A lot of LEARNING

So, I wasn't planning to take a class this summer. But I'm currently sitting in PUAD 6040 Public and Nonprofit Budgeting. I'm in a Kay Arthur Precepts Upon Precepts Bible study of James. Shin and I started going to John Schneider's Budget class at church. We watched "Waiting for Superman," "IOUSA," and "Inside Job." It's been a lot of learning going on around here. For someone who generally tunes out a lot of the bigger issues because I feel ineffective AND like they don't affect me- I'm seeing why that thought process might be wrong. Could it be that I'm growing up? Taking the world's problems seriously? I hope so. It's a little more stressful and headache prone, but it certainly has better conversations (like I learned what a CDO and a dropout factory are) and I feel like I understand the world I live in a little better. Which means I'm a little closer to understanding God's plans and His role for me in it.

New Bookshelf

Well, we got a new bookshelf! Actually it's an old bookshelf from my room at home. I guess I've had it in my room since I was 12. But now it's in our house and I really like it here. It's full of good books that we like and like to read or want to read. For some reason it just really makes me feel like my living room is much more livable.

We like our house, we like it a lot. But we don't like just buying stuff to put in it. The other day I was looking around in amazement because probably 95% of the furniture and decor are gifts. Which I think is amazing. Now it also means there isn't really a theme and not everything matches, but I love being able to look around in my home and to know that almost everything I see is a little piece of love from someone else.

Anyway, it's getting to be summery. Shin's job is better. I still like my job. I think this is going to be a good year #2 of marriage.