The Preamble
In this moment, I feel that I should have began this writing before now. Too much has happened and things are fun and exciting, okay! I will make an effort to limit myself in what is mentioned out of respect for the objective at hand. Let’s go, y’all.
Moving, again
I moved to a different part of Maryland and had my very own Bob the Builder moment as I constructed my dresser, dining table and chairs, and wall shelf. Thank you, manuals and no thank you, loose screws and table legs. I am a full-time adult when I furnish my apartment and try to survive the DC living expenses. ~Suffering has meaning~ they tell her as everyone nervously laughs!!! I live with Sarah; Rachael recently moved in to my room and will be staying until December. Sarah is a pre-med student — I wonder what it is like to be a student. Rachael is one of my co-interns and we bond fabulously. She just graduated from Baylor University and fancies all things hiking, exploratory cooking, and Britain. One time, we went hiking all day together in the Shenandoah mountains and spent a half hour bushwhacking through the shrubs, barely missing the poison ivy and poison oak herds.
Work
I work with some really great people who make my job fun and lighthearted. Beyond our job, I have found a couple friends in which have easily become my friends that I get to explore the craziness in the heart of D.C. with. Currently we are deciding on a road trip destination and it is between Rhode Island, Massachusetts, West Virginia, New Jersey, and New York…where should we go?!
On the road againnnn
I flew to St. Louis for my past internship’s annual conference and bee bopped back for Florida Rachel’s arrival the following weekend. When Rach got here, she spent some time in D.C. as I worked away — let me tell you, I wish she could ride the metro with me to work everyday and send me off like a mother sending off her child. I gave her a tour of the Capitol, we shared lunch on a beautiful patch of grass (grass time), and then we met up with the interns for some pallin’ around. We got to see Penny & Sparrow in concert, went hiking, got coffee with Rebecca & explored Annapolis briefly. AMEN.
The following weekend, it was my turn to hit the road north to Sarah in Pittsburgh. I can’t actualize the beauty into real words but I will try my darndest. Much of what we did was quite simple — grocery shop for our salmon, walk and shop in downtown, and walk into churches during far too many masses. Saturday night was full of beauty and goodness as we
cooked dinner in community and ate it while a group of seven women laughed and talked loudly. If you’ve ever seen the movie Brooklyn, it was like the boarding house that Eilis stayed at except the girls weren’t awful. Jesus is Sarah’s roommate in the tabernacle of her in-home chapel, so we even got to pray before heading to bed. Sarah has always led me to my food for the journey and it is beautiful to be embraced by someone that will encourage me to live a whole life, even if that equates to vitamin and veggie advice.
Futuristic thinking
I have found a church in D.C. metropolitan area that is very traditional and young adult oriented; the only thing is commuting for mass and any events I perhaps would attend. My tires have a nice build to them, though. I am still applying to jobs and would appreciate any and all prayers as I continue to discern the will of God. If you could please pray for my aunt — her name is Rena, my mother, and for my coworkers Carter, Court, and Rachael — that would be splendid. Please let me know if you have any intentions that I can bring to Our Lord.
Ad Meiorem Dei Gloriam | Go Gators
