back by popular demand

it has been pointed out to me on more than one occasion this week that i am not blogging about my new adventures in the northwest as i had promised that i would. and being inspired by katie awesometroublshooter gardner and her "one blog post a day in the month of november" thing she is participating in, i thought that i would attempt to do the same. but it's the 2nd, not the first, and i didn't post anything yesterday, so i'm already a day behind. shoot! but oh well, here it goes anyway...

this week, on halloween in fact, i purchased my first ice scraper. i had to borrow one from one of the other cars at my house just so i could get to the gym that morning, and i decided that it would be something worth investing in. if its cold enough in october that i have ice on my windshield i can only imagine what in the world the winter months hold for me. so that was $3.49 well spent if you ask me. of course, i haven't needed it since then, but i will. and when i do, i'm ready.

i have successfully registered my car here in washington, but unfortunately, i still don't belong to this state. it is a whole lot harder to get a drivers license up here than i would have thought. you know, california seems to give a license to just about anyone, whether or not they are legally supposed to have one. does that make california the more Biblically correct state because of it's welcoming attitude? hmm...something to ponder.

and in other news, i am definitely enjoying my job, and having so much fun getting to know all the awesome students and volunteers at central. i can't wait until i feel like i actually know what i'm doing, or what i'm supposted to be doing. i know that will take time.

and now for the downer...i desperately miss my friends. i miss just doing fun stuff with people, like movie nights with adam, or getting chips and salsa with emili, or doing the coffee and a bagel after kickboxing thing with kat. and then there's mojitos with angela and katie, disney with sam, yogurt express with mia, and so much more. i miss my people, the people who walked through this last season of life with me, and actually get stuff without having to have me explain what happened previously or a backstory or anything. it was good to know and to be known. and it took a long time to get there. i'm not a patient person so i don't want to wait through all of that again. and honestly, it's hard to lose all of that closeness with the people i care about. because long distance friendships are so not the same. even if you're close, it's different, and there is a lot that you miss when you're not there in the day-to-day. i don't want to miss that with them. but if i am where i am supposed to be, and i truly feel that i am, then i need to hang in there, and rely on God, and learn to be patient, and to be proactive in making new friendships. ahh...so much to learn!!!!

alright, so this extra long post should make up for missing yesterday. i will make my valient attempt to write some fun ancedote once a day this month. and if i miss a day, please extend more grace to me than i did to katie last year :)