Hey kids.  I may have lost all my faithful readers by now.   I know I know....May to September is a long time to have the same entry up ha.  But what a worthy entry it was. 

Truth is I was avoiding updating...as each day passed I wondered how I was going to type an update that even came close to what my life has been the last 4 months.  I will give it my best try. 

First things first...I am employed.  3 cheers for a paycheck (tomorrow I get my first one in fact).  I am teaching 9th and 10th grade science at FRHS in Keller.  We are at the end of our 3rd week of real school.  Fun times right?  I love my kids...even though they can be a challenge sometimes.  The paperwork is tough to handle but I'm still here...still alive and for a first year teacher I hear that's good.  I have had a lot of help from my colleagues and I'd be drowning if a couple people hadn't picked me up and carried me through the first few weeks.  Just keep swimming right?  The rest of my life?   Hmmm well my family moved to NRH so it's been interesting getting adjusted to the move.  Jon is doing amazingly well.  The new church is fun and I'm trying to get involved in as many things as possible to make myself some friends (hahah).  Starting last week I'm also helping lead worship for Mosaic..a young adult worship service at FUMC Mansfield.  The GLC praise band lives on (50% of it anyway). 

Camp was incredible but even that statement seems too goofy to put on here.  Words can't really begin to describe...but I will say that I miss all my GLC peeps.  The other day (you know that day when you realize camp is over for real---typically one to two weeks after camp ends) it actually hurt when I thought of camp being over.  Physically hurt.  I keep looking at the picture Lindsey made that's on my desk...it has a picture of the lake at night with the fountain.  You know typical GLC greatness caught on film.  I guess it is more real this year than ever...since I'm not just saying goodbye until next year.  I'm for real saying goodbye.  I had to be a lifer huh?  This stuff hurts but I guess that's life.  This year has been tough in that same regard.  College was an amazing spiritual experience for me (oh yeah and the education wasn't bad either).  So in the span of 9 months I've pretty much lost every place, person, and organization that was important to me, aside from my amazing family of course.  By "lost" I mean far removed.  A&M is there and Aggieland may always be visited but it will never be the same.  I'll never be an active member of Phi Lamb or Wesley or Crossbound Choir again.  I'll never be a student attending Breakaway every Tuesday or watch tv at Wesley between classes.  I'll never carry my guitar over to the MSC for Phi Lamb on Mondays or go over to Jill and Kathryn's apartment for Bible Study.  I'll never be on summer staff at Glen Lake again...sigh.  Sad day...sad days....but I guess I'm supposed to move on right?  We'll see where this new part of my life leads me.  Right now I have zero friends to hang out with here and a workload that's beyond stressful.  The Lord is good though.  He is. 

Reflection on my summer in a entry soon to come.  In the meantime, I miss you all.  Deuces!

His Alone,

Mel <><