Faithful Red Wagon!

As many of you had read, I have been traveling the states of Michigan and Ohio for two weeks. This trip consisted of turnpikes, corn as far as the eye can see, thin walled hotels, corn beef sandwiches and a tour of scary Detroit! I have never visited this portion of the United States and honestly, I truly enjoyed it! Everyone had funny accents and sometimes I felt I was on The Jersey Shore rather than in the suburbs of Detroit but it still ended up being a nice trip! I must send some love to my faithful red wagon. National rental car service gifted me with a vehicle that has blind sides that lasted miles. Not only was the navigation system out of date, causing me to get lost often, but my wagon sometimes shock when I reached speeds over 60. Maybe this was a good this because it made it impossible to get a speeding ticket which I am confident my manager would not be pleased if I returned from this trip with on. So thank you again Red Wagon for the memories!

The trip is over and now I am entering into the most stressful week of this job. I have a presentation tomorrow then oral exams Wednesday and Thursday. I must pass everything to insure I will continue having a job. Can we please say "Pressure is On"? It is honestly ok because after this week, it will mean I am VERY close to finding the location of my new home. So I am being to see the light at the end of the tunnel, the sun is setting on this chapter of my life, the clock is winding down, the race is nearly over and any other saying that delivers the message that I am nearly done. Well to be honest, I am excited and VERY ready! So here we go, hopefully in 2ish.... weeks I will know my final destination. I know the Lord will place me in a perfect plan and I can't believe it is already time to shed some light on this unknown factor I have been living with for over a year (since I look the job). The Lord is so good and faithful! I never thought I'd survive but looks like he gives me more strength than I ever imagined!!

Until next time

Trusting in the Plan

So as many of you know... I have no home. I have no roots. I don't know what to write down when an application asks for my address. Basically, I am trusting my entire life in others hands. Now let me state that it was fun at first. The mystery made things exciting! Who knew where I'd be come Thanksgiving. Who knew and at one point I said Who cares! Well people I have reached my edge. I have a limit to my carefree spirit... and it is now. I can't even tell you how many time I have been asked where I am moving and when I don't have an answer people usually look at me like I am crazy. Usual respond is "So you took a job without knowing where you were going?" Yes I did!!! This job couldn't of meet put together any better to meet my ideal job requirements. I never knew this job was even real. I thought it was an idea I had dreamt about! So when I found out this job was an actual job you could apply, interview and be selected for, of course I am going to take it without knowing where I will be living. Back to the point, I have reached my limit of living a no answer life. A few days ago, I was driving down the Ohio Turnpike (if you get a chance drive it and notice all the White Barns... Its is very odd and no FOY did not have an answer. Thanks for trying through random boy who works at the FOY desk!). Thinking while driving this strange Turnpike in the middle of no where. When you drive as much as I do, you have lots of time to think. I thought about the future, the past, what I was going to have for dinner. Basically no thought was untouched. Then my thoughts moved to where I will be living. Will I be in Washington, far away from my family and friends? Will I be in Savannah or NYC or West Texas or East of Chicago or Charlotte? (which are all ACTUAL opinions!) Where will my root begin to be planted? These are all heavy loaded questions... and I have no answers or guidance. Then I rounded a bend and I saw this.....




How can I not trust in the Lords plan?! If he is capable of making a sight like that... I am sure he will place my roots where they need to be. Of course its a daily or hourly struggle to trust in this plan but how beautiful it will be when I am finally able to. To find satisfaction in the MOMENT the Lord has given me, not the coming year or month or week or even day. He has made a plan for me that is perfect and I want to follow it perfectly. I hope this imagine gives you passion to follow and trust in the Lord's plan for your own life. He loves us more than the Sky.... think how much more beautiful our lives will be compared to this sight once we devote our plan to him. It fires me up just thinking about it!

Here comes another day of being a nomad but when its time for my roots to form the Lord will make sure its in a perfect place!

