Musings of a Twenty-somethings Heart&Mind

Life is good.

For maybe the first time in my adult life I am 100% (okay maybe 99%) confidant that I am exactly where I am supposed to be. I love every second of every single thing I am doing. Praise be to God! 

So what have I been doing?

1. Nursing school - I'm in my obgyn/pediatrics rotation, and I absolutely love it. For the last 3 weeks I spent 12 hours each week on a mother infant unit - learning all about newborns and caring for them and their moms. Starting next week I'll spend 3 weeks on labor and delivery learning about the process of giving birth to a child. Then in mid-October I'll be spending 8 hours a week at Children's learning about the care of a pediatric patient. I'm excited, to say the least. 
   
2. Bible study - on Monday's I'm leading a bible study on OSU's campus with a beautiful woman and sister in Christ, Nicole. We tag team to bring Christ and invite women into the blessed community we have found here, and we do it through scripture. 
3. Babysitting - I babysit a 2 and 3 year old for 12 hours a week, spread over
   
   3 days. I love them, Samantha (2) is the cutest thing. She always says "I want Amber" or she'll walk up to you and say "I wanna hold you" and you just can't say no to that... And Nick, he took about 3 months to warm up to me, but now he asks to sit on my lap, and stuff like that. It's the best thing, and a highlight to my day each week. 
1. Nick is currently painting, he asked for a piece of paper to use as a fan to dry his painting, it's the cutest thing. 
2. and a quote for the day: 
1. "What does blue and yellow make?" Nick "Green." me "Oooohhh." Nick 
3. Last week, the kids & their fam went to New York, and I got a text from Megan one day with a quote from Sam "I want to see Amber" Megan & Paul were telling the kids who they were going to see that night. 
4. Cooking - I made a wonderful chicken corn chowder (recipe)and reheated it in the microwave to eat. Since I'm too busy to be able to make dinner each night, this works better. I also made banana muffins(recipe) and that was probably one of my best ideas - they were a wonderful 'grab&go' snack. I also baked my famous red velvet cookies, they're my favorite - and are frequently requested for group gatherings. 
5. All the wonderful friends I have + catching up after long summers away! I met my friend Caitlin for mass & lunch - we were together for 4 hrs. A few days later I spent an evening ->into the night, with a dear friend, Maggie - and we spent 4 hours together too. I also have several friends serving outside of the great state of Ohio so I keep up with them through letters, emails, and phone calls. I heard from many of them recently - such life-giving conversations
6. Formation: small group & mentor - a new year means so many new things -  and this year, for me, it meant a whole new small group and formation leader. I met with both my mentor and small group on Friday and it was wonderful! I am so excited for my relationships with these women and to see how the Lord works in and through each of us. 
7. Love, relationships, & the like - for the first time, maybe ever, I find myself quite content where I'm at in my life relationally (romantically...) I obviously would love to be in a relationship, since my ultimate dream is to be a wife & mother, but I'm learning not to rush, and to embrace the time I have being single. 
8. The Piano Guys - I discovered them today. I'm obsessed. So obsessed. Listen to them, you won't regret it. 
9. Prayer - God is good. He knows our hearts, he knows our needs. He has taught me so much in the last 6 weeks, and it has been so good. If I had to summarize it I'd say He has reminded me where I've come from and how far I've gone, he has romanced my heart - and drawn me closer to him, even in times of doubt. 
   
10. Toms. I ordered new toms, they should be at my house when I get home today, and I am so excited! check them out! I can't wait to wear them! 
11. I really wanted to stop at 10 because that's an even number, but there's one big thing that I'm so excited about and grateful for! Test anxiety! I, at the end of my summer semester, realized I had a little bit (or a lot) of test anxiety, so I began meeting with a professor on campus who works with students who have test anxiety, I took my first exam on Monday and I got an 85 on the exam - which may not sound great to many people - but I was through the roof about it! I had been working so hard on a variety of things - including relaxation techniques and studying really hard and playing with my study methods - and praise be to God my hard work paid off!