“California never go away, I’m here to stay”
Today feels like 203498230 days in one. It all started when I woke up around 7:30 to prepare a little more for my British Music final. I felt pretty confident going into the test because it was an interesting topic to me and anything seems easy to memorize after British History and Middle East exams in one day. I finished that final in about 40 minutes and went up to my room to begin the daunting task of packing. Packing was crazy, but it happened and my suitcases are both an OK weight. I was actually pretty impressed with how it worked out.
After packing for awhile, I went to Le Pain with Amy and got some more DELICIOUS Le Pain food. It was delicious. I then embarked on a journey to Harrods to find some headphones for the flight home because my current headphones are slowly dying. I found some pretty good ones for a reasonable price, so I got them. I’m really happy with them. After that, I packed some more, took a quick nap and went to our LAST group dinner at Da Marios.
Dinner was sooo fun. Walking to dinner, Natalie and Amy and I hooked arms and it was a typical London day and it stays light later than usual which reminds me of summer and I feel free because finals are over. It was just a perfect walk. A funny thing at dinner happened near the end when we had some students stand up and say nice things about some professors who joined us at dinner. Natalie and I were so embarrassed by the thought of it, we ‘went to the bathroom’ to avoid it. While we were just standing there talking, we heard someone walk into the bathroom. We both looked at each other, and turned quickly to pretend we had been washing our hands. It was just funny.
After dinner we had a program where we appreciated everyone ever. People talked about Caroline and Jenny and the Newmans and Michelle and Jordan (RA’s) and the Spiritual Life Committee and other awesome people. We watched the London video that Em made. Britt and Azzurra were the MCs and they were HILARIOUS. The night ended with a blessing from Callie and me. It was a strange feeling saying a blessing — I felt like my dad saying a benediction at the end of church or something. It is pretty powerful saying a blessing over people though.
Today I’ve felt glad to be here. I’m just living in the moment. I know that tomorrow I’ll be home (!!!!!!) and that is exciting, but I want to soak up every single moment I have left while I’m here so that I don’t forget anything. I KNOW that God has awesome things in store for me when I go home. I know that I’m where I’m supposed to be right now and that whatever the future holds is full of purpose too. I think this year has REALLY taught me to appreciate every moment — the good and the bad– to take each moment for what it is and soak it in. Who knows if I will ever have a moment like that one and I wouldn’t want to take it for granted. I want to get everything out of every moment that I can.
Anyways, I’m excited to be going home to my family. I can’t believe I’ve had this INCREDIBLE experience, that it’s coming to an end, that I am blessed enough to have this much LOVE in my heart.
“So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well.” Philippians 1:9 (The Message)
This was part of the blessing that Callie and me said and I loved it from the Message. How important is it that we learn to love WELL. I think this year, I have seen a glimpse of what it means to love WELL.
I LOVE you all!!! Goodnight =)
