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| I was reading Abby's comment on my last post and it made me tear up remembering..... wow, what a summer. It was hard hard at times and absolutely wonderful most of the time getting to spend that time with such a beautiful woman as Abby; such a blessing! But after a short month and a half there, I'm now back in Indy starting training as a pilot for Chautauqua airlines. It's hard to leave her back there in Muncie..... so hard..... and just about the time we were figuring out what it meant to be together like that.
I'm only here in Indy for one more week, and then I'm headed to St. Louis for systems training till the 27th, and then a week or so of simulator training either in St Louis or in Houston.... we'll see. I'm really kind of excited, seems like such an adventure.....but then all at the same time there's points when I'm like, what am I doing? I guess if I get into it and hate it, it's not like I'm stuck in it forever. And the coolest thing....... I get to fly for free virtually anywhere with travel benefits! Sweet.
So far it's been an intense first week of reading and sitting in class from 8 to 5. I'm getting less and less nervous the more we get into it. The photo in the classroom that's all to familiar now. It's in a office building that's right up by the pyramids on the north side of Indy. Today we bussed out to the international airport and visited the fire station for some fire safety training.... and I was actually getting pretty excited seeing the aircraft take off and land out there, thinking that in a month or so.... that could be me!
Well, hope everything is going well with all the rest of ya out there. I'm going to try and update this more frequently during training, so ya might find something new on here in less than a span of two months now  .
Missin' her......
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| Well, my battery's about ready to die in my computer, but I figured my blog was due for a quick update. So much has changed around..... It looks like the summer traveling is going to be put off for a little while 'cause of funds and logistics and all. Major bummer there, but ya know..... But I'm out in Muncie as I write this... sitting at a coffee shop called the empty cup. Abby and I really had a peace from God about coming out here to be together at least for a couple months this summer! So I'm pretty stoked about that. I also found out that I got a job with republic airways if I wanted to take it... so that's another thing to be thinking about this summer. Crazy times! But my computer is beeping at me so that's all for now.... Laters!
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| So much for having extra time to post over spring break . It was so much fun though, to have a change of pace and catch up with people. And I got to see Abby for like a whole week! I really didn't want to come back to Purdue after that week....
It started off with an incredibly well orchestrated surprise visit by two lovely ladies. Abbs and J totally made it all the way out here to Lafayette without me suspecting that they were coming! They kept talking about a "surprise" all week and I just couldn't figure it out for anything.... and then right before Abby called to "talk" and told me to check out in my jeep for "something" I started to figure out that something was up from a message that Abby sent me earlier that morning. But I was still not sure what was going on till they called. And then she was like, "go look at the seat of your jeep.... you might find something there" and when I did, there was a scrapbook that she had made of several of our pictures on the seat. Awww and then to make it even better, there they were just around the corner! Then they came on in and made some great food.... J made her famous omelet and Abby made some sweet hash brown potatoes..... and chai..... and then chocolate fondue to top it all off. mmm...mmm. That was a good one you two And that was just the beginning...
Then we all drove back to muncie (I know, exciting place to go for spring break haha). The week just seemed to disappear after that.... I did a job interview on monday, we rode bikes up to Ivanhoe's in upland in there somewhere, went to summit lake state park and hit a beach, jogged, went to indy to see my family, went to a play downtown (death of a salesman) and man, I got my typhoid and hep A shots, and before we knew it, it was sunday and the last day of break  but it was awesome while it lasted, mainly because of the company of a certain person  .
And so now here I am... in the final stretch of the semester. I just got my tickets for graduation yesterday, and put in my order for the cap and gown. It's going to happen finally. I think it'll be a little weird just 'cause pretty much all the people in my class graduated last year and now that I've stayed an extra year, I'll be graduating with alot of people from the "younger" class. It's all good though, it'll just be nice to be done. The rest of this semester is just going to fly by.... I'll actually be going to Nepal the day after my graduation ceremony! I'm pretty stoked about that. I was wanting to travel some once I graduated since I hadn't all through college, and just over the last couple months it started to work out that nepal was the place. I'm pretty excited, after how much abby's talked it up. So pretty much the next couple months I'm going to be thinking about that.... I'll have to post more about that as things get figured out. It might be kind of a crazy place by the time we get there with all that's goin' on there right now..... could be interesting, just have to see what He has planned for us. I just got a map I had ordered the other day.... a topo map of some areas around Kathmandu and the city itself... pretty cool!
But, right now, homework calls.......
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| wow, seemed like spring break would never get here.... but now here it is. Time just passes too quickly these days. So now I'm just kind of hangin' tight in Lafayette till I go to Muncie, which looks like it won't be till Sat..
Hopefully I'll get more time to write on here... It's been awesome to see what God's does when I am just willing to look to Him and lose my hopes and fears in my love for Him. He's used things like being here at purdue another year, and relationships...., in so many ways that I didn't expect.... to show me more about Himself and create more of a dependence in me for Him. Much of it hasn't been easy, but there's been many good things along the way. I've been pretty blessed, especially in loving and being loved by Abby since we started dating "officially" about 5 months ago now . It's going to be cool to see what plans God has in store for our relationship.
The excitement I have for May and after just keeps building! It looks like I'll actually get to go to my graduation too.... which will be cool. I wasn't sure there for awhile, but I think it'll be good to go. Kind of a closure to the last six years or so, and a launching point into the coming ones. As much as I'm trying to trust Him for the future, it's uncertainty is still kind of scary. I'm actually going to try and do some interviews over spring break... so we'll see how that goes......
I just can't get this song out of my head this week:
I wish I had what I needed
To be on my own
'Cause I feel so defeated
And I'm feeling alone
And it all seems so helpless
And I have no plans
I'm a plane in the sunset
With nowhere to land
And all I see
It could never make me happy
And all my sand castles
Spend their time collapsing
Let me know that You hear me
Let me know Your touch
Let me know that You love me
Let that be enough
It's my birthday tomorrow
No one here could know
I was born this Thursday
22 years ago
And I feel stuck
Watching history repeating
Yeah, who am I?
Just a kid who knows he's needy
Let me know that You hear me
Let me know Your touch
Let me know that You love me
Let that be enough
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| So much for this being an easy semester like I had thought it would have been.... it's not been terrible but wow, still much crazier then I had expected. Much of it I've probably brought on myself.... but I all I know is that I'm glad we have an awesome God that is in control of everything and has a purpose in it all. Every crazy, painful, exciting minute of it. Sometimes, being so close to the end of school and the beginning of a new exciting time in life makes me just wish it was over already. I've just been praying that attitude doesn't make me miss what God has for me in the short time of these last few long months.
This is a good song.
~Caedmon's Call~six more airports till i see your face
i keep your picture in my passport
but it's not the same
still there is joy in sadness
in my heart and in this place
in the whole above the longing
but the tears cannot erase
and i'm hoping that you're sleeping okay
so i miss you
i miss you
i miss you
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