Now.

I've been thinking a lot about how cool it is to be in a season of life

where I have very little holding me down. Sometimes I think about 

how just 3 months ago, I was living in Colorado, about to move

1,200 miles away. Now I'm here & it's great & all I can think about is where 

I'll be for my residency, because there are so many places I want to visit.

[spoiler alert: it's Austin, TX. More on that later.]

But in the midst of my excitement for the future, I've realized that 

I am often robbed of each day's joy because of my anticipation of what's next.

So this is now: 

I am almost done with my first semester of graduate school.

I've found friends & a church that I love.

I live in a beautiful city, in a huge apartment, in a cute room.

I have the best roommates I could ask for.

It's almost November, and I still get to run outside in a tank top.

I am so very thankful for it all.