Yesterday I finally unpacked my last box! My apartment is now mostly settled. I even spent an hour on the piano last night playing through a bunch of Coldplay songs! Great end to the day... But at some point in the middle of the day, my eye started to bug me so I was rubbing at it. I was talking on the phone with my cousin, Mark, and my eye was just leaking tears! So once I finished chatting with Mark about the joys of moving and my wonderful new job, I ran into the bathroom and my right eye had swollen up almost to the point where I couldn't close my eyelid! It was nasty! The white part of my eye looked like a jellyfish and was bulging out of my eye socket. Scared me pretty good, so naturally, I called my mom. She said that it was probably just swollen from the irritation of having rubbed book dust into them and to lay down, calm down, and put ice on it. (I was a little freaked.) So I obeyed Dr. Mom's orders and my eye finally went back inside my head... whew!
In other news, I still love my job. I'm working normal hours unless I choose to put in more time and have shorter Fridays. But now that my unpacking is finished, I'm starting to get lonely. I have found a church that I think I will continue attending. I know a couple people there but just about everyone my age already has a spouse and/or kids so its a little bit different. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do about friends. I know God opened doors for me to come out here to WA so that I could leave certain other temptations behind. And speaking of which, I just filled out all my forms to apply for a security clearance which brought up all my past wrongs. It was harder than I thought it would be to commit it to paper and sign my name on it. Hopefully my past won't be enough to deny me a clearance and keep me from staying at this job. Because it would really stink to have to repack all those boxes I just unpacked! Anyway, God is good and I know he has a plan for me. I'm just struggling to live through the "desert" time where its so lonely. And hot! It was 107 degrees here on Friday! augh! ok, so now I'm rambling so I'd better get going. I love and miss you all in Lafayette and Toledo and Kokomo and... I just love and miss you all! Peace of Christ be with you!
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I pray that God will guide you to friends who will help you continue to grow in Him!
You can always call or e-mail Mel and I :-)!
joe
So glad to hear that you still have your eye and it's back to normal (and hopefully staying that way)! That's great news that you've found a church to get plugged into, too. It sounds like it's a different crowd, but hopefully you'll quickly find a "niche" there that feels like home.
I think of you every time I see my purple mug that says "Friends are God's way of taking care of us." That just seems more and more true as time goes by.
I will be praying that you find some good friendships out there and that you find rich blessings in your work, church, and community!
I am so glad you are settling in and LOVING your job. I know that you are lonely now, but take comfort in knowing that you are following His plan for you.
"Oh, the utter extavagance of his work in us who trust him" ( Eph 1:19)
I know he has extravagant things in store for you.
As far as the security clearance for your job, I can assure you that if most of us were required to document our past discretions on paper many of us would be red flagged. We know that God casts our confessed sins to the bottom of the ocean floor but who guessed the government would have an office even there. Oh well, I am sure you will be fine. We miss you and Sunday School just is not the same with out you!
Love and prayers!!!
Heather
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