excitement.

Okay. Last night’s post regarding the cruelty of internship was a little depressing? too much? vulnerable? That was apparently my emotional limit of the evening. The post is still absolutely and completely true – the thought of the end of internship is still saddening to me. BUT –

Today’s weekly staff meeting cheered me. Staff meetings are enjoyable to me but they can go one of two ways. They can either completely overwhelm me as my to-do list grows OR they can make me utterly excited for what is on the horizon. My limit of time has not increased – it’s still just four months – but I’m excited for what is to come in those four months. And I needed something to be excited about. I had been looking forward to Adam’s wedding for so long and it was wonderful but. then. it. was. over. As my favorite resident at my summer CPE site would say repeatedly, “Now what? Now what?”

– Taffy! I’ve had this dream (or self-inflicted nightmare?) of making taffy with my third grade release time kids. Since tomorrow is the last day of release time, it’s taffy day! (I got the idea from this site.)

– TWO church lock-ins (fourth graders at one and fifth/sixth graders the next weekend)

– A ninth grade confirmation overnight trip to Gustavus College.

– Planning and leading a day camp in August – woot!

– Going to camp! Apparently, as a pastor, I can just take off for camp and visit our kids while they’re attending programming there. Pastor perk!

– Planning and leading a confirmation retreat this summer.

(Let us note together that each and every one of these upcoming events that excites me has to do with children/youth. Hmm.)