present times...

God is good. Not sure what else to say. Finished third day of Marathon training yesterday, day 3 of my 18 week program. Today is day 4 and I have to admit, I'm bored with the possible routes out here. Very limited. So, we'll have to see what happens in that regard as I trek about to find new paths for Marathon-training-goodness. Looks like I won't be going home til the end of August. That's when all of my sister (besides the eldest) will be home. Not sure where I'll sleep, but my 2nd oldest sister should have moved into her new condo by then. So proud of her. Steady job and now owns her own American Dream. Now all she is needs is J. Hopefully, prayer and steadfastedness, eh? So excited about camp and will be off to work here soon. Listening to a bit of Copeland. Good times in the office, by myself. Excited for summer to arrive, but totally good to wait. One of my best friends is arriving in Denver on the 20th and I will be there for a wedding, so me and the CEO and his wife will be picking her up. Pray so very hard for Denver trip. I will be meeting potential ppl to house me this fall....hopefully, prayerfully. I got my financial aid today. I got a grant and a scholarship from the school for having a nice GPA. However, most of my funds are coming from some hunky loans. Not good in the sense that I will be going into more debt. But if I am diligent as far as getting more scholarships and such, I will be alright. It's time for Crystal to get serious. I also am taking a class in June (our busiest month) so that I can save lots of money ($800 to be specific) by taking it here rather than in Denver. Mrrmrr! Life is good and I will always trust in Jesus. But I'm constantly asking myself, "Am I doing all that I am supposed to be doing?" "Am I getting everything done that I can and should?" I did discover how much I love to be there for ppl. I have had the privilege to affect more than one decision to come to camp this summer and feel like God is continually using me for that purpose. I love camp and am more than willing to suggest it to ppl, but for the first time in a long time, I couldn't tell someone what I thought they should do. I just gave them my best and what I felt God was leading me to say to them and than I knew that ultimately it was up to them. Even God can't make that decision for them. I think this is the first time that freewill has ever made experiencial sense to me, if that makes sense. God will lead us in a direction and than it's our job to follow Him, but it has be our willingness to do it. He can't make us choose which way, it has to be our choice.
Hmmm. Learned more today. I am also getting some wedding cake books from ebay hopefully. I bought a wedding magazine hoping to find some good pics of cakes and desserts to try and brainstorm off of. No dice. Wasn't too impressed, so ebay it is! I'm pretty excited to see from a past perspective (vintage) and new times of what ppl are looking for. I may have an opportunity to makes someone's wedding cake, if not this summer, than eventually I'm sure. So, I'm pretty stoked about looking at recipes and designs. I also found a pastry book on special event cakes and checked out a bunch of crazy cookbooks from the library. Pretty stoked to get more of a chance to sit and read through those. Ppl think I'm nuts for reading cookbooks, but it's so much fun! Anywho.
I'd best go cause there are chairs calling my name. I have to set up the chapel for a wedding reception in two weeks, might as well get a head start, eh?
I love God. He's so great.