Blog, what it do baby!
Okay, so I’ve been slacking, big time, and that’s on me. I say we just summarize the last two months, quickly so as not to procrastinate any longer, let’s jump in eh!
Everything is blurred together as far as what month was what so I’m just gonna blend it all together because holy crap February feels like forever ago which is absolutely insane to think about and time is flying by!
Some highlights/what I can remember after looking at my calendar:
Gretchen BDAY!!!
Went to a KPOT place and absolutely destroyed some food! Was so good!!!
Career calling and vocational retreat!
Went into this kinda dreading it, had heard that it was painful and exhausting and times and you know at times it could be but like in the best way possible.
Cameron flew up from Atlanta and spent the weekend with us and he was fantastic! He was so insightful and this became one of my favorite retreats I have had and I’m so grateful for his time with us
First Ash Wednesday service!
Had no idea what to expect (besides getting ash put on my forehead), but every part of it was great! Apostles has really opened my eyes to celebrating, honoring the Lord, and reflecting on my own life with Christ in many ways
The Lake!
Holy crap! We went to the lake literally every other weekend, for 6 weeks!
The most recent one was a chill one but such a great one! Got to hang with those of us that came to the lake, some new CNU friends and some new State friends!
The Olympics got put on and we each got split up and team Bad, Blonde and Beautiful had some miraculous comebacks to make it to the finals where sadly we fumbled the bag but successfully were the most annoying and fun throughout the games!
Simas half bday, Neils real bday, and playing with Walter the snake
Simas’s bday is in August but we won't all be around to celebrate him so we decided to throw him a half-ish bday, got some Chuy’s, then went to Bowstring for Neil’s actual bday and hung out with some fellow alumni and this girl at the bar had a snake named Walter, he was pretty neat
Maddie BDay/Carolina Cocktail/Silent Retreat
This one is alot because it quite literally all happened in a span of four days
Maddie’s bday was the weekend of the Silent retreat and we sadly couldn’t really celebrate her that weekend but did celebrate her a little bit before we left; went to LBC and go to hang with Megan Wu who came down for Maddie’s bday
Drove to Charlotte for the Carolina Cocktail (Prom) party, was a blast, got to see my Dalton from the VB fellows
Drove up the next day to the Winston-Salem area for the silent retreat. Place was so peaceful and such a good time to spend in silence, reflect upon the Lord and just relax for a day or two.
Honestly everything after this is a straight up blur, like I know things have been done but there is like a two week gap where I have no idea what we did during the week or on the weekends so I’m gonna ramble about things and they’ll definitely be out of order
Gym/Running: Being consistent in the gym the last few months has paid off well, March has definitely been hard with being consistent but that’s life
March Madness: Go Dukes! Go Pack! Been a good year to be a Dukes fan in all sports! Proud of them for making it as far as they did in the tournament, got clapped by Duke but we at least made it to the second round which is a dub! Go Pack, Girl Hunter doesn’t believe I’ve been a Pack fan since I’ve been down here but I have been, crazy time for the and uber exciting
Warm weather: Enjoyed the warm weather a number of times with going on runs, playing volleyball, spikeball, pickleball and hopefully more to come!
Harry Potter: This goes back to February, but not all of us have seen Harry Potter and so we’ve been going through them and it’s been fun getting to watch them again
Lead roundtable: went over, BRIEFLY, church history and all Christian denominations, Ima be real thoe, it was so brief and I bit off way more than I could chew and twas just a lot of information
Parents came to visit: Was fun getting to drive them around Raleigh all day and get to introduce them to so many people I love and care for down here!
Went home for Easter and got to see my Parents two weekends in a row which was uber special!
The least fun thing I’ve been doing for the last two months now… Job applications: I am incredibly exhausted from applying just about every single day. I can’t wait to just find something, quite literally anything at this point, so I can end this stress and exhaustion. I know I’m in the ballpark of around 150+ applications turned in at this point, I used to have a spreadsheet but I gave up on that a longgggg time ago. I have my first in person interview this Friday so fingers crossed it pans out, would love to not have to go through this process again for at least a few years, if not more…sigh
All in all, the last few months have been so great! I’m so thankful for my time down here and sad that it is getting close to an end, but very excited for what the Lord has in store in Richmond after this!
-Chai Boi, Bunner Bunah Super Scrub Biestrath