Pensive Procrastination

I learned two things last weekend. One, don't go to see your nieces the day after you get your wisdom teeth out, especially if they make you smile and laugh a lot. It's not good for your cheeks. Two, rest. If it has not yet been 24 hours take it easy...I know it sounds like common sense but I felt great and decided I was fine! Rob has been teaching me over the years to rest, I'm still learning how... I'm sorry I've really been so slack at this blog thing over the past few weeks. Most of my better writing moments come later at night but Rob and I tend to go to bed somewhat earlier, and I like snuggling with my man before we fall asleep. This post is supposed to be one thing that I wish I was really good at. I almost want to answer this question from two different "themes" if you will. There are some fun things that I wish I could do better but there are also some serious things that I would really like to improve on. I never realized before how many fau...

This is actually another difficult post for me to write. As you may have guessed if you read this post . I realize that I am still quite young at the ripe old age of 23, so I shouldn't expect to have 5 things that are equivalent to winning the Nobel Prize, or starting my own organization, or something along those lines. So here it goes: 1. Graduating with an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Waterloo and getting accepted afterward into Tyndale for my Masters. I know that in both these things I was following a passion that God had put in my heart and looking back following these dreams lead me to meet some of the most amazing people I've ever known. It will feel really good when all of this schooling is done though... 2. Going on two missions trips. While they were only a month long, they were two times in my life where I took a step of faith and totally relied on God for guidance and provision. I also see this as a great accomplishment because I st...

I guess technically right now it is no longer Monday but Tuesday and is therefore early in the morning on Tuesday. But either way I'm not asleep as I should be on this wonderful night. I'm awake. Wide awake and my mind is buzzing with activity and for some strange reason my tummy is a grumbling.  While mind kind and ever thoughtful (and handsome) husband had Starbucks waiting for me when I got home I forgot the fact that caffeine tends to last a while for me and has quite the effect. Especially a Cafe Americano. I should have thought of that before I finished drinking it at 7:00. So, since caffeine likes to stay in my brain for about 6 hours I'm stuck talking to the blogosphere. I did pray for a little while for everyone that popped into my head but there is something incredibly irritating about lying in bed and not being able to sleep, or move, or turn on any lights. So after I lay there for what felt like an hour, but in all likelihood was probably only half th...

Ever since I was little I always wished that I could fly. I'm not really sure why but I just knew that I would love to be up in the air. Soaring around and feeling the wind in my face. At the time that I decided that I would want to be a bird of some kind I had never actually flown anywhere before. Flying seemed to define being free to me. The difficulty is deciding what KIND of bird. This is more difficult than it sounds. At first I thought, I would love to be an owl. But then I realized that they are nocturnal and I would prefer to fly during the day. I would love to be a kind of bird that would be able to fly across the ocean. This would be ideal to go and visit friends in Scotland, Singapore, Thailand, and many different countries in Africa. Are any bird capable of that kind of flight? I don't think so and that bums me out just a little bit. There are some birds that I veto, such as seagulls, turkey vulture, vultures of any kind, crows and pigeons. I'm sure there ...

I'm not sure if I really want to write about 5 strengths that I have today. There have been some other thoughts running around in my head that I would like to share. If by the end of that I feel the nudge to write more I will. 1. I love the smell of a campfire. I think that this is because some of the best conversations I've had happened around campfires. Also, campfire smell reminds me o hilarious skits. Particularly a skit we call the "Lunch Box Skit". In part of this skit guys act out opening their lunch boxes. We've had everything from polly pocket lunch boxes to lunch boxes that floated, to lunchboxes that transformed. I think I've cried from laughing so hard at many a campfire. I hope to go to one again this year. I feel a sense of joy when I think of campfires. 2. There are many things in this world that happen that continue to shock me. A lot of these things have been brought to my attention at work, through hearing about things happening in the co...

There is a part of me that feels like not going deep with this post. 5 weaknesses equals: raspberries, whipped cream, adorable babies/children, The Bachelorette (please still be my friend?), and my mom's strawberry and chicken salad with poppy seed dressing and almonds (my camp family will understand why this is a weakness). Going shallow with the weaknesses seems a whole lot easier than telling you all my short comings. Though I'm sure my mom and close friends could tell you if you'd like to hear it from someone else! ;) On track with shallow weaknesses- cute babies make me melt. Especially sleeping cute babies, who sigh happily as they sleep on your chest. I'm almost crying here out of pure joy thinking of that. I may have just done a little chair wiggle dance, except that I'm sitting on the edge of a bed, not on a chair. Have any of you ever experienced such amazingness before? Real weaknesses start now. It's hard to think of 5 that I truly feel com...

I feel a little silly writing this post as I'm not sure how many of you really care about what a day looks like for me right now. I wish that it was more interesting. I could pretend that I spend my days in the jungle, meeting rainforest tribes and making new monkey friends. I could also pretend that I am a professor at Hogwarts, that I am magical (some may say I am already...) and that for snack I eat Chocolate frogs and drink butterbeer. But alas my life is somewhat more normal than that (though sometimes I dream I'm working with aliens to save the world...), but I love how my days are filled and who I spend my time with. I normally get up around 7 on the days that I work. Every other day I try to do strength training, but sometimes I barely have the strength to make myself get out of bed! Then I have breakfast, normally cereal, and read my bible. Then head off to the shower. My whole shower routine takes me maybe 30 minutes including drying my hair and putting on make-up...