You're still reading this?

Hey cool people -- Cheers to those of you who actually still read my blog, seeing as my schedule this summer has not afforded me the extra time to write about what I'm learning and thinking. I've missed this very much! So here's a little update on what's gone on since I got back from Scotland 2 1/2 months ago...

• Right after I got home to Oregon, my sister/brother-in-law/twin nieces came for a two week visit...
• Then my aunt/uncle/cousins visited for several days...
• Then I drove up to Olympia, WA and interviewed for the Associate Pastor/Chaplin position open at Evergreen Christian School...
• Then I wrote the article for Soul Purpose...
• Then spent an intense week car shopping and finally bought a car (it was crazy, I never knew car shopping was so time consuming)...
• Then I flew to Springfield, MO and spent two weeks there catching up with old friends and packing up all my stuff that was in storage and mailing it back to Oregon...
• I got home from Missouri on a Wednesday night and left the next morning at 6am to drive 6 hrs to Vancouver, BC to visit Andy and check out Regent, the grad school where I want to get my Masters Degree next year...
• I spent 4 days there, had a blast, met with an admissions counselor, sat in on a class and a few chapels, etc, etc...
• Then I drove from Vancouver to Olympia, WA immediately after that to help my brother with his youth summer camp (he's a youth pastor at the church where I interviewed), which was totally awesome but really tiring...
• While I was in Olympia I also had my 2nd interview for the Chaplin position at the Christian school that is a part of the church where my brother is a youth pastor...
• After all that I drove three hours back home to Oregon, and on the way got a phone call saying they were offering me the job as Chaplin..
• SO, I had 1 day to pack all my stuff in my car and drive/move back up to Olympia...
• I had no place to live so for the first week I lived with my brother and sister-in-law, half my stuff still shoved in my car, and half my stuff kind of moved into their baby's room...
• I started work the day after I got to Olympia, and that same week my laptop battery and adaptor died, so I was without a computer (so frustrating!!)...
• Plus, I was horribly sick cause I got a really, really bad cold right after summer camp. It was the worst cold I've ever had (no exaggeration), and probably the worst timing as well...
• I worked for a week, then Andy came down for a visit that we'd planned before I got the job in Olympia (bad timing again, but what can ya do? We'd had this visit planned all summer)...
• Took Andy home to meet my parents in Oregon, then back up to Olympia to help me move into the house I'll be living at this year, then back down to Oregon to spend more time with my paretns...
• I dropped Andy off at the Portland airport on the drive back up to Olympia Monday morning, then had two full days of teacher/staff orientation at the school, followed by a very busy week of planning and prepping for the students' return to school this week!

If that sounds insane, it's because it is. Needless to say, it's been a really busy summer (not exactly the restful transition time I thought it would be), but it's been really great as well. I've had to opportunity to see lot of friends and family that I missed very much while I was in Scotland last year. Now I'm just missing my peeps in Scotland...too bad it's not as easy to visit them. Now that I've fully moved to Olympia and am settling into my new job, I'm getting back into a normal routine -- which I LOVE.

Thanks to those of you who have kept in touch through this crazy transition time. I plan to continue writing here about the things God is teaching me this new season of life, and I'd love your company on the journey :o)