. I won’t even bat an eye at having
to ask to buy something, or having to carefully think about what kind of meals to
make ;) if it means that I get to experience everything life and God has to
offer with Jeff by my side. And I’m pretty sure I can speak for him that he
feels the same way.
