Farewell Summer

Well it is almost time to bid Summer farewell, in just three short days classes will start back up again! I am looking forward to it, but am a bit worried that it may be a heavy workload! haha. I am taking Teaching Math, Teaching Social Studies (those two have more complicated names, but that is basically what they are), Short Story (I'm looking forward to this one a lot), Physics, and State & Local Government (online).

This summer has been awesome; from Next (which you can read about a few posts below) to Busch Gardens and beach trips, to time just spent hanging out with friends, to bike riding in First Landing State Park with my family. All this and more filled my summer to the brim, not to mention I started my new job! Now, while I will be sad to lose a lot of free time, I am looking forward to classes, cooler weather, the fall colors, and more.

I will try to keep this blog updated, but due to the aforementioned "loss of free time" it may not be as often as I would like ;)

P.S. If you are reading this, could you leave a comment? It's fun for me to know who is reading, and what they think. Thanks!

Swing Dancing!

Saturday night I got to go swing dance! First there was a lesson led by my friends Karen and Andrew, then time for just dancing. This was not my first time, I have done both East Coast and Lindy Hop style swing dancing before. This was such a great time! I hope to be able to continue to do this, if you are interested let me know, and I can tell you when and where it meets. We could use some more people for sure!

Access in August

We had not had Access in a few months so I was very excited when I knew we would be meeting in August. This meeting was SO good! Eric spoke on Philippians 2: 12-13 which says "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." He focused on the part which says "it is God who works in you"; this went along well with the worship song we sang "the same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me. Your love, that rescued the Earth, lives in me, lives in me." It is so encouraging to know that God Himself is at work in me to make me more and more like Christ!