Does This Mean I Have to Grow Up Now??

One of my favorite things to say is "when I grow up, I want to...". This was and is a common phrase for me to say. I used to justify it by saying that since I was going to be a kindergarten teacher, I didn't have to officially grow up. Now that I have been living in my own apartment for about 3 weeks and suddenly I am thinking and worrying about all kinds of things (such as the electricity bill, rent, housekeeping, etc) that I never really cared about before!!

I am working almost non-stop these days at New York and Co. as well as Gymboree. If you think about it, please be praying for me while I am working at these places. One of my bosses is really searching and thinks she has found the answer in metaphysics. She told me today that she was trying to get a group of people to go to a past lives session to discover what they all were in their past lives. I know that I have been given favor by God in this job but there are times, especially today, when I just didn't know what to say.

I have been blessed with a great roommate. A lot of different things happened in living situations (which is why I have an apartment now) and God dropped a roommate in my lap! She is fantastic! She just graduated from North Central in Minneapolis in December. We have something crazy in common...she grew up in Cando, ND and my great-grandparents (Samuel and Anna Burkhart, Poppy's parents) founded the town!! She grew up with my distant relatives!! We definitely got a laugh out of that and our grandmothers were thrilled to hear about it!!

Hopefully I will post some pictures of my apartment but it is still pretty empty right now! I am in the middle of painting my kitchen table and chairs as well as re-upholstering the chairs. I never thought I would ever know how to do any of this...maybe I really am growing up!