AD November

From the November issue... what a dream!

The Behrens

This weekend I got the pleasure of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Behrens! 

It had been a over a year (aka far too long)... they are such a joy to be around and have so much love to give... not to mention a couple of smarties to top it off! 

Conquering grad school and law school... these two have had quite a ride and I am incredibly proud to know two people working so hard and loving so big. 

It's not easy but they both told me on different accounts that they couldn't have done it without the other... and from what I could see... they both still think the other hung the moon.

Fantastic, right?

Lubbock has been good to you two, but Dallas needs you more... so hurry up and get over here to us! 

I love October. 

All weekend I kept saying "I'm so glad it's October!"

Even last October I was saying the same thing. 

I have been lacking in the blog department the last few weeks... 

I blame it on three things: 

1. The heat sucking the life out of me

2. work keeping me on my feet and on the move and thus exhausted

3. and my need for sleep trumping just about every optional thing.

But I have missed it. 

This little bit of nonsense has always been about the little things... the crushed ice and yellow flowers of my day-to-day and I have had a LOT of crushed ice and yellow flowers these days that deserve preservation. 

This weekend alone... filled with wonderful things

.seeing old high school friends unexpectedly

.hearing about friends who are loving life and work and marriage...celebrating success and learning from failures

.eating good food and drinks with great friends/old roomies

.listening to fantastic sermons about love and relationships that hit me in so many ways

Fantastic weekend.

And today... Monday as it is... has been lovely.

.I thought dozens of times... "I love my job" as hard as some parts of my day were.

.I got a Diet Coke and a cookie with a dear friend, who is also teaching, and sat outside and chatted with her for the better part of two hours. 

.and I went on a long run/walk outside

.my sweet dog greeted me when I came home, squinty eyes and all

.and my mom's pumpkins are filling the house.

I love October. 

Here's to a new month and a fresh desire to put emphasis on all the crushed ice and yellow flowers in life!

My "Happy I Got a Job" Gift

I'm just not going to apologize for buying myself gifts every now and then :)

And besides....birthdays only come once a year!

xoxo

Two songs...

Two songs I just can't stop listening to these days...

"Couldn't be more opposite...

I'm hard to please and your hard to get

you're mississippi and I'm Oregon

You're suntanned and I'm porcelain

Hey mama, don't want no drama just a kiss before I leave..."

Oh man it just makes me want to dance!

And I know I've said it before... but goodness what is it about Zac's voice?...

It's been a Zac Brown Band kind of week for me and I just couldn't help but share :)

I'll make it to his concert someday...

xoxo

A job and so much more...

A week ago...

I got a job.

(Insert: laughing and screaming and jumping up and down

and reliving the moment you first met Santa and got into college

and drove your very own car for the first time—all in one big Whoop!)

And not just any old job.

But a job that will probably (hopefully) end up putting me in my dream job situation.

And we aren't just talking about a regular old dream job... but the dream job you don't even believe could come true...even if you did everything you could.

But mine did. And I can hardly believe it...still.

(and no, I'm not the newest photographer at Architectural Digest)

I'm going to be teaching.

And I'm sort of over the moon about it :)

But I have to tell you the biggest thing I have learned from all of this.

Because as I accepted this job, I swallowed my foolishness all in one big, humble gulp.

Because once again... I worried... and worried and worried.

I lost sleep. I cried and freaked out. I told myself, repeatedly, that it would all work out.

But I never believed it.

I never actually believed that God would put all those pieces together.

And as excited as I was, I was also completely embarrassed.

Because not only had He placed everything together almost magically...

He did more than I ever imagined.

Shame on me.

That is what "they" always say too isn't it?

That it all falls into place...that it comes "when you least expect it"... and that it is better than you could have ever dreamed it up to be...Shame on me for not trusting.

So now, more than ever, I am trusting. I am not letting my worry and my silly head get the better of me. I want to always remember the way I feel right now and hold on to it as a grand example of what He can do.

So live and be in peace. Strive for that. Be still and content. Even when your whole self wants to reject it at every possible angle... Trust. Believe. Have that faith that we all talk about...but may not actually put into practice.

That is what I am going to be working on...

Tonight I ate fish and salad and drank red wine.

I watched the Bachelorette (shamelessly).

I let Randy Rogers sing to me as I got ready for bed...

And I am so completely content.

And I should have been this content before I got this job.

He's got me... and what else do I need?

xoxo

PS...Did I mention I have the most wonderful friends and family?

I don't know what I did... But it sure was right... and nothing goes unnoticed or unappreciated :)

Living for the weekend...

To begin...Barefoot Blue Jean Night (and Southbound 35...apparently)

is my theme song for the month...

Friday I headed to Austin for the night... Dinner with a roomie and a little night out with some old and new friends... I like Austin a little more every time I visit.

Then it was off to Boerne for a sweet, sweet wedding celebration!

Luke and Erin's wedding was beautiful and a complete success... so in love and so content it was impossible to not feel joyful. We danced and danced and caught up with friends we hadn't seen since graduation. It was so wonderful to get to see and hear what everyone has settled into doing...what the next steps are going to be.

Can't wait for the next reunion :)

Sunday was driving day along with a lovely lunch break in San Marcos with my favorite married couple... Best hamburger on 35 is at Centerpoint!

Then it was time for Dad's birthday dinner with the family!

Why I only took 2 pictures to capture this fantastic weekend is completely beyond me... I must remember to do better next time :)

Until then...xoxo

"Never gonna grow up, never gonna slow down..."