Okay, so I lied. I am going to write another post before I arrive in Redding. It's just that I've been thinking...about packing up my life. It seems like such a huge thing to me...when really it's not. But yet it is. Because it means I'm moving on to something completely new, something completely unknown...

Having to pack up all my things, I've been thinking about what's really important to me, the things I really, truly cherish. Part of me feels so silly because many of my friends weren't able to take hardly anything with them to school, and I'm blessed to be able to bring so much of my "former life" along for this new adventure. But what things are really important to me? What of all my stuff means home? Photographs of my friends. My paintings. My big journal that sits on my nightstand. My bedspread that's just the right weight...keeps me warm yet somehow stays cool to the touch. And yes, as shallow and material as this is, my canary yellow, eelskin pumps.

A week from tomorrow. Everything will change.

I suppose this isn't legit until I'm actually in Redding. So until then, the pressure's on! I can't even conceive of packing up my whole life in just ten days but with God, anything is possible so I'll place my trust in that :).

I really should be doing something productive right now...

So, until Redding, I'm signing off!

Blessings!