Now, for your enjoyment! Hard hat, protective eye wear, steel toes boots and fire resistant suit of course. I LOVE MY JOB!! Not only do I get to roll around in Lubes (yes I said Lubes... I am a Lubes sales rep!) but I get to be super fashionable in all I wear. Trust me, I am more of a looker in person! I hope everyone has a blessed day and find delight in the Lords perfect and breath taking plan!

A Traveling Nomad!

So here is the deal... I have no home. I am living from Hotel to Hotel. Let me just show you s what I have been living with for the past 4 months. Now this is not be complaining just showing you into the life of a Nomadic young adult.

Hotel number 1:
Holiday Inn Express somewhere in Michigan.



No bad right. Well after about 20 different hotels in the course of 4 months everything starts to look the same. My point next with Hampton Inn somewhere else in Michigan.



As you can see there is a common trend in hotels. They are all the same! I have a price budget so I honestly don't see a change from room to room except the occasional color scheme switch up. Which is always fun and refreshing.
Just when things seem to get old and traveling beings to take a toll on me... I have a moment. This moment occurred once again somewhere in Michigan. I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings then something catches my eye. I begin to see the reds, oranges, yellows, even purples! I begin to look around the trees lining the highway and the only way I can explain this imagine is that the trees looked like they were on fire! That doesn't even do it justice but all the colors reminded me of a warm bonfire. I couldn't even believe how breath taking everything was! Yes Breath Taking!! I know I over use that phrase but it is completely approciate for the situation. The warm colors of the trees made the drive worth every moment. Even after a long day of work plus a 2+ hour drive I was disappointed to reach my hotel. I was enjoying the colors and Lord's beauty!! These pictures are taken by my phone but imagine something 100 times more stunning!!





These moments allow this traveling and nomadic way worth every moment. Of course it gets lonely but during these drives I get to see the Lord's beauty without a distraction!! I am able to find time to grow and become more confident in my faith. I believe everyone should take a moment and treasure these times! They help give you strength to finish the day or even week out. I know I am ready to take on the entire state of Michigan!
On the road again, time to return to my Nomadic traditions of having no home, no bed and no kitchen BUT I get see see the sites! Oh How blessed I truly am!

Surprise!!

So here is the surprise.... I am TRAVELING THIS WEEK!!! Ok so that is no surprise but I get to go to new places. I just got back from Charleston today and am going to NJ and somewhere new in VA Thursday- Friday! Before you get all jealous about all the places I am going, I would like to remind everyone this is for business. And when I am traveling for business, that usually means studying and studying and quizzing and more studying. I loved getting to go to Charleston because I was able to see a good friend of mine from high school but besides getting away for about 2 hours that is about as much sight seeing I was able to do.

I know I am making it out to all work and no play... but my work can be like play sometimes! So here comes my super nerdy side. I got to go to a pulp and paper plant!! I saw how to make cardboard boxes and lots of other cool things like that. Now I know it might not seem like a big deal but this plant is HUGE. It look up nearly 7 hours to tour the whole thing. We also skipped around often and didn't see everything the plant has to offer. Let me just show you how large of a scale we are talking here:



Here is the plant itself from the bridge. Now worries people, all the clouds/smoke you see isn't smoke! It is steam. Simply water being released back into the air. Nothing more than that. No worries I asked to double check because I was quite concern.



Here are some of my classmates by the kiln. This kiln is HUGE as well and longer than a football field. It is spinning and pretty scary. At one point, they opened up a portion of it and we got to see it. It was very intense and pretty overwhelming. Take my word for it, it was very cool!!


So I know these are nerdy new things in my life but I am loving it! It is bringing out such a challenge for me and pushing me to my limits. I am loving all the people I am interacting with and getting to work it. The different personalities are a challenge but it is such a blessing. I feel like I have grown up so much in the past 3 months that I did all through college. No worries, I still love to laugh, never take myself too serious and love to love on everyone I met. So I haven't changed too much but I am growing up! I hope the Lord continues to open doors for you because when he does, he will blow you away every day with the wonders he can give.