57

I'm down to 57 days. Time is flying.

The weather is beautiful today. There's lots of falling snow. I'm driving back to Lafayette today to spend a couple days with my family. I miss them all so much and will be so happy to be with them. I'm going to have to drive carefully and very slowly because of the road conditions. A few days ago we had the third worst ice storm that we've every seen. Everything was covered in so much ice! My car had six inches of ice in some spots. We had fun