Here...There...Everywhere...The Journey of Life

My shift is coming to an end tonight and it has been a crazy past few weeks. I have been trying to adjust to the new schedule of working 3 days at Bader Cottage and my other 3 days at Boys Cottage. The days honestly have been blurring together with everything happening all at once.I thought things would be easier but it has been rough when over at Bader with all the girls trying to adjust to the changes and some of them just being completely ridiculous. IT is hard though being there only 3 days now. I feel bad because when I heard how rough it was I was just thinking "Okay I can put all of my energy into these 3 days and take the brunt of the problems and complaining from the girls so I can help Becca." But it doesn't help either of us when they are too much for us those days and we both got drained! I don't know I guess I just hope that as things start to become routine again with new changes that things will become easier. I spent a few days with the girls and worked on of my off days over there and things aren't as crazy as they have been the past week or so but still enough to make you tired and ready to go off duty. I have obtained this new eye twitch within the last week and I am hoping that I can get this stress under control because I am thinking that is the root of the problem. If I could pick up running again then that may help but first I need some new running shoes since my friends have informed me that my current ones are not really running shoes and will hurt...though some days I am quite tempted to just run in them anyway until I can afford new ones! :) The nice thing about this new change in staff and schedules is that I get to spend my off days with Rebekah and Becca. I am getting the opportunity to get to know Rebekah more since we never really got to see each other with our work schedules and working in different cottages. However, now that we have time off together it will be good to get to know Rebekah, and I am so far finding out just how awesome she is, and super funny! It has also been great getting to hangout with Becca off duty. I mean I get to see her 3 days while we work together anyways which is awesome, and it brings a little normalcy to Bader Cottage, but it is great to get to hangout with your friend OUTSIDE of work! There are no worries of hanging out and also having to worry about the kids at the same time. We can simply just be friends and not have to be coworkers at the same time. I am loving it! We biked 15 miles today to Sutton the next town over, spend a little while in downtown which included us purchasing chocolate milk and monkey bread, sitting in front of the library and eating it, then biking the 15 miles back! IT was great...not gonna lie I thought I was going to die on some of those hills but I am glad that she convinced me to go! I am not used to friends who like to go outside and do these crazy spontaneous things but I love that about Becca and that she gets me into those kinds of fun things! I am so grateful for all the friends that I have been making while being down here in Nebraska. I never thought my life would have changed so much as it has in the past 7 months of me packing up and leaving Minnesota. But now that I am here I can't imagine what my life would have been like if I hadn't accepted this job and moved. I wouldn't have grown so much as I have, and I wouldn't have made all these amazing friends like Becca, Caitlain, Hannah and Annie. Although I know summer is coming to an end and some of my friends will be leaving to go back to school, some of their years are coming to an end at Grace and even my year is coming up faster than I expected, but I know that with all of these changes comes great memories that were brought here this summer and will continue to bring great memories in the future no matter how far apart we all may live from each other...or how close. I am excited for each and everyone of my friends and where God will lead each of us on these journeys we are about to partake in. I just hope that we all can get the rest we need, and also enjoy the rest of the summer while it is here! It has been an amazing summer so far and I am excited to see it end well too! Here are some summer memories with some great friends!