So recently I've been reading some friends blogs. I always get a kick out of them - typically end up at least smiling, nodding my head in agreement, rolling around laughing, or wiping away tears (more often the first 3 than the latter). I haven't figured out how to exactly link the blogs on here, so I'll just put ones I'm following on the side and you can read them as you want. As I've done this, I've thought, "Hey I can do that!" So I am. This blog is going to just be my ramblings on wherever the next year and maybe beyond takes me. Period.
Now you have the short version of the story. Here's the longer one. I was blog hopping last night, going back to the beginning of blogs I had just started reading, and noticed how interesting it is to see where people were a year ago. That's when I remembered the post I wrote exactly 1 year ago tomorrow. Here's a quote from it -
"I've decided to take some control in my life and change something that I just realized hasn't been going right. I am going back to church. No I do not necessarily mean LPUMC although I plan to still go there on Sunday mornings cause I love it. I'm going to listen to what my mom has been saying since I moved home and follow the example of my older sister last week and find my own church on probably Saturday nights, preferably one with a contemporary service and lots of students. What brought this on? I won't get into it too much but basically I was talking to one of my sisters and I had a revelation. I'm trying too hard to hold onto ADPi. The fact is my chapter doesn't need me the way they used to, they have their new girls and have moved on, but I haven't yet found a group that can fill the void that not being part of the chapter has left in my life. Working at Steinmart helped some, cause I had my friends there, but now that I've quit and don't see them anymore I look too much to the past through facebook and it needs to stop. Basically I'm lonely, and I think finding a group of friends at church, like what I found through Sunday roast after St. Michaels and Risky Living at St. Aldates in England, would help fill in the gap left by my college friends (although nothing can replace my ADPi sisters obviously). And who knows, there might just be someone waiting for me at that church too, which though not my focus would be a nice side benefit... hey it worked for my parents! The good thing about the church stuff is that last night I found out I'm not the only one of my recent graduate friends feeling this way, which made me feel SO much bettter!"
I smiled when I read that last night, because exactly one year after I decided to try to find my own church, I'm going to be doing a membership class to join CityChurch. That got me thinking about where I was this time last year vs. this year. I was lonely. I didn't have a church. I felt lost at work because I didn't have projects to work on. I had just found out about a love for museum education. I had no idea what I would be doing that summer, certainly never thought about Natchez, Mississippi. And I had absolutely no clue what I was gonna do for an exit project. Look at me now. I found a church I love and am getting involved with. I'm more social than I was last year. I spent the summer in Natchez, MS. I found a church in Natchez, MS and a group of friends that I miss dearly. I have 2 big projects that I'm doing for the museum. I'm applying for jobs. And I have a fabulous exit project. What a difference a year can make! As I realized that, I thought "I wonder where I will be next year this time?" With any luck, that answer will be in a job I love at a museum, settled in an awesome house or apartment. But who knows - I'll just have to wait and see what God has in store.
So this blog is just going to update anyone interested on wherever the next year might lead. I may give some details on the exit projects and work things I'm doing, but I think I'm going to create a 2nd blog primarily for that - that one will be a professional blog, which I still encourage you all to read. But to steal a phrase from my college friend "Sister Good", this blog is just my ordinary adventures :-). And no, this will not be a constant "Oh my life is so awesome! Yeah me!" blog. That's why I named it "The madness of Ms. Katherine". Number 1, I wanted a clever title, and thought a play on "The Madness of King George" would be funny. 2, I am crazy busy. I am stressed. A lot of times I feel like I am losing my mind. And I am anything but perfect. So this blog is just about my life - messy and crazy as it is.
I'm going to do my best to not let this turn into "Let's let Katherine vent about how stressed she is and how much her life sucks" land, to also include all those funny and "Yeah me!" stories. You'll get to hear about the job search. About the stress. About the exit project. About my friends and family (just what I do with them, no gossip of course). And about my journey as I grow as a person and in my relationship with God. For any non-Christian friends I'll try not to make this a constant "God is AWESOME!" blog but there are gonna be references so just bear with me.
Anyway I hope you all, or at least some people, enjoy reading this. Here goes my crazy life! Welcome!
- Ms. Katherine
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