i'm where and who i want to be?

another Fall is passing us by. i'm starting to get a little nostalgic as i realize that my pre-senior year is whooshing by, and Real Life is quickly approaching. for 21, i've been through a lot of bumps in the road, and i feel i've largely come out okay from my experiences.

i feel inBetween, no longer a caterpillar but not quite a butterfly. just a happy german larvae with itty bitty wings

what am i inBetween?
- as a co-op, i am not a student but not a fulltime worker either. i have been 'learning my place' this quarter, trying to balance respect and a low position with finding the opportunity to get the most out of my co-op experience. it's been a challenge, to say the least.

- finding Home. it is safe to say that Cincinnati is becoming more and more my home, but it is still weird sometimes. it is hard to live and participate in the downtown/'ghetto' areas of the city while still being smart and cautious in order to not get hurt. bad things happen when people are caught unaware, but i refuse to let fear dictate my living experience. i miss the safety of Franklin, but realize it has grown and changed while i have been away, and can't ever be what it was. so i migrate. sometimes i'm in Franklin, sometimes i'm on McMillan street with my crazy-wonderful roommates, and sometimes i'm with nick downtown. a wandering minstrel, living life out of bags and suitcases. it's fun, but exhausting.

-i'm not a senior technically, but i would be if i wasn't in this program. so now i must focusing on loving and being with these people that i care for so much, so that when they fly away from cincinnati i will not regret this year, and have memories to spare. that's college, right?

-my spiritual life. i've had some bad experiences in the last four years, and it is hard to push past them. don't get me wrong, i am still a believer, but i feel like an Ex-pat in a foreign land. at this point, it doesn't seem worth it to try and 'fit in' at another campus ministry, when i'll be gone again on co-op in six months. i'd rather try and find a church. one with a diverse congregation, that helps out the people around them, that isn't huge and flashy and loves me exactly how i am. too much to ask? it's hard to tell.

/introspective rant
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how am i? i'm good. a little quiet, maybe, but it happens. it is good to be quiet and just observe, instead of blazing ahead like a bullhorn.

what am i up to? i am enjoying my room mates and hanging out around the house. i'm trying to cook new and interesting things (tofu quinoa, anyone?) i'm working out and it's kind of working. i started two online classes at cincinnati state, so i can graduate on time (yay!) they shouldn't be too bad. i miss my friends who are on co-op. nick and i have fun together. he is such a great guy. i am doing another show just in time for the holidays. it's at a theater in northern kentucky. you should ask me about it :)

what am i working on in my life: it can be summed up in this verse:
(james 1:19b) be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

how about you?