life lessons?

to sum up my thanksgiving break, please refer to the october 19th post.

and also to say that "it is better to have 3 good friends, who know you, understand you, and get you, rather then a bunch of friends who don't know everything going on in your life."

the end.

FLASHback.

high school tricia.

college tricia

post college tricia. (kinda.. so to be honest, i have not taken a picture with my camera of me after college, but the picture to the right accurately depicts my current life.)

i am so fun. you wish you could hang out with me.

right?

just kidding. (kinda)

is it wednesday?

no it is not. but i am all confused because i worked on sunday. so no i don't even know what day it is!

don't worry, i'll figure it out.

my to-do list.

make a kick a website to get me a kick a job when i am done with my kick a internship.

figure out how to cook for 1 with left overs, and make something besides a peanut butter and jelly for lunch

stop watching the news, man that stuff is depressing

figure out how to get into the sprint center next tuesday night to watch k-state play

yeah i don't have much to say except i have been

busy, taking on new things, and starting to love the community around me. isn't funny that i told God i didn't want to be in Kansas City, and then that is where he put me and now i am meeting all these new people who like to do fun things?

what do i know-right?

so i'm sure whatever he has planned for me next will continue to amaze me.

and for all you non kansas city folk, check out this sermon

peace. love. turkey.

PlayNAIA: Smells Like Team Spirit Video Contest

pictures

so i often find myself on facebook.

shocking-right?

and while there, i start looking at pictures. and isn't it crazy how a picture can bring back a memory you totally forgot about? and then all the sudden all these feelings come back that you thought you dealt with? and just because that picture was there-now you are doubting where you are in your life emotionally. does this happen to anyone besides me?

and then you think you are fine..and then the "photo memories" come up of people you would rather not remember?

i wonder what life would be like without facebook. like, yes, i do remember life before we had it..but just think about all the things you wouldn't know about if we didn't have facebook. like-

what-she is working where?

or

what-THEY got married?

or

what-they broke up?

or

what- she is pregnant?

or

what was they thinking, that no one would ever see them doing beer bongs after they posted them on facebook and they would be able to get a job?

RIGHT?

i like seeing pictures of my friends..but i need to create an app that will just get rid of pictures you don't want to see because it brings up too many feelings.

so, i will leave you with this photo.. i don't know why i chose this one. so enjoy.

life after college.

well for all of you youngens who are still in college, let me give you a glimpse of what life is going to be like when you are out of there.

you make friends in high school, then you all go your separate ways and go on to college, and make new friends (and some are lucky enough to keep the old too) and then everyone graduates and gets jobs and then starts yet another chapter of life. and you have to make new friends...

while working. while cooking dinner every night. while paying bills. while doing all this other stuff that you forget about when you live in the bubble of college life, where everyone lives within 5 minutes of each other, and where you are only in class (if you even go) for like..not that long.

and then all the sudden, you have to adjust to working 40 hours a week..in a cube or office or whatever. and you realize that college didn't even prepare you for what you are doing now. you don't have any guidelines or due dates, you just do stuff. and you get stuff done if you know how or not..you just figure it out.

and in college, you forget that there are people older and wiser that are not professors.. and all the sudden they become your co-workers. and you are trying to juggle making new relationships while keeping up with your friends from the past..and it is hard. it is exhausting. but worth it.

i guess, just be prepared..life is hard. and its easy to think "oh after college, i will get a job, and all my friends will get jobs, and we will live by each other and it will be so great". because it doesn't really happen like that- people go where there is work- and even Kansas City is big enough not to see some of the people you love the most!

but don't fret- if i can make new friends- so can you! it has been an adventure, starting new with people- explaining salad bowl to them and see friendships forming right there! and getting involved in a church that is close has been incredible. and i am looking forward to all the relationships that will come from that- and all that God is going to teach me (and has taught me already).

and then i start thinking..ok, in 7 months, i will find myself unemployed. i will have the opportunity to go anywhere--but by that time will I want to? it seems so exciting to go somewhere big and fun..but then if i didn't know anyone there- wouldn't i get so lonely? would i want to have to start fresh and find new friends again? it's hard to do! so I can't think about it. I just have to trust that God has a plan for me, and it will work out in the end..and if it is hard, i will just have to remember "that in all things, God works for the good of those who love them" (Romans 8:28).

so, my advice friends- be prepared to make new friends, to start new relationships, and adjust to working. it's tough..and at first i was exhausted and just came home and felt like i would never have enough energy.. but you get over that and find yourself just as busy as you were in college.

and i'm sure once i have made all these new friends, God will throw something at me that I would have never seen coming--but that's why he is so great. because it will be exactly what i need.

ummm

what is in the water these days?

ENGAGEMENT MINERALS?

i'm just saying.