I'm Growing Up.

My first week in a new job and a new apartment has been good.  Tomorrow morning, I'm starting the church hunt and trying out a Calvary in the area!  It's still a little crazy that I'm here in Phoenix.  It's so right though.  Guess what else it means?  I'm really growing up.  When I went to college, I didn't really feel grown up.  It was just another adventure that took me from home for nine months for three years in a row.

My freshman year in college I had a dorm room all to myself, which was nice.  It was lonely sometimes though.  The best part was that it was home base.  When I got totally overwhelmed from a football game with thousands of people it was nice to be able to go back to my dorm and just sit in the silence.

Then I moved with my best friend to a house owned by someone from my hometown.  That was a year of firsts and trials living with unbelievers.  But it was a good year too.  We lived in a quiet culdesac, and our landlord had a dog.  Cooking for myself everyday was a challenge. {Refer to my sometimes indecisive life in the last post}  That year really grew me.

Last year my best friend and I got an apartment.  We had a third roommate, but she fell through.  So we waited on the Lord for five months to bring us a roommate.  And it was the sweetest house of girls I could have imagined.  We had way too much furniture and just about every Disney movie.  My bestie and I got to host a ladies small group every week for two terms.  It was a great place.  We were in a large apartment complex, but it didn't feel like it.  Our back patio looked out onto a wildlife area that won't ever be developed.  It was peaceful.

And in between all of those places I moved home for the summer-time to work for the Forest Service.  When both of my siblings and I were home at the same time, it was like high school all over again, except with rules again... it was a little weird that first summer.  But I got over it.  I loved being at home.  Even though I didn't really have my own space, and at any moment a boy might come in and turn on the TV while you're in the middle of a book, it was okay.  It wasn't okay at the time, but it's okay now.

So now I live in an apartment complex, by myself.  Just Franny and I on this great adventure (Speaking of which, she needs some prayer... not sure what's wrong but dad thinks it will be okay).  This week has been getting used to motorcycles starting outside my bedroom at all times of the day and night, rain, work, and thanking the Lord for this amazing opportunity.  I'm growing up.  I'm an adult.  I'm living on my own over 1,000 miles from home.  It's scary and exciting all at the same time.

It's amazing, the timing of everything.  I'm also so excited for Australia!  And all of the growth and change it will bring to my life.  Good things.

Here's a shout-out to my cousin who most likely will never see this, but I'm saying it none the less. :)
Happy Birthday, Batman.

{On our cruise of the Caribbean, March of 2011.  L-R: Kourtney, Me, Batman, Emily.               Back row L-R: Michael, Luther}  

Have a great weekend!

In Christ Alone,

Katie <3