livin'

back in Peg City!!

Hey Everyone....

maybe you've been wondering if i'm home now...and if so, how i'm doing. maybe you haven't been wondering. either way, you're going to find out..

well, so far so good. last wednesday was a tearful day. the ywam staff had a goodbye breakfast for me before my friends julie, bubba drove me up to vancouver so i could catch my flight. they spoke some really nice things to me and prayed for me. it was pretty emotional for me. saying goodbye to like 15 people at the same time is a sad ordeal. especially 15 people that have been in your every day life solid for the past 2 years.

home has been good, but i am quite eager to get a job and not sit around for too much longer. i've barely been here a week, but i'm ready to get started. well yes, home has been good, good but lonely. i'm used to living in community and now everything has become so silent and i've spent a lot of days alone. the suburbs are quiet. my house is quiet. i'm feeling desperate for some NOISE!! i'd even welcome drunk university students running the streets at 2 in the morning. you definitely have a city girl on your hands.

if anyone has any great ideas for jobs feel free to email me (amandasdawn@gmail.com). my plan is to start school in january at UW. i like to call it "u-dub". does anyone actually call it that in winnipeg? the reason (if you're wondering) that i call it that is because i lived in the university district of seattle, a literal 5 minute walk from my front door to the "U-DUB", aka, University of Washington. but everyone just calls it "u-dub" and it's a lot easier than saying "u of w". yeah, so that's that.

my emotions are back and forth, but even in my sadness to be away from seattle, i am sincerely looking forward to what this next couple of years in winnipeg will bring. i went out with some good friends tonight for dinner and talked to my great friend amy on the phone today...all these moments make me so happy. i'm really thankful for God's grace in this time. it could have been a lot more difficult without Him.

sooooo, here i go. i'm gunna giv'er!

peace & luv.

posted by Amanda @ 8:38 PM 0 comments

winnipeg in 3 days. WHAT!?

figured i should write something. not sure what to write though. my emotions aren't really one way or another. i have moments of tearing up. i have moments of anticipating what life will be like when i'm back. transition is interesting. sometimes scary. sometimes great.

two of my friends have had their babies. they are both beautiful and healthy little girls. actually, they had them the same day about an hour apart. pretty crazy. i can't get enough of their little fingers and toes. and the newborn baby smell.

here are some random thoughts:

- not very happy because my macbook has a crack in the screen and they want me to pay $750 to get it fixed. excuse me while that is almost how much my computer ITSELF costed. how can anyone charge that much to fix the SCREEN!? hopefully insurance will help me out. i'll give an update soon.
- i will miss many restaurants and all the access to glorious organic food
- how am i going to go to school? YIKES! i haven't gone in like 8 yrs.
- my friends....my family here....goodbye = SAD.
- winnipeg - yay! SNOW...... no thank you.
- seattle is the best city in the world...why the HECK am i leaving? oh.....it's okay i can visit.
- jamba juice really needs to come to canada
- again - snow...no thank you.
- happy to see my friends & family in the Peg
- thankful for all the people in my life both far and near
- here i come "real canadian superstore"
- canadians slurpees......finally finally finally!

these are some of the things roaming the long windy roads in my brain. i'm doing good though. i'm ready for this. but a mix of emotions as well......not that i can articulate them too well.

that's all for the moment. more to come soon, i'm sure.

love to you all.

posted by Amanda @ 6:09 PM 0 comments