April Updates.

Do you ever feel like everyone else is living their best life, and you're stuck at home with a cold and pink eye in not one eye, but no no no... both eyes??? Because y'know having ONE infected eye would just be too mainstream for my body.

No, you say? Can't relate? Oh okay, welp I guess that's just me.

The blog has been on the back burner for a little bit, which contradicts with my whole original plan for 2019, to be continually consistent in posting three times a month. That clearly has not been happening... Yikes. I do, however, have numerous drafts of posts that I started writing but didn't end up finishing or feeling content enough with to actually post. So at least I've been trying, right? Right. *high-fives self*

Ha. I just looked at the last post I'd published and in it I said, "I'm back to blogging. Hello everyone. 👋🏼" aaand then I proceeded to not post anything for almost a month. Hilarious. Who am I!?

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I thought I'd give a little life update, because my brain and throat hurt too much for me to focus on thinking of anything deep and profound to share.

My life consists largely of worship leading, hanging out with friends, doing chores around the house, and driving around. I mean, I definitely don't drive as much as many people do, but I drive far more than I ever used to and it makes me feel like a true #adult. 😎

It's a little bit strange not working a 9:00-5:00 job like a lot of people my age are doing, now that we've graduated. I find that I have a lot of free time during the day that I'm not used to yet! That being said, I am considering a second part-time job, I'm just not sure in what area. The thing is, I've always just wanted to be a worship leader. And now that I have that job, I almost don't want another one because I don't think I'd find it satisfying or fun. Making money is always pretty nice though... So I just need to figure out what I'd want to do. Or just pull myself together and get a second job even if it's not something I want to do? I dunno - suggestions anyone?

I'm loving worship leading! After almost three months of working at this church plant, I finally feel like I'm fitting in and feeling more comfortable in my position. There's no denying that I still have so much to learn, but that makes it more fun for me. Knowing that I get to do what I love and learn as I go and become increasingly skilled in my area of skill and passion. We're gearing up for a big event on the evening of May 5th where all four church campuses are coming together. The event is taking place at the campus I work at, meaning that I have a lot of work ahead of me. Now, if I could just get rid of these infected eyes and this cold, and get through one day this week without needing a nap, that would be G R E A T.

Easter was the first holiday that I had to work for. The church where I work was doing something in the evening on Good Friday which was really nice because it meant that I got to attend my home church's Good Friday service that morning. I haven't been to a service at my home church since Christmas Eve so I commented to my friends there that I was feeling a little bit like the people who only go to church on Christmas and Easter. 🤪 I sang on the worship team at my home church on Good Friday which I thought would feel weird since I'm so used to leading worship teams now, but it just felt natural, like the good ol' days. Good Friday was a long day because I had some family stuff happening in the afternoon before I went to work for the evening service at my church. I had to miss dinner with my relatives which was a little bit sad, but times are changing now and I'm trying to remember that things aren't always the same anymore.

Easter Sunday was great too, but I had started getting sick on Saturday, so by the end of rehearsal on Sunday morning I was already losing my voice and couldn't actually sing too much in the Easter service... 🤦🏼‍♀️ And then I was supposed to go to another family event on Easter Sunday but ended up napping all afternoon because y'know... #sick.

So there ya have it. An update. Some whining about two pink eyes and a cold, the weird non-9:00-5:00-I-have-a-lot-of-free-time life, worship leading, and Easter weekend! Life's good y'all. Not the same as it used to be, but I'm learnin to roll wit it. 🤙🏼