End of Summer

I just can't BELIEVE it's already August! This summer has FLOWN by, and it feels like life is spiraling out of control! Thankfully, this is the first August that I won't be starting another semester of school. That's such a wonderful feeling- no tests, no homework, no scrounging for food. Haha dramatic. And I am really loving my job. It's been an adjustment to get used to getting up so early and working on my feet for 8 hours every day, but I love the work I'm doing. And it really is nice to be able to come home and not have to study or write a paper. I love having the evenings to spend with Brandon. Even though it's kinda been exhausting because he constantly has a new project for us to work on, we're having fun. We're finally feeling like this is home, and we are loving life in a house. Bailey does too. We really don't miss the days of taking Bailey out on her leash all the time. And she really enjoys chasing the bunnies who frequent our back yard. More than the yard work and all that, we are really loving the little things. Like how nice it is to be able to do an actual load of laundry, not just the couple of towels we could fit in our stackable unit in the apartment. And how we can both be in the kitchen at the same time without hitting each other. But most of all, we love being able to have friends over and family come to stay with us. That's been the best part of it all, and we're excited to have a place to be able to have people over.

We feel so blessed with some of the best friends we could ever imagine. God just places people in life who He knows we need. This week I've especially been reminded of that. It was Beth's birthday, my best friend in Nashville. We talked and caught up and I just feel so blessed to still have her as such a good friend despite all the miles we are apart. And Brooke just moved like 15 minutes away from here, which is so exciting for me. We've been apart for these last two years of Grad School, but now we get to finally see each other again. And I also got to hang out with Meagan and Ashley the other night for Meagan's birthday, and I'm constantly reminded of how lucky I am to have friends that can just get together every once in a while, catch up, and have so much fun. God has really continued to keep such close friends in my life at the times when I need it, while He's also really been blessing us with new friendships that I hope will also be lifelong. Our friends from church are exactly what we've been praying for- guys that Brandon can relate to and be dumb with, and girls that I can talk and have a good time with. Not to mention puppies that Bailey can play with:) I guess this week I've kinda been thinking about that a lot. God is so good.