A New Year

Okay, so I know that everyone writes these start of the new year blogs, but I have been horrible at updating, so I thought this gave me an excuse. One thing I have been thinking a lot about is how much has changed in a year, and how much some things haven't changed. I was at a wedding last weekend down in Macon, GA for a good from college. There were many people at the wedding who, upon seeing them, I realized how much I still miss them. I miss Athens, and I miss my life there. I miss the people I spent time with regularly, and seeing even just a few of them made me realize yet again, how much I miss all of them. Matt went to the wedding, and it is so fun to introduce him to people that I love. It so fun to see my "now world" connect with my "then world", but at the same time it continues to pain me that the two worlds aren't one all the time. It is hard to move on, and even a year and a half after graduation, it is still just as hard. But I love that I have friendships with people who live all over the country, I love that I have people who have meant so much to me that I wish I was around them all the time. There are so many blessings, one of those being that after a year and a half, these friendships are still real and still building me up eventhough these people aren't a part of my everyday life.

My job is going well. I am really enjoying my time in the ICU and really feel that I am getting some very valuable experience there. I am nervous though that some of the real trying "emotional aspects" of this position are just about to set in, we'll see how I handle it. The emergency department is also going well. Many people ask me if I will want to just stay in the ICU and become the full time person there, and at this point in time I just don't have an answer. I think I am going to revisit that question and reconsider that option in mid-February.

I just started things back up with the youth group, and it looks like starting in February I will be heading up the girls discipleship group. I am so excited to spend time with these girls, learn from them, and build a stronger relationship with them. I just pray that the Lord gives me wisdom in what to teach and the words to say, and that He blesses the time I have with these girls.

Tomorrow, Matt and I are going up to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and my precious nieces in Asheville, NC. I am so excited to see my little Abby and Caroline!!!! Matt has never seen Asheville, so he is excited to see a new town and to be in the mountains! Please pray that I have a good time with my family because I miss them so much!!! Also, later this month, I am going to Missouri to visit my friends Brian and Gail, also pray that that is good time with old friends and just a refreshing vacation for me!