Update

I keep being pressed to continue blogging and updating. I guess it's just tough when you're jobless and searching high and low to find some source of income... it takes up all your thoughts and time. The good news is that Joel and his family gave me a Canon 30D for Christmas, which has led me to hope that perhaps I could do this photography thing after all. So half my time consists of setting up my own portrait business, and the other half consists of looking for a part-time job to cover the rent. Throw in a hubby with a severe cold and you have a whole lot of craziness going on.

There's alot that goes into setting up photography as your business, I'm finding out. You have to make lists, do research, and figure out how to put your uniqueness and personality into everything. There's pricing your time and figuring out photo packages, making a list of equipment needs, figuring out how to print and where to go if you don't have a high quality printer, building a blog/website, making a logo.... I could go on and on. It's fun though, I can't wait to see what it all looks like in the end.

Joel and I took a trip to Southern California at the beginning of the month. It was great to see old friends again, people we miss on a daily basis. But it led me to discover that I really don't miss living in SoCal. It was fun for college, sure, and seeing our friends who live there was amazing, but just being there made me realize how obvious it is that we belong in Wheaton, IL. The vibe in SoCal is all wrong for Joel and I... so many people, so much pavement and traffic and vanity and frustration. If Los Angeles is characterized by chaos, Wheaton is characterized by peace... we all go to church on Sundays, meet at Shane's deli and watch the snow falling outside. We spend time at the Cherry street house and watch various people go in and out. And the level of genuine love and service here is amazing to me. I've never known a place where faith and being like Jesus is a daily discussion, where selflessly serving one another and acting out on Jesus love is a regular occurance. I've never been so challenged to love in that way, and it's awesome. Is it perfect? Obviously not. We won't know perfection in a place until we see heaven, but with Joel and I, our personalities just settle into the midwest perfectly.

I can't wait to see how being here will shape me, because I think I'm going to be better for it.

My recent obsession has been a bowl of Oh's every morning. Has anyone else ever had Oh's? I don't know where they've been all my life. Speaking of which, I'm going to go have one right... now.