A Sunday Afternoon

Oh the joys of being "grown up." I paid my first rent bill yesterday and thought about the sadness that I'll be doing this the rest of my life. It's an interesting concept to me. I pay to live and yet life is free. Well, minus the bill to the OBGYN and the hospital. I am starting to understand more and more that our world really does revolve around money. Obviously human, I grasped the concept of money at a young age but to be on my own now, totally different perspective. Although we can't get away from the hold money has on us, we can definitely control it. I don't understand how having lots of money is a good thing. It is my opinion that when one has lots of money it is easier to take things for granted and not show appreciation for them. I can only speak about my own experiences, but when I was a pre-teen I remember mom scolding me for throwing around my toys and not taking care of my stuff because I thought that she would just go out and buy another one. As I got older and when especially when dad left ,and money was hard to come by, I started taking care of my stuff. Anything from clothes to my toothbrush because I knew we were broke. I appreciated my things a lot more. When I was in high school I remember thinking my sister was so cool because whatever I needed she would buy me. Missy had an endless amount of money. She is still well off, don't get me wrong. But rather than idolizing her, I feel sorry for her. The grip that money has on her is sad. Obviously she's not the only one that is serving the master of money. All you have to do is take a look around your world. Countless amounts of people have a very unhealthy love for money. I'm not saying money is bad or we need to protest against the use of it. I am making the point that re-evaluating the control you are allowing the green stuff to have is imperative. I struggle with it and there have been times I have analyzed it and needed to shift my priorities. I urge you to do the same and take the time to evaluate your priorities and make the necessary changes. 

I apologize for the late blogging and not keeping you updated in my life. It's been crazy these past few weeks. I've been in the process of moving into an apartment...eh moving. I vow never to move until I get married, and even then he should be open to moving in with me. I have most of my stuff here at the apartment but still have to go back to the dorms today to clean and get the rest of my stuff. In which I am seriously contemplating throwing away. I started this moving process last week and will finally be in by this weekend, crazy right? I assure you it's not because I am that slow. As I said earlier, last week was nuts. I graduated a week ago! I still can't believe that I am a college grad. All the glory goes to God because it was He who got me through this. Anyway OK so graduation, as you can imagine it's stressful to graduate. There are a thousand things going on in order for one to walk across the stage. Like calling in and pronouncing your name, turning in a thousand papers to the records office, oh yeah and trying to round up the family! Graduation day finally arrived and that day was nuts. A few of my family members were supposed to be at my apartment with my bedroom furniture at 9, they did not show up until 12. Yep....that's right they were three hours late. But despite all the running around and stress we got it done and I was on time to the arena. 

The next day my grandpa called me to say that one of my aunts died that morning. Friday and Saturday was a weekend home. Along with Sunday being my graduation party and I had to speak at a church back home because I'm going to Armenia in September and need support. I stayed with my uncle Tim and aunt Rebecca last weekend and it was a lot of fun. Aunt Rebecca was really busy but I got to hang out with Timmy all weekend and I really enjoyed it. He spoiled me, lol. I also went to a book sale and got a lot of really interesting books that I'm so eager to read. That's what I want to do this summer in celebration of being a college grad...finally reading what I want to read. I've been reading a book about Mary Tudor, the bloody Mary girl. And let me tell ya...wow she was an interesting person along with her father. 

In honor of the storm that is happening right now, literally and not figuratively, a good song for the week would be one by Todd Agnew, Grace like Rain. If you're not familiar with Agnew, I suggest that you download a few songs by him. Some of my favorites include the Martyrs Song, Better Question, and Grace like Rain. 

On a side note...this guy on the food channel is an odd one. Enjoy your weekend and again I am really sorry for not being on top of this blog like I should have been.