life is a wonderful adventure

life is an adventure.
unpredictable.
fascinating.
excruciating.
but most importantly, a truly amazing blessing.

for the last couple of months. our life has been the opposite of normal. and the normalcy of "real" life, whatever that may be, was something i had been deeply longing for. searching for. reaching for.

it is hard to believe we have been in denver only two and a half weeks. it already feels like home. i was blessed to be offered two jobs immediately, and am settling into a full time position at an urgent care clinic. drew has been offered two positions, one as a back-up security guard on the seminary campus and the other as an on-call janitor, also on the campus.

we are truly at peace. peace with where we are. peace with calling the denver area home. peace with almost everything...

i started classes today. and it was truly the hardest thing. the usually apprehension that begets the first day of any school semester was noticeably absent. maybe its because i am growing up. maybe its because i have learned a lot in the past year and what i learned has made me a more confident and strong individual. amazing how life changes you without you having the slightest clue.

besides the absenteeism of apprehension, i was missing one other thing today.
people.
it wasn't for the lack of human bodies - 90,000 between the three schools located on auraria campus - strolling the sidewalks. it was my people. or those who i like to call my people. my closest friends. the ones who would drop everything for you. the ones who i haven't seen since january.

it was the strangest feeling to be in a classroom setting without them. its been the strangest feeling this last year or so to not have them as an every day part of my life. but i was somewhat secure in knowing that each and every one of them contributed to the person who i have become.

so heres to you kyle, rebekah, emily, amanda, april, jon, daniel, pickle, steven, katie, jamie... our original transfer cult. and the special people we let in.

life is different without you.
but life is a wonderful adventure.