Floating

I feel somewhat ungrounded these days. I need a lot more journaling, a lot more heart-to-hearts with friends, a lot more time in the sun, a lot more prayer. A lot more "me" time that isn't spent watching television shows on my laptop to relax.

Staying in Spokane after graduation has been a bit of a mixed experience. I enjoy my job and am grateful to have it, and I am truly beginning to love the city. But in certain ways I feel left behind. So many of my college friends have moved away and continued their lives in other cities, with other people, and I'm torn between wishing I could be with them and wishing I had found my own new community somewhere else.

I have decided, in response to this (since I can't move to Portland tomorrow), to pursue friendships here in Spokane with more intentionality (is that a word? Maybe it's just intention). I'm going to override my own insecurities and seek out the community that I need. Maybe there are others here who need it too.

God, give me gumption.

Nesting

I am domestic. Yikes, when did that happen?

Seriously, this week I bought a Real Simple magazine, cooked 3 meals from scratch, and redecorated.

Lars and the Real Girl

Please rent this movie tonight.

My parents bought it for me for my birthday, and it is so wonderful. The short summary is that Lars falls in love with a sex doll he has ordered from the internet, but it would be more accurate to say that it is a movie about loneliness, community, and healing. It is quirky, thought-provoking, and hilarious. And it is so much more subtle and pure than you would expect.

I'm serious. Rent it. Now.