Time flies when you are.

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas!!

I don’t know about you but these last two weeks felt like they were on hyper-speed. I guess most holiday seasons feel that  way but this year especially. And it definitely isn’t slowing down!

I feel like I am not doing a very good job at juggling when to relax and spend time with friends and family before I leave and when to work on finalizing my preparations for the race. Even as I sit here typing I am looking around my room realizing that I really need to start clearing out my things, putting boxes in storage and begin packing my life into a backpack. I am definitely not a procrastinator but something about leaving in 12 days is putting me at a stand still.
 
There are so many faces I want to see, necks to hug, places to eat, things to do, cards to write, you name it. I feel like there isn’t enough time and I can’t quite prepare enough for my launch.

 
Although my honest desire is to not try and control this whole experience I've now realized its going to be more like trying to take a cookie from a child.  Which will probably end up with the broken cookie crumbles all over the floor. But I’m ok with that. God knows my heart and my intention. My “over-analyzing and over-preparing” is no surprise to Him. He gave me these strengths which I often burden myself with as weaknesses. And as hard as abandoning my control will be and has been I know it is only developing a greater dependence on God which in reality is the ONLY thing I need to be focusing on. (tangent over; moving on)
 
Oh boy. This is happening. 12 more days people…. 12 more days.
 
I think I need to post a video blog soon because sometimes words with a smiley emoticon just don’t cut it.  
 
Stay tuned,
Jolene