Wait for It!

I'm feeling better already.  Writing is such a good processing outlet for me, and I find ambiguous grief to be interesting and relatable on a personal and professional level.  I'm confident that God is at work, and if the Holy Spirit leads you to pray for me, I would value and appreciate that!

And now, on to the usual Photo Friday fun!! ❤

Sarah and her family came to OKC for a couple days this week, so I met her for a late lunch at The Mule after my adoption matching call (while Steve and Kate stayed at the Science Museum).  It was good to catch up on things as she's on a mini-break between semesters after finishing her first full year of CRNA school!

Annie F. Downs led a Zoom session on Singleness on Tuesday - it was well done, and she and Katie had a lot of encouraging things to say!  Emily and I had a good follow-up talk about that, and my homework before our next session is to research LifeGroups (any church small group Bible studies) that I might wanna join soon!

Okay, I'm still a little surprised by myself on this one, but beyond excited - yay, Life List goals! lol  I booked a solo one-day NYC trip to see a matinee performance of Hamilton on Broadway in September, with Leslie Odom Jr. back as Aaron Burr!  (I know most people won't care or get the magnitude of it, but him being back is a big deal.)  And if any of his former original castmates decide to join him or come watch, ummm, I won't be sad about it. lol  I wanna be in the room where it happens, and I'm willing to wait for it!! ;-)

Naturally, it was very nearly sold out, so I have a partially-obstructed-view box seat on the side of the stage.  (I found a site where it shows your view from different seats and people who've sat there before write in about it, and that was the best one by far of the four seats left.)  I'm SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT!!!  (I also really need American Airlines to come through for me that morning, so praying for that, as well!)  It'll be the first time I've traveled with only a purse.  If all goes according to plan, I'll Uber to the theater district to grab a light lunch, then see the play at the Richard Rodgers Theater from 1-4, grab some Hamilton NY merch (yes, please), grab dinner and dessert at Junior's and/or Serendipity 3, then Uber back to the airport by 7:00 for my 9pm flight. lol  Perfection!

This Instagram post from Levi Lusko was pretty encouraging after the thoughts I shared earlier today!  Love him!

James Clear dropping wisdom!  On this note, I've so enjoyed my post-marathon and Graduation week, but I'm currently feeling very ready to buckle down and dive into a new health/fitness routine on Monday!

Finally picked up my Finisher t-shirt this week, and I love it!!  (They only had extra-smalls left when I reached the Finish Line).

I'm good at this in certain areas, but working on it in others... book writing definitely comes to mind!!  I think I put too much pressure on myself there (shock) to have it be perfect, but I need to treat it more like the blog - writing for friends and family in a way that's fun and honors God and my own values.  All things considered, I need to shut down the critical, perfecionistic Enneagram-1 wing and push into the decisive, determined Enneagram-8 wing side of my personality to make that happen!!

Huzzah for this 12x12 shadowbox frame that hangs in a diamond shape!! ❤

Yay for Tate Haywood winning a character award for Courage!
Happy last day of school to him today!

And finally, hooray for these final pics from my ceremony a week ago today!

Happy Friday, friends and fam!
Keep going - God is with us and for us.
Have a beautiful weekend ahead!!

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