Feel Good Friday

Hi all! I feel like every week when I sit down to write my Friday posts, I always want to say something like ... "wow this week was SO busy" or "this week flew by because I had so much stuff going on"! I honestly feel like that's kind of how the whole summer has felt. When Covid really hit the media & my family went into quarantine, it kind of felt like time stopped. Like all of the events we were looking forward to -- track & baseball season, prom, graduation, etc. -- got cancelled or postponed indefinitely & for me, that kind of made it feel like we clicked pause on the world.

This summer, however, feels like I'm in fast forward mode & I'm trying to make sure that I have everything caught up from when we were "paused". I'm currently taking three (hybrid) grad classes for my masters degree in school counseling so that I can graduate in May. Summer classes have been so great for me -- I can knock out a couple of classes in a super short amount of time (for real though, they condense 16 weeks of material into 8 weeks. I'm not going to act tough & say that it's easy, but for me, it's worth it). I've been setting up & decorating my (large) office at a middle school where I'll be working in the fall as a school counselor for the first time! Because I'm relocating for my new job, I've also been house hunting. If you've been around here for a little while, then you may remember a Friday post from a couple of months back where I shared a picture of a cute little downtown building where I would be living in an upstairs apartment. Pump the breaks, girlfriend. That didn't work out. After lots of trips to Marion & many different phone calls & texts with sweet people from the community looking out for me, I finally found a little house to rent! I get the keys tomorrow & we'll start the move-in process! Since I'm still working at my family's sno cone trailer for the summer, I'm going to live with them for one more week instead of having to drive back & forth from Moundridge to Marion.

With all of that being said, I am a firm believer in the idea that you cannot pour from an empty cup. & because my Mom & I promised ourselves when we started this blog that we wanted to stay true to who we were & to be as genuine + authentic as possible, no matter what we're sharing, I need to admit that right now, I'm feeling close to empty.

So for today, I'm not going to do a "normal" Friday post. I just didn't have the time or energy in me this week to give to the blog like I usually do. This week my grad classes, my office, and my house needed to be my priority. I used the extra time to lean into the uncomfortable & the stress that this week brought. & of course, I did some productive things with my time too because ya girl can't sit still for ten minutes if my mind's buzzing -- I worked ahead on a couple final papers, I made an extra evening trip to Marion to continue decorating my office, I picked up dinner & took it to Chill to enjoy with my family that I will soon not be living with.

Now, since I'm not one to wallow, next Friday's post will be back to normal & I'll hopefully have a bunch of pictures of my office & house to share with y'all!!! Plus, Bethany got to go to prom last weekend & she looked beautiful, so I will share about that too! I appreciate each & every one of you that reads & supports our blog -- we wouldn't do it if it weren't for YOU!

See you back here next week!