Today is the last and final day of the year 2005!!
It has been an AMAZINGLY AWESOME year!! So much has happened!!
- 6.5 months in Australia, with 2.5 months in California in the middle.
- New friends (no I'm not going to try naming you all, just in case I miss someone)
- Goals achieved
- graduate from SFYL
- make it home safely from Oz
- climbed to "The Big Cross" 4 times during the North American summer (as opposed to the Australian summer)
- overnight kayaking trip with Bart!!
(those are a few...many, many more)
Everyone have a very Happy New Year!!
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid!!
Do you ever feel like you might be older than you thought? Or that you are older than you think you should be? Do you ever feel like suddenly things are "different"?
I had a couple of moments like that recently.
Firstly, a number of my friends will finish university this year. They are about the same age as me, and it is weird to think that they will have degrees and will be starting full-blown careers. And now I'm looking at starting to pursue my calling to Officership in the Salvation Army. That means being an ordained member of clergy (a huge privilege, but also a huge responsibility) and entering into the rest of my life (at least until retirement...which is 43 years away...almost twice as long as I've been alive so far). It makes me feel old.
I also received word that one of my friends that I worked at camp with this past summer is now engaged. She's the same age as me and getting married!?!?! Yikes!! Seems so young, and yet somehow it seems old enough...which maybe means older!!
And I also received word that someone I used to be friends with has recently had her first baby.
And now, as I was typing this post I discovered that two more of my friends got engaged last night!! Wow!! Okay, definately feeling old now.
To all my friends that are my age out there: WE CAN'T GROW UP THIS QUICKLY!! SLOW DOWN PEOPLE!!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Congratulations Leslie & Quinn and Lindsay & Michael!!
I had a couple of moments like that recently.
Firstly, a number of my friends will finish university this year. They are about the same age as me, and it is weird to think that they will have degrees and will be starting full-blown careers. And now I'm looking at starting to pursue my calling to Officership in the Salvation Army. That means being an ordained member of clergy (a huge privilege, but also a huge responsibility) and entering into the rest of my life (at least until retirement...which is 43 years away...almost twice as long as I've been alive so far). It makes me feel old.
I also received word that one of my friends that I worked at camp with this past summer is now engaged. She's the same age as me and getting married!?!?! Yikes!! Seems so young, and yet somehow it seems old enough...which maybe means older!!
And I also received word that someone I used to be friends with has recently had her first baby.
And now, as I was typing this post I discovered that two more of my friends got engaged last night!! Wow!! Okay, definately feeling old now.
To all my friends that are my age out there: WE CAN'T GROW UP THIS QUICKLY!! SLOW DOWN PEOPLE!!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Congratulations Leslie & Quinn and Lindsay & Michael!!
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