another goal of mine:

I am in the process of moving into a new apartment. In this apartment I will be sharing a room with another girl, as well as a closet and you see... this poses a problem because I am coming to realize: I have a lot of freaking crap. I have already been through my closet twice, and I feel as though inventory is not shrinking at all.

Over the last few terms at school I have been thinking about becoming more free-trade-esk. My bursting closet has a lot to do with this thought becoming more of a reality. I love to shop locally. I love the thought of using things that have already been used in order to save energy and effort in such a consumerist society. And so, a new goal has been birthed.

I will not buy any new clothes or shoes for an entire year.

That means, June 14th, 2011 is the end of this deal. The only exception to this rule is if I get hired on to a new job in which I need to purchase something for a uniform.

I'm pretty excited about the idea actually, and it will a good exercise of self-control. We'll see how it works out. Actually, I am headed to a second hand thrift store right now :)

And it was done...

I'm sitting next to my cousin, typing this on my new macbook pro that my parents surprised me with for a grad gift. It finally hit me yesterday, it's over. I'm really glad that I decided to attend commencement, and when I was walking amongst all of the other grad's with those ugly square hats I teared up. I spent the last four years learning so much about life: people, God, myself. I can't believe the last four years went by that fast, and all that I went through.

I got to spend yesterday with my best friends, my amazing families and my amazing kids. I love when everyone I know and love are in the same place, although it makes for some anxiety before hand (pretty sure I only slept 2 hours on friday night...I was definitely stressing). We bbq'd, laughed, took pictures and I got a nice sunburn (can we say "hello rudolph!"?).

Today I moved a bunch of stuff out of my apartment, and sent a lot of furniture and random things home with my parents. On the 30th, I'm moving out of the apartment that I've spent the last 2 years in, and into a duplex with 5 other girls. New beginnings are so exciting and yet, so scary.

I hope to do a lot of things with this year (or so) I'm taking off of school:

1) Get healthy. I want to eat the way I'm supposed to- no processed food, lots of veggies and fruits and whole grains. I also need to start taking my medicine on a regular basis.
2) Run. I am excited to start running in the mornings with a good friend of mine. Let the sweat pour!
3) Devotionals e'rday. I need to get back into the groove of just "being" with God. It's my favorite. I love it.
4) Start being "wifey": I want to quilt, can and make dinner :)
5) Enjoy life one day at a time. I want to breathe deeper and spend more time with the people I love. Call my family more, and be with friends more :)

I also want to blog more, post some youtube videos and figure out a masters program. We'll see :)

So just as quick as it started four years ago, it was done. But there is still a lot of life to be lived and a lot of love to be had. Here's to the next phase of life!