I feel like every time I want to sit down to blog, I realize something else I need to do that is more important. While I am proud of myself for being good about prioritizing, I do miss being a consistent blogger. Anyways, 11:51pm is a good time blog, so here I am!
This outfit is actually from September 26th. The city I live in on the central coast of California actually got a bit of a heat wave! After having hardly any summer-like weather, it finally came. Thus, the shorts and skirts without tights came out.
Top: Kohls
Skirt: Cotton On
Sandals: Kmart
Belt: Thrifted
Necklace: Gift
Earrings: Gift
Skirt: Cotton On
Sandals: Kmart
Belt: Thrifted
Necklace: Gift
Earrings: Gift
Purse: Thrifted
This has been such an interesting time of my life. I'm learning more about myself than I ever have before. Going to Fresno and meeting God amidst poverty, brokenness and hurt; my last academic year at my community college; my last 9 months living at home; and being single for the first time since I was 13. I know the last one might seem silly, but I have been a monogamist dater since I was 13. The longest time I have ever been single was two months before now. I am happy and proud of myself now, as I've been single for over five months. I know that still seems like such a short amount of time, but it is still a small accomplishment that I am quite proud of! I have had to say no to certain opportunities and figure out what it looks like to just be Shannon. As well as learning as what it means for my relationship with God to be enough in my life, to be the only relationship I truly need and will rely on. I can't say it's been peaches and cream every step of the way, but each day gets better, and it's already been an incredible journey to be on. I cannot wait to see where I am at when my year dating fast is over (not that I'll be in a relationship as soon as it is over, but I committed to a year fast!). I just need to remember every day to invest in God, and stay close to Him.
I also have begun the process of apply to a UC! It is crazy to think that this time next year I will be at a much larger school and living away from home. It seems so unreal when your whole life has been in and shaped by your home. I'm feeling such an array of emotions. Happiness, fear, excitement, nervousness, anxiety, hope. I keep reminding myself to really enjoy where I am during each phase of life. I can't believe in less than a year I will no longer be living at home. I want to soak up every second left. Not that I won't be back, I will probably pretty often, but I know that I will probably never permanently live at home again once I move. So while it is a incredibly exciting time in my life to get to start that next step, I'm going to try to live in the moment, and enjoy my time left at home- with my parents, in my room, in my house, and in my city.
(Cheesy picture time :D )
Some other things going in my life:
I really love Mumford and Sons, Imogen Heap and Florence and the Machine. They have been occupying my play list most of the time.
I'm reading a book called "Holy Cow" by Sarah Macdonald. It is about her time living in India after she moved their to be with her boyfriend who was stationed their with his job. It's her reactions to the poverty, pollution and drastically different Indian lifestyle. It's been a good book- challenging at times as the reader is presented with some of the hard-to-sit-with circumstances of the people, circumstances and culture of India.
We are studying the gospel of Luke right now in our small group bible studies on campus, and I've been getting a lot out of them, and learning so much about Jesus. I think I've spent the least amount of time in the gospel of Luke than any of the other gospels, so it's been a great experience to get to study it inductively.
I think it's time to call it a night now, I'm going to try to put blogging back as a regular thing in my like.
In the words of Heidi Klum,
Auf Wiedersehen
