I'll start with a disclaimer. It is very likely that this blog will sound like a audio book. You see, I just completed my first cross-country drive. Between frantically checking maps, singing off key to my mother, and playing the Hollywood trivia game (thank you Michelle), we listened to an audio book. It wasn't extraordinary. But the narrator spoke in a British accent. And after 10 hours, her voice was in my head.
In contemplating alternatives to generic group emails, I heard that voice in my head. "Chapter Two" [heard with subtle, feminine British accent]. And thought, not for the first time since my Princeton arrival, that I find myself at the second chapter of my adult life.
My friends can tell you that I took the autobahn to adulthood. Having 'done' the college thing in my Freshman year. I moved back to Newport, got an apartment and began working - and completed my undergraduate degree on the side. Mentors and concerned family members all chided that I was to have fun and not to rush this time in my life. Well, I found that the two weren't mutually exclusive. For me, the adult responsibilities were fun (as was the decorating of the apartment, hosting parties, and the like). I was at the grown-up table. And, I loved it.
Yet here I am. Twenty five. Six years of professional experience.
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nd I am typing from a dorm room, having just rinsed my hot pot in the communal bathroom sink. It's not humbling. It's not a step down. It's just different. I get to have a second young adulthood.I hope that this blog will be a way for me to stay connected to the people I so dearly love at home. And I hope it's a little of something for everyone. Theological musings for my colleagues back at the church. Funny anecdotes for friends - my next post may very likely be on my first seminary part [the theme was to come dressed as one's favorite bible character]. And updates on relationships (of all varieties) for interested parties.
If I forgot to tell you before I left:
"Thank you for your support. I do miss you. See you at Christmas!"
8 comments:
Sarah as a young adult again? I feel so much older already. I know this sounds stupid, but I kind of want to know your class schedule (unless you already told me and are now frustrated that I don't listen that well in which case disregard this parenthetical run-on which flowed so lovingly from my brain to my fingertips).
Can't wait for the updates, especially the one on the party!!
Oh geez, I'm so stoked! Now I'm going to HAVE to start mine up again because we're freaking LINKED!!
Hooray for blogs!
love it and can't wait to hear more updates...here's to chapter 2!!! (said in a British accent)
Yes, more on the party please!
Thank you!!! I love blogs so much more than mass emails!!! And I am thinking about posting more on my blog --- especially in regards to upcoming stint on the farm. Nice picture of Staurt, by the way. I am excited about all categories from theological musings to interesting relationships to east coast living.
you know how i feel about this!!!
Sara:
Your classes sound quite interesting. I'd like to hear more about them as you progress through the semester. How intense will that Hebrews class be? What's that, a chapter a week? You'll be able to look at each verse for the entire book. I'm sure you'll learn skills that you can (must?) then apply to the other books.
My guesses for your costume:
1. you carried around a leafy tree branch and continually called out looking for Jesus
2. you painted a large letter "C" on your shirt in the color red and had the letter split in half
3. you wore a French maid's outfit with Jesus' hands drawn on the front of your outfit
4. you wore all white and had a Morton's salt container as a hat
I'm sure you thought of and saw better ones.
Uncle Rick
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