Well, it has now been a few weeks! A really busy few weeks!
No Hawaii pics for this post, hopefully next time. I just haven’t had time to
look through more. As time is getting really close to my move date, my schedule
is getting really tight for time! I have had a chance to do a bit of visiting
around though, which is good. This weekend I’m thankfully home in Iowa City,
but spent a little over 25 hours in a car in the previous two weeks! Alone, too. I’m so
glad I’m not driving all the way to San Diego alone (yay travel buddy Christy)!
I was able to go to Kansas one weekend and visit my grandma, and see both my
mom and my Aunt Glenna who were both visiting, as well as attend the wedding of
one of the few childhood friends I still keep in contact with from when I lived
in Kansas (Congrats Julia!). So that was cool! I also got to visit my Aunt
Joyce and my awesome cousins, Leslie and Jenny, who are all always fun to see.
Then last weekend, I went home and got to visit with my friend Leann, and my
grandpa and be home for Mother’s Day!
This weekend, the reality of leaving Iowa City is really
hitting hard as I started packing. I’m going to be on the road in 3 weeks time. I’m
torn between excitement and sadness. It seems wrong to feel them both at the
same time, but I know they can go together. I’m excited for a new lab, new
projects, new scenery, and meeting more awesome people, as God is always
faithful to provide great friends wherever I have been. But I’m so sad to leave
the ones He has provided here. Being so far from friends who have known me
since junior high and high school, and friends in Iowa City that I have grown
so close to even in just the 5 and a half years I’ve been here who have walked with
me through some pretty stressful times! And the sadness of not getting to
continue getting to know people that I’ve recently met. And frankly, I’m going
to miss the trees in the Midwest too. And the expansive farmland – rolling green
hills of neat and tidy rows of corn. It’s just so familiar. I really don’t know
what to do with palm trees.
Additionally, we had a little going away shin-dig this weekend, so I got to do a fun baking project
that desperately needs to be passed on.
Anyone looking for a summery cupcake recipe has got to give these
Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting a go! Great cupcakes! (http://www.eatliverun.com/strawberry-cupcakes-with-fresh-strawberry-frosting/)
Note: either use tons of frosting on the cupcakes, or make about 2/3 of the
recipe. It is super good, but you will have quite a bit left!
