"I love you, my child, my friend. You are my treasure."

So it has been a LOOONGGG time since I last posted and a lot has happened.  This summer was full of job searching, job interviewing, traveling back and forth to Hackettstown, and trying to stay afloat.  Needless to say...September is next week and I still don't have a teaching job.  I have had my ups and downs with this and am finally at the conclusion that I am in this position for a reason.  I don't quite know the reason yet, but I just need to trust that God has a plan.

I am very grateful for my friends and family who have stood by me, encouraged me, and even dealt with some frustration from me.  I could not have gotten through this summer without them and I appreciate every single one of them.  I know they are all going back to school and back to teaching and I can't wait to hear their stories and see where God takes them this new school year.

I've done a lot of reading and have even started running...yes, shocking, I know.  A friend of mine is really into 5k's and I have always wanted to try to run one (even though I'm not a huge running fan).  I have started training with the "Couch to 5k" app and day 2 wasn't as bad as day 1...looking forward to trying day 3 tomorrow.  I have until October 27th to get ready and a few friends are joining me on this :)

I'm looking forward to September since I will be starting a little traveling here and there while I look for a job and my class starts at Montclair.  I'm looking forward to my class this Fall since it's the same professor I had this past summer.  September 8th Needmore will be performing at the Dayton Downtown Revival Music Fest.  I'm looking forward to seeing them perform at a larger venue and seeing my brother again.  It's been a long time since I last saw him and I get to travel with my brother's best friend who is like a brother to me :)  We'll be traveling and meeting up with my parents in Chicago before all 4 of us head into Dayton :)  I can't wait :)

So, as I start this new adventure...I decided to go for a change...a HUGE change.  I have a new hair color and haircut :)  I'm shocked at how dark I really decided to go, but I wanted something different and new.  What do you think?

In case you can't tell...it's red

In direct sunlight :)