Proverbs 10:19

I watched the birds today.  There were two of them, a male and a female.  I think they had somehow decided that their home, or perfect future home, was somewhere on the other side of this strange forcefield - my living room window.  The male sat on a branch all day, while the female sat on the window ledge.  She would randomly tap on the window with her beak, fly up and ram into the window,  or accidently hit her beak on the window when she tried to look around.  Sometimes, the male would puff up real big and make a funny noise, and then the female would chirp back.  Everytime I moved, they flew away, only to return and do everything again....pretty much all day.  They are gone now, maybe they finally gave up.

Alright.  So I am home sick today, so I actually have some time on my hands to blog.  The bummer part is that when I'm sick, the thoughts my mind produces aren't quite as beautiful and coherant as I like to believe my normal writing is.  So here is an update on my life, done with no writing style whatsoever.

I have 12 more work days left at Handicare.  For this one detail of my life, I am highly thankful.  Although there is potential for me to return to Handicare after the summer, I am happy to report, under no circumstances, will I be returning to Handicare to work in a classroom.

I have 25 days left before I move to New Orleans.  I called Jen the other night and got a few more details.  Until that conversation, all I really knew was the I was moving to New Orleans on May 21.  Now I also know that we are living in a Bed and Breakfast downtown.  I'll probably be getting a job of some sort, whether that will be working at Subway for ridiculous amounts of money, or maybe working construction.  I have little to no experience working construction (I helped nail the stage down in the church building), but I think it would be pretty sweet to spend the summer building things in Louisiana.  I guess that just depends on whether or not they are desperate enough to give me a job doing that down there.  The summer is going to be a lot like other LTs in some ways (speakers, job, outreach, etc.) except that our free time will be spent volunteering (gutting out houses, opening refridgerators, throwing up, etc.).  I am so excited for this summer, I am finding it hard to remember that LT is hard, and there's a decent chance I'll cry a lot this summer.  But maybe I won't.  Maybe my experience will be different, since I am at a completely different place in my walk with God from where I was last time I went to LT.

I got a car.  Sarah and Jonathan gave me their car.  Did I tell you guys that?  I don't remember if I did or not.  That's fun, though.  It's one of those cars with a lot of character.  Fun exciting fact, my dad worked on it a little last weekend.  All my doors open from the inside and the outside now.  This weekend I will get a new part to put in it so that my blinkers will work and I can stop signalling with my arm out the window.

Hmmmm....I think that may be all I have for now.  Oooo, I am way excited for my weekend.  It will be jam packed with things I love.  I am going to the Rock, my parents' house, hopefully playing Jump and Duck, my friend, Jackie, is getting married, I'm going to her reception, I love wedding receptions, and I'm going to Chicago to watch a Cubs game.  I am excited to watch baseball to an extent that perplexes me.

Yeah, I think that about sums it up.

Bye for now.

Oh, since I have so much time on my hands, and I am laying on the couch a lot, I have been watching my bird friends outside my window.  I may write up a report on that for you guys.

I always enjoy finding out pieces of God’s plan for my life.  Especially when they catch me completely by surprise.

So, for the last 6 months, I have been trying to hard to convince God (convince myself that God told me he wanted this) that I should move to Chicago for SALT (a leadership/outreach program with my church).  I was a bit disappointed when that started to seem less and less like God’s plan for my summer.

So I gave up on it, and started to get myself revved up to be a grown up, get a more career-oriented job, and all that jazz.

Then God threw in the curve ball.

It’s now about 95% certain, I am moving to New Orleans for the summer. 

My summer plans, have taken a sudden turn.

At this point, I am so excited about this, I can hardly figure out the words to say right now.  I might just stop where I am, before I say something ridiculous.

I leave on May 21. 

I like gumbo.

This may be my big chance to work full-time at McDonalds.