Morning Rounds and Evening Musings

It's been busy, folks. As usual. And I have several things swimming around in my ahead that I plan on writing about soon, but in the meantime, here's a few of the things that I've been up to while not blogging:

• An incredibly weekend with former college roommates in Denver where we talked, walked, ate, slept a little, nursed Erin back to health (well, not all the way) drank delicious wine, talked, laughed, talked--you get the picture. These relationships are so restorative for me, and also leave me with the feeling that such community and intimacy should be possible here in ATL too. More on that later...
• Preached my first sermon! (for real, that is:)
  
• As a result of that sermon, was invited to speak to Daughters of the King, a women's group of the diocese. Crazy!
  
• Pulled every item of clothing off the shelf in my closet, in an effort to find a decent pair of jeans, yet again. My favorite ones (that I've owned for three months thanks to Christmas money) somehow got a hole in the butt. Nice. My biggest frustration with being poor? Not a big house or a car or nice furniture. JEANS. Why can't I have decent jeans?
  
• Hosted a couple I knew from Nicaragua who are checking out Candler.
  
• Found a work-out partner to get me going to the gym again. The pool may not be opening due to water restrictions, which totally bums me out and ruins not only my summer work-out plans, but my ability to escape the relentless Atlanta summer. Awesome.
• Got rejected for one of the summer fellowships I applied to
• Made an appointment with a) a therapist to work through some vocational discernment/insecurity issues and b) a spiritual director to learn how to pray again.
  
• Wrote two sermons, took a Hebrew exam, read 4 books, wrote 4 reflection papers, translated 8 chapters of the Bible from Hebrew...
• Spent a delightful weekend with Wes on the coast of FL, getting ridiculously sunburned and enjoying the water and sand.
  
• Worked 20 hours at CARE International. Love the organization. HATE the job. My supervisor is a genius who decided--after I spent a whole day putting together a document for her--that it was all wrong and made me re-do it, making me spend an additional two hours in the office. Brilliant.
  
• Officiated at my first service.
  
• Sang happy birthday to my brother-in-law on the wrong day, and then completely forgot to say or sing anything on the right day.
  
• Spent an inordinate amount of time frustrated at our current lifestyle--Wes is busy. I'm busy. And it seems it's just going to worse as board exams, and then clinical rotations gear up this summer. Joy.
  
• Hosted friends for Easter
• Hung out with our some-times roommate Emily, who we love having around.
  
• Celebrated the Resurrection!
  

That snapshot of my life may explain why there's been no snapshot into my thoughts. Coming soon, though. Coming soon.