welcome back!

it's been awhile, mainly due to my lack of a personal computation machine [brian regan].
it would appear that it decided to crash so I am now sharing with my beloved fiance :)

anyways. so after all the countdowns, I am finally back in bloomington for good. it has been a really fun two weeks, full of adjustments and laughter. I started back into Starbucks full-swing and am enjoying working right next door to Jeremy (wohooo, manager of Buccetos!). I love living with my roommates and thank God every day for them & the encouragement, love, and support they bring. We are a packed house- 6 girls into one apartment but I wouldn't have it any other way. It is bittersweet because I am so incredibly excited to be married but I do not want to be done with college so a part of me wants this semester to go slow :)

The internship finished successfully and I am preparing to start my job search. Jeremy and I have talked a lot and our hearts are 100% headed towards Tennessee and unless the Lord has other plans- that is where we will be! I'm a little nervous about job searching two states away but I guess that is the good thing about following after the Lord- He does all the directing for you :)

Since my computer crashed, I did not put up a Facebook album of these pictures but here a few from my 15 weeks with the Hilton...

I worked the first two weeks of the internship as a Housekeeper... no joke. So, this is me hiding in the laundry bin. It was no fun.

Things gradually got better after the Housekeeping stint. I worked in the restaurant, the front desk, with the head chef, stewarding, banquets, and finally sales & catering (which is what I was waiting for the whole time!) This is me with the board I created for our restaurant...

Hanging out with Russell, the bell captain

And I finally got to spend the end of the summer with Sales and Catering..and thankfully there was a girl close to my age who is a Catering Manager.. Since we were the youngest by far, we always got stuck on the floor during staff meetings :)

Goodbye Hilton! It was fun but I am sure glad to be gone :)

Oh crap, she's awake!

Live your life in a way that when you step out of bed in the morning, Satan says "oh crap, she's awake!"

I am ashamed to say that lately, Satan would not be scared of me at all. In fact, I am guessing that he is probably laughing as I attempt to write a confession sitting here in an empty office.

This is my last day as an intern with the Hilton and I have realized that over the course of 15 weeks, I have lost my focus as to who I was created to be. It is pretty easy to become focused on an exciting new career, possible job offers, professional appearance, and saying the right things to impress people. But I am pretty sure that when God created me 21+ years ago, He did not exactly have those things in mind. I don't know for sure what He had in mind but I know it was to Glorify Him.

It is easy to get caught up in the world. To live a life outside of a life you live in is rather confusing to write, let alone do. But living a life outside of this life is what is pleasing

and holy

and true

and what we, as God's creation, are called to do.

I was not created to be an intern, to wear a nice suit, to drive a nice car. I was created to love on the people I intern with and see as I'm driving back to Bloomington because those are the people that God created to do the same things I am supposed to be doing. Living a life that is pleasing

and holy

and true

because that is the greatest job, salary, love, and fulfillment we could ever have.

Soli Deo Gloria.

saying goodbye.

tonight I'm saying goodbye to these beauties...my roommates for the summer.

I am so incredibly blessed to have met them.. Many of you probably have heard this story but finding housing for the summer was so stressful. I thought that I had my housing all figured out and then was turned down by two women I had looked up to... it was disappointing; however, God's plan always prevails and is always better because I loved living with these girls all summer :)

One of our favorite things to do the past two weeks has been to eat dinner, get our computers, and watch the Olympics. As a result, I have decided that I want to be Shawn Johnson:

seriously. she's so cute and so good... AND very down-to-earth, which is something that not many olympic athletes have..
enough of the obsessing :)
time to say goodbye!

just another day @ the Hilton

Problem: it's been over a week since my last lil posting

Reason: i'm in Indy finishing up the internship... which means lack of funness in my life right now.. just kidding, kind of :)

No, to be honest the internship has been really rewarding, informative and at times, fun. I'll post pictures of it in a couple weeks, once I take them ;-)

Jeremy & I were able to spend some together after 2 weeks of being in separate cities.. He came to Indy for a few days and we had a blast taking in some sites of our state capital. The most interesting one by far was the Bodies exhibit:

Seriously. It's suuuhweet. There's tons of different rooms where you see real cadavors and different body parts that help you to understand the body as a whole. I don't think that I can fully explain it on a blog so my best advice is to just go to it. It's a traveling exhibition so it's only in Indy until October, I think. But check out the website: www.bodiestheexhibition.com.

After that, we headed to our favorite restaurant ever: Rockbottom. Again, you must go to it.

Since I'm full of recommendations today (PS- I'm definitely @ the Hilton right now but they have nothing for me to do tehehe) but anyways, so my mom and I went shopping together in Indy this past Saturday and I was able to finally purchase the makeup kit that I have wanted for awhile:

The Bare Minerals facial kit. It was a bit on the pricey side- $60.00 for two foundations, mineral veil, and a bronzer, along with 3 nice application brushes, however...if you are like me and have really oily skin where makeup usually slides right off after about 3 hours, then it is worth it. It makes your face look really smooth and has a matte finish...plus it's currently 4:22PM and I have not had to reapply it at all since 7:00AM this morning. YES!

Lots of wedding plans took place this weekend..including a visit to go see my dress :) In case you are wondering, we have 228 days, also known as 7 1/2 months... :) but who's counting?

have a GREAT day!!!!!

i miss jeremy.

two more weeks until I move back to Bloomington
& three more weeks until I'm done with the internship

i miss my fiance, a lot :(