Harry Potter, Savannah, and Contentment...

Hello lovely ladies! The past few weeks of my summer have been thoroughly interesting. I had jury duty, went on vacation to Savannah, found a new comforter for my bed in our awesome dorm, made a skirt, visited Chattanooga, registered for the GRE (I am scheduled to take it on August 16th), and read almost all of the Harry Potter books! Jury duty was an eye-opening experience. I have a new appreciation for the judicial system. It is amazing to me that 12 people of different backgrounds, worldviews, and ages can come to a unanimous decision on anything! I was in desperate need of a vacation after the case that I was put on, so naturally Savannah was a great place to go! I had lots of fun in Savannah as well. I tried to dress as hipster possible, but alas, I was not mistaken for a Savannah College of Art and Design student. The beach, historic downtown, and all of the really cool shops in the city were so much fun! I am excited to show you girls the sewing projects that I have been working on this summer as well as the crafts and things that I have bought/made for the dorm!
My reading list is going well, but I am not as far into it as I had hoped. I am almost done with the Harry Potter series and will hopefully have all of the books and movies finished by the time Deathly Hallows Part 2 comes out. After I finish this series, I want to start on the Hunger Games series which I hear is very good! After that series I want to tackle Water for Elephants, Into the Wild, and several other books before school starts.
I drove up to Chattanooga a few days ago to visit with a few people who are in the city for the summer…That was so much fun and driving into downtown felt like driving home! Needless to say, I am enjoying the freedom of summer from homework, Organic Chemistry, and other stresses of college, but am missing Covenant fiercely as well. Visiting Chattanooga the other day was great, but I can’t wait to get back to Covenant and start my senior year!
I have been feeling rather distant from God lately because I'm not a huge fan of my home church anymore, the lack of a routine as well as fellowship with a godly group of people like yourselves, and mostly my own laziness when it comes to getting in the Word and prayer. BUT, I have been thinking about my life and where God is taking me lately and I have realized that after all these months of praying for contentment, I can finally see some "fruit" if you will. I can see now that he DOES have plan even though it may be fuzzy and random to me, it is perfect. There are some specific things and some general trends that I have been thinking about that have given me an appreciation for where my life is going and where I am currently, but some of them are hard to explain and I will give specifics when school starts! :)
I have some interesting stories for you girls that won’t suffice to tell in text, but I promise to dish as soon as we are all in the same city...Wow that was a long post! I hope it all made sense because it was kind of a whirlwind explanation of the last month and a half...I miss you girls so much and am terribly excited about seeing all of you in less than 7 weeks! I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the summer and I will see you girls soon!