me time...

...i don't know about you but i don't get much of that. between work, zach, family, friends and church i'm pretty tapped out every week. zach and traci both let last saturday for honduras for two weeks and a few other friends were on business trips this past week so i've had a ton of time to myself. i love it. i've realized that i spend so much time trying to work around other people's schedules and making them happy that i never spend time on me. in my quest to "balance" my relational life i've managed to neglect my personal, spiritual and physical health. this past week i started working out again, praying more throughout the day as i used to, catching up with friends and just being. i realized that i was spending so much time trying to get from point a to b that when i got to b i wasn't a good listener or friend. i was tapped out. it's funny that i'm writing this b/c on sunday i'm sharing at Overflow on this very topic: relationships.

tonight i hung out with my mom, watched a movie and had a cupcake. then i came home and got to skype with tyler who's still teaching in thailand. since he's been there (almost for a year) we haven't had much time to chat. it's tough to coordinate schedules so it was nice to chat without having somewhere to be next.

i think it's time for a s'more.....

peacelove

donde esta??

maybe you've been asking yourself that...where is kristen? why hasn't she been blogging? well my friends, i'll let you in on the last month of my life:

- i moved into a sweet apartment with one of my best friends and i love it (we don't have internet yet hence the hiatis in blogging)
- i road tripped with my grandpa to colorado then stayed with my friend kristina in denver
- i've been busy busy at work. it's the good busy though. i love what i'm learning and how i'm challenged. i'm blessed to be able to work for good people and good causes.
- i've been learning A LOT in my relationships lately. specifically, i don't like when my friends set unspoken or unattainable expectations on me so i shouldn't do that to them.
- it's tough when you feel like you're being replaced
- i miss living with my dog big time
- i'm learning to manage money better than ever before. it doesn't scare me anymore.
- i am praying that i can go to africa in the fall with the church
- i'm leading sophomore girls at overflow and am learning lots
- sometimes at work i pinch myself b/c of all the responsibility and trust they've given me over the last 6 months
- i turn 24 soon:-)
- on the road trip with my grandpa i got to see emotions of his that i never thought he had. we were listening to "It's Your Love" by tim and faith (yes, my gpa likes country) and he was crying b/c he missed my grandma. i told him we could turn it off but he said no, they were tears of good memories.
- my niece is walking and kind of talking. she's awesome.
- zach and i are making strides in understanding each other and learning to compromise....i've found out over the last year and a half that i'm pretty selfish when it comes to time.


that's about it...i'm gonna go home and hang some stuff on my walls finally.
happy sunday