sci fi book reviews

monday.

just finished spending about two hours working on my resume.

now, i'm drinking nutella hot chocolate

and looking at possible hair colors

and for cabins in Lake Tahoe for New Years:)

this weekend was okay. i was in kind of a weird funk--feeling tired and cranky. not wanting to do anything, but not wanting to stay in bed all day. i was just being difficult, really.

on Saturday, we went to Knotts Berry Farm for the afternoon. in November, military get themselves and one visitor in for free, so you know we took advantage of that! we rode rollercoasters and looked at all the colonial-style buildings and i obsessed over everything Snoopy.

we left Knott's around 6, just as it started to pour, and went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, where we sat outside and ate dinner over candlelight and the under the rain and umbrellas.

the rest of the weekend we spent watching Family Guy and running errands and Ethan tried to cheer me up cause i was being so cranky. i couldn't put words to why i felt the way i felt, but then today, i read

THIS

by Kelle Hampton. and i was reminded, for the one millionth time, why i love her. because she's amazing. and because she always inspires me.

"...I crave depth. I love pushing further, I love deep, tearful,
meaningful conversations where we are ripping our souls apart to grow
and be more. I like a good writing session when a screen purge has
miraculously cleared up questions or made them so comfortable to exist,
and I love growth and understanding that happens so significantly from
an event, I need a yardstick to measure it.

But crops need resting seasons. Tides pull back. And part of
contentment is learning that I don't always need some electrifying,
soul-transforming
thing to make me think. Or write.

There are so many soul-transforming things that exist in our every day.
We might not realize they are soul-transforming because they lack the
wow factor and their transformation powers are gradual and humble. But they are there."

amazing.

but what she said of her is kind of true for me, also. i love a challenge, i love growth, i love the push and pull of learning and changing and seeing God move in big ways.

not that i haven't been seeing God lately. i have been seeing Him A LOT. more and more i realize how much it has been necessary for me to be down here and away from my family and friends and all familiarity. i would not continue to learn the things He teaches me if i were home. that being said, i miss my family and my friends and my church and the dreams that my hometown harbors.

but, i do want to learn to be content here. in "crop-rest season," as Kelle put in. embrace the tides pulling out, just as i embrace them pulling in. the thought inspires my heart.

and, some other things i love today: