Waiting: Week Three~ish

I have to say I am coming off of a wonderful weekend. My best friend (hi Erin!) was here for 3 days before leaving me to go back to Oregon. We had a blast at another friend’s “goodbye bash,” a baby shower, and a girls game night. I got very little sleep and drank a lot of coffee but those are my favorite times. And I’m pretty sure I’ll be having another one of those weekends in just three days. I will be flying to Oregon for my sister’s graduation!

I’m absolutely positive I will get not enough sleep, but will get to spend precious, precious time with my beautiful sister. So far I’ve been promised a fancy caramel making session, wine tasting in the Willamette Valley, dinner at her fancy pants restaurant, and lots of uber closeness that will drive her bananas. :)

On top of that, God continues to patiently teach me about the process of waiting and I’m surprisingly finding more & more joy as I continue to pursue Him.

My wonderful journey continued with last week’s post: http://www.heirswithchrist.com/2012/10/15-free-to-fail-so-dont-wait.html

I was drawn to this quote from the above blog: “Cynicism masquerades as strength. We build buttresses made of negative promises. Arrows can’t pierce nonexistent dreams.”

while I’m waiting…

The providence of God’s timing is—of lately—been something that has frustrated me, which I shall explain in a moment .

However, this morning I couldn’t help but notice a bit of perfect timing in my life. And now that I think about it, if it weren’t for my current circumstances I might not have noticed all this in the first place!

Browsing on pinterest this morning lead me to this blog: http://www.heirswithchrist.com/ and to this post: http://www.heirswithchrist.com/2012/09/what-are-you-waiting-for_30.html

What am I waiting for?? Oh, where to begin! There are so many things in my life that aren’t “done” or are not “where they should be.” Reading through this post, I was struck by the fact that I’m not alone. Perhaps this obvious to others, but a lot of times I feel like everyone else's life is so together and then there's little ol' me: still waiting. Today, I was reminded that everyone is waiting for something.

Healthy food I like? Get out!

Something happened to me today.

I got excited about my snack. My HEALTHY snack.

And not just “yummy” excited. Blissfully-don’t-bother-me-right-now-excited. I closed my bedroom door and put on my favorite music and just enjoyed my snack.

I think I may have been replaced in the night. I hate healthy food. Or I guess I should say hated. I usually avoid it. Whenever I read a low-cal recipe with soy-anything in it, I immediately move on. A friend posted on pinterest about using cucumbers as crackers and I got a little grossed out.

I have been known to eat dessert AS A MEAL. I’ve also been known to say things like “there’s always room for ice-cream (my ALL time favorite dessert)—it just fits into all the crevices in your tummy.” I always choose full-fat versions of stuff, because—get this—I CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE and it bothers me. And even if I can’t taste it, I say crap like, “well, whatever they put in there to make it taste the same can’t be good for you.”

If I had a penny for every time I started to exercise...

A few months ago I decided that I was finally going to get serious about working out. I’ve made this promise to myself dozens of times before so I can’t guarantee that THIS will be the time but you got to start somewhere.

I’ve joined the Zumba craze via the wonderful world of a DVD player. Logic? It was more expensive than the monthly gym membership but I paid it once instead of every month. Plus I have no faith nor desire to see my booty shaking at all in a public atmosphere (neither do you, trust me!) So I felt it best to save other’s eyes and suffer my living room walls to my “dancing” (if these walls could talk…)

Do you know what Zumba is? A simple google search will tell you all that you need to know. Youtube it if you want to watch others acting crazy. Or read my blurb below: