First week done!

Well, my first week as a Falcon is over. It flew by! Here is what my week consisted of:

-walks around Green Lake

-a quick visit to Molly Moons :)

-runs to Gas Works, and then taking a break to just sit and enjoy how beautiful it is

-impulsive day trip to Mount Rainier with Katie. It was GORGEOUS

-introduction to “group” which is a worship night on campus

-more laughs with the roommates

-hung out at the Fremont Market, and stumbled upon Oktoberfest nearby…oh, Fremont.

-skyping with Lauren Klapp and Katie Hahn

Oh yeah, and class :) My classes this quarter seem like they will be really good! My favorite is my Intro to Global and Urban Ministry class. We’ve already had some really interesting discussions, and I even got a jump start on the reading (which I never do) because it was just so exciting to me. My Argumentation class (aka: debate) is one I was actually pretty nervous about. I mean, let’s be honest…I am not argumentative. But the teacher is amazing and is making it so I actually kind of enjoy it, which is great! Then I have a history class that is rather boring, but I have it with Katie and our teacher is the sweetest lady ever. So it’s shaping up to be a good quarter!

I’ve also been on the job hunt for about a month, and this is the week of answered prayers! I sent out an email about babysitting to a few families on the street, and they all forwarded it to a bunch of other people and I’ve gotten about 5 families ask to babysit for them! Most of them are just casual, once-in-awhile kind of jobs, but one family needs me weekly, so praise God for that!!! I also had an interview today for a job on campus so fingers crossed! :)

I had another “I can’t believe I actually live here” moment on Tuesday. I went on a run to Gas Works and was sitting on the lawn, just admiring the view, and I thought, “This is home now.” In the past year, I’ve had a lot of homes: Azusa, Ventura, South Africa, Ventura again, and now here I am. Home.

I still love it up here, in case there was any question in your mind. I’m sure eventually the honeymoon phase of it all will fade away and I’ll learn to blog about things besides Seattle and how happy I am to be here. But seeing as how the leaves are starting to change and I’m mildly obsessed with fall leaves, this phase probably won’t end any time soon ;)

With love from Seattle.