Peaceful Summer Day

Whew I just spent about five hours straight baking a cheesecake and some raspberry linzer bars. It all looks so easy when you step into a store and see cakes and pastries all lined up prettily behind the display. But when you try to actually bake a cake, it's a whole different story.

Well I guess the mixing part is pretty fun, but the cleaning up isn't.

I wonder how much longer will my life be this quiet and peaceful? I have no worries, no stress, no nothing whatsoever but stretches of sunny days ahead. At least that's what it seems right now. I am fully resting in the arms of the Lord... and what a peaceful place it is. How secure, how loving, how beautiful.

Today I just lay out on the deck with Koshka and listened to flies buzzing in the distance as I stared up in the sapphire sky. The air was perfect- not too hot, not too cool. I could feel myself melting into the clouds. The trees were greener than usual......

La la la

Tuesday Update

Oh no I haven't blogged for so long!

Last Friday I had a really good track meet at Rutgers University. It's amazing how after all these years, I'm still learning new things about how to race and train. At each race I discover something new about how to run well. I love it!

Sunday, we celebrated Mommom's birthday.

Had the most delicious cheesecake I've ever had in years. Maybe it's because I've been trying hard not to snack impulsively that every sweet titbit tastes heavenly, but that was some seriously good cheesecake! My mom bought it from Wegman's supermarket.

As for further updates on everything else in life; my roommates still aren't really talking to me. To be accurate, I just haven't seen the one who hates my guts since we last had the "meeting". I think this space is necessary to the both of us right now anyway. All I can really do is to continue praying for myself to be more patient and understanding and for God to soften her heart.

As for school, it's going to start picking up any day now. However I'm really going to try my bestest not to pull any all-nighters this time around because our track championships are coming up and I've been dreaming big dreams...

Regardless, this spring has been really lovely weather-wise. We've had a lot of rainy days but also a good bunch of temperate sunny days. In a short while, summer will be here and winter will be naught but a memory... My college days will be a memory...

Because graduation is coming up in about a month or so, I've been trying to make full use of my time to hang out with as many people as I can. Who knows? I may never see them again. But while I'm here, I want to walk on these dirty concrete pavements, laugh like a kid and play in sun. When I finally leave school and close this chapter of my life, things will never be the same again.

How blessed we are in the present!

Thank you God for making me understand how precious is our gift of life daily. Help me not to take today for granted but to live it according to what You would wish. Fully and abundantly. In Jesus' name, Amen!