a change would do you good

i love it when i'm running and a song comes into my head that matches perfectly with my life, so perfectly in fact that it becomes a permanent addition to my internal life-soundtrack. [yes, music goes on in my head quite often, and not necessarily while running. and i don't find it a bad thing, back off.] maybe someday, when i'm old(er), i'll burn a cd to share this wonderful masterpiece with others.

better yet, maybe not.

anyway, today Sheryl Crow's voice came through brilliantly. A Change is a keeper.

lots of big-time changes coming up soon, and i can't stress how wicked excited i am about them all. in bullet point fashion, they are:

• job change [this is my last week of "employment" at Sojourn]
• change-of-scenery [exploring Spain and Morocco for a couple weeks]
  
• beginning grad school [at Tufts in July]
• turning the big 2-5 [and attaining "old" status, hooray]
  
• moving [into a community house in Dorchester - see picture above]
• getting the nose re-pierced, dreads, and my dream tattoo...just in time to be a teacher. [hopefully]
  

good times.

sister visit

i was super-blessed to have Corrine visit last week! this is us hanging out around Fan Pier. good times.

over six years have passed since we first met at Purdue. thankfully, her first impression of me (overstuffed backpack, lacrosse stick in-hand, angrily venting about a class...yikes) didn't scare her off. :) after two years living together in a house that had 35 girls and WAY too much estrogen, shopping for groceries together for those estrogen-laden girls, study-sessions and amazing conversations that lasted until early morning, and finding comfort in one another's only-childness, we were pretty much destined to be best friends for a very long time. living 1,000 miles apart and having lives that are different in many ways hasn't changed that. we "adopted" one another as sisters a couple years ago, and sisters we remain.

God's providence is pretty stellar. i am so thankful for my sister!