Everything Tastes Better with Soy Sauce: Christmas break

Thursday, January 10, 2019

there and back again

It's crazy to think that Christmas and New Years Day have come and gone. I've driven to New York, stopped in Ohio twice, driven back to Wisconsin, and stopped at a train station along the way. We're amping up to do leadership training before the semester starts, then classes and work both kick off on Monday.

Over the break, I was supposed to go to the doctor to have some tests run. For the past two years, I have had abnormal results in other routine tests, and my PA suggested that it was time we took a closer look at things. The first specialist didn't do any of the things she was supposed to do and, after further deliberation with my PA, we decided that I should see someone in a different practice. My new doctor, however, isn't accepting new patients until March. I feel like I've been waiting forever to find out what is going on in my body for certain, but the waiting isn't over.

Real talk: I'm not a patient person. Like not at all. I like to think I am, and I try to be when I'm dealing with other people, but I'm for sure not patient when it comes to dealing with myself. I want to know what's wrong, why I'm feeling the way I feel, and what I can do about it, and I want to know all of it yesterday. And maybe that's why God's timing is working the way it is. I need to wait on Him. I need to trust Him. That's all.

Medical aspect of break aside, it was probably the most relaxing break I've had with my family in years. We played a ridiculous amount of board games, ate all the time, stayed up late and slept in. Of course there were moments when we all got under each other's skin, and I'm 100% happy to be back at school, but my over-arching memory of the break is sweet.

On to Semester Three!