Goodbye August!

My friend Katie has captured the true ill feelings towards the month of August in her latest post here. Something about working in higher education and the rush of fall classes starting back sends us swimming into a frenzied overdrive of too many long hours with seemingly little appreciation. Now this is all to say that we have exited the on-campus on-call Housing life that so many of our friends are in and so in comparison, this August was actually a 'lighter' affair for us than the previous three (+) years. But being in the midst of transition has brought about its own unpleasantries.

Two weeks into being a full time student again, Jonathan has been working diligently to stay on top of readings for class and balance a rewarding/demanding assistantship (remember Make it happen Shushok). This shift in priorities has impacted our 'after hours' life. We pick up Heath, get dinner ready, eat, play with Heath and do the bedtime routine by 8pm and then J is back to full time student role. I'm sure when we make friends here and have some date nights to throw in the mix it will not feel as demanding, but it does.

And for shifting from my role with student organizations to now being in student conduct, you'd think that I would have less late night committments, not so. As I am learning more and more about my role here there are these hidden gems of after hours committments that are arising. It's been a difficult adjustment for me here, on many levels.

So I am hopeful for September. Please be a positive month. Please bring more competency to me in my job and patience for what a full understanding of it may mean. Please bring us friends that we can talk deeper with and a church community that feels like home. Please let us be authentic and focused on what's important. Pretty please?