A little this and that. Week 48 & 49 of the gratitude challenge...

The gratitude challenge is winding down and I have been slacking-big time. Ok, maybe not BIG time just behind on the "my current age" and "the weather". Neither are what I would have anticipated..
It's August of my 34th year, and it's raining. And I am single, living in WA, and still on the journey of "what am I doing with my life"...different than I expected-quite.

Now for the thankful part about the above.
The best thing about this weird weather is that in spite of my lack of time available to go and water my garden-it still lives. And also, when I am stuck inside I don't feel like I am missing out on summer passing me by as I stare at it out the window. I've still spent a good amount of time out in my hammock, sat by a good number of camp fires, and worn my sandals. Plus...it's definitely better weather for running.

As for being 34, I've just a few days left of that. It's been a year of rediscovery, of resurrecting dreams and of major changes. There are a lot of unanswered prayers, but I am healthy and feeling alive again.

Side note- #dosummer2016 is going pretty well. I've kept up with the Couch to 5k training and haven't had any crashes physically- so stoked on that.
Painting-I've not devoted as much time as I had hoped..but here is the current project. The beginning of the backdrop for youth camp. I actually have more done on it, but this is the last picture I took.

And as far as the pursuit of teaching/coaching..that one is getting a lot more attention because I happen to have a long drive twice a day and often spend time listening to podcasts.
That's it for now. Just a couple more posts to this challenge.