Awkward and Awesome

Awkward:
- Jokingly calling your friend your Sugar Daddy and having the old lady at the table next to you give you the stink eye. Chill lady, he's not really my sugar daddy, see look, I'm paying for my own lunch.
- All of a sudden being able/ready to take a nap at ALL TIMES. Seriously, for the past week I don't think there has been a time during the day I didn't have full confidence I could take a long meaningful nap.
- Walking by a couple who decided to have their "what is going wrong in our relationship" talk on a park bench out in the middle of everyone...it was like a train wreck, so hard to look away. Seriously people, go inside, or in your car, anywhere that innocent bystanders will not get sucked into your relationship drama.
-  Watching a football game at a sports bar and having the waitress come over and say "Honey you're not watching this right?" as if there was no way I actually knew what a football looked like. Why yes mam'm I AM watching that game, if fact I was the one who asked them to put it on this channel.
-The amount of time I spent and the difficulty I had at picking the below picture of Ryan Gosling

Awesome:
-How much my group of friends is obsessed with the new Needtobreathe album. We might all run away together and travel the country soon if we aren't careful.
- Having one of your friends tell you "I need you guys, I just feel better about things when I'm with ya'll. When I don't see you for a week it's like my life starts falling apart". It was seriously the sweetest moment.
- Being a part of a group of friends that feels that way about each other.
- Having people point out how much I say "Ya'll". I didn't think my southerness came through very often, but apparently I say it A LOT.....and ya know what I like it.
- Going on a run for the first time in a couple weeks and not collapsing half way through it. I might just become a "runner" yet.
-Spotify. For a poor 20 something who is OBSESSED with music this little gem has saved my life and opened up my listening options x10923789347893
- Ryan Gosling. Right now the man is everywhere, and I could not be more ok with it. SWOOON. Also, this article about him.

Beg the book to turn the page....

Can we talk for a minute about this album? Cause it is ruining my life. I am neglecting all other music, spending too much money on concert tickets, wanting to quit my job and drive around the country. Seriously it's incredible. Please immediately go and get this album. Right now. Go.

Also, could these guys be any cooler/sexy? I think not. My friend Kacie said this when she first heard this new record, "the album might as well be entitled 'We Wrote The Book On Masculinity' " haha. SO. TRUE.

Dear Men, Take Note

Keep Your Eyes Open

Guys. There is so much to catch up on! I hate how much moving has taken over my life. Well, if I'm honest, it's not just the moving. Life has just been craazy. But I have missed this little blog and will be back in full force this week. Here are some things you have to look forward to (for the 3 of you that actually read/care about what I write haha) My move/the new place, A Secret Needtobreathe show in Nashville(seriously the best show I have ever been to), some current thoughts about life/love/faith, awkward/awesome lists and more!

Moving On

Moving Sucks....

Be Back Soon....

Sometimes my friends are so beautifully wonderful

So giving and kind and encouraging 

That I can't do anything, but cry in gratitude

For Kristin

You are not alone in this....

A Sigh Of Relief.

Most of the time, I make a mess of things

I wish I had handled things differently, or said the right thing. 

But I seldom do.

Usually behind me I leave a mess I don't know how to clean up.

I do things without thinking

I hurt people

I hurt myself

But in the midst of all that.

He loves me.

He cherishes me.

He forgives me. 

He redeems me. 

And for that I am speechless

At the end of the day I know I can sigh and collapse into his big arms. 

There is relief in knowing you can't do it. That you can't do enough. 

He can. 

He will. 

He is.