I am learning to like Fort Worth more and more. I am thankful that Father has directed me to Fort Worth and I still get to visit Norman every once in a while.
I took a trip back to Norman this past weekend to see my sister and attend my dear friend Sarah's baby shower. It was such a great time!!
I realized driving up there that it really has been a long time since I had made the drive (over 4 months, which might not seem like a lot but when your use to making the trip once maybe twice every other month it is). Nothing looked familiar to me anymore. At one point I could not even tell where I was anymore and thought I was going the wrong way haha.
I realized how much I miss Norman and the people that Jesus had placed in my life while I was there. Things are so much simpler there, there is no responsibility there (at least not anymore since I have moved, it really is vacation for me), some of my closest friends are there (who I use to see on a regular basis), it is just fun!
I got to see so many people this weekend, not just at the baby shower but I jam packed my Saturday to make time for as many people as I could!! Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all spent with different people, in between the shower and dinner I made time with friends and after dinner just keep going. I think I saw and talked to more people this weekend than I have in a few weeks. I was in extrovert heaven. By that evening I could not help by smile and be extremely happy. I told one of my friends that night that my heart was so full. It was just what I needed and I did not even know it.
Life is very different here in Fort Worth. Of course, I knew that that would be true of wherever I ended up after college. College is a bubble, nothing like the "adult world" and that is okay. This weekend really showed me that I am still not use to it yet. I have a new job that is allowing me to really transition into the "adult life", realizing that before having this job I was living in a very different mind set. Being done with school did not feel real to me, working at BBW felt like an extended summer.
Now that this new stage of life is upon me, I know I still have so much learn. The next few years are going to be so foundational and character building for me and I am excited to see how it happens.
