Fun and Imagination Surround Me

The 4th season of Lost has come and gone. *sigh*

So, I guess this is the part where I blog about Life or whatever else my heart desires to write here. (or shall I say, "type" here) Just so everyone knows I have never blogged before. I decided I would try it out and see how it goes. Mostly I want to do this so that my family and friends can know what's going in my life. Or even for that random stranger who clicks on my blog and gets some inspiration or a chuckle. Here's to you random stranger.

I guess you could say this is my "Intro Post." My random babbling post. Whatever pops into my head post.

I finished reading "The City of Ember," by Jeanne Duprau about a week ago. I honestly read it because I saw a preview of the movie in the theater a few weeks ago. It was really good though. I recommend it if you want some fun and imagination in your brain. I work in a children's library so I like to read youth novels. Fun and Imagination surround me. I read them to keep my brain from exploding with all the "literature classics" that I have had to read this semester. I like them, don't get me wrong but too much is brain overload.

Speaking of semesters, I only have one semester left until I graduate from college. December '08. Hooplah. I'm really excited about where my life is headed after college. The thought of graduating used to scare the crap out of me but now it's not so bad as I see graduation drawing closer and closer.

I was extremely sad that I didn't get to graduate with my class but afterwards it wasn't so bad. It was a bittersweet feeling watching all of my friends walk up and receive their diploma. I wanted to be with all of them but then again I didn't because I wasn't fully ready for what was next. I want to get off this campus so bad but I didn't really know what I was supposed to do afterward. Where do i get a job? Where do I go? What do I do? What on earth do I do?! I guess that's what I get for changing my major to English at the last possible moment. All that doesn't really matter anymore because I have figured out what I am supposed to do.

This whole year has been, I guess somewhat of a downer for me. Spiritually and Socially I guess I will say.

Spiritually because I wanted to figure out what God wanted of me. I didn't really feel him around this year(my fault) and I didn't really know what I was supposed to do with my life. I had felt a call to missions before but when I went to Africa this past summer I didn't feel that call. I felt like I was supposed to do something like missions but not missions exactly. Confusing, I know. After I came back to the U.S. of A. and after I had a long, tiresome year here at school, and just before all my friends were about graduate, God let me in on what he was planning for my life. And let me say I am so excited about it. It's just amazing how God works things out. My friend Emily and were talking about God's perfect timing a few weeks ago. There's no way around his timing. Sometimes you have to wait before you can get the O.K. to move. I have definitely learned that this year. God's timing is the only timing there is. So now, I guess you're now wondering what it is that I will be doing with my life. Well, I still have to wait a little bit longer before doing it. (A year or 2.) I want to work with children who are at risk all over the world and bring awareness to sex trafficking, child soldiers street kids etc. In doing this I want to be Christ-like in everything I do.

Ok, now for the Socially dry year. Well, that can pretty much explain itself can't it? This year has been full of papers to write, books to read, stories to write, poems to write, Milton to read and zero time for hanging out. Zilch. No lie, I have been in my apartment and hanging out hasn't happened. Ahhh...I remember those freshman and sophomore years when I could go as I pleased because I had gen. ed. classes and didn't really have to try hard to get a good grade. Those days are long passed(...well not too long but 2 years passed.) So yes, social dryness is sad and dull--but I got all A's and B's because of it!


Take care.
That's all virtual world.

Erin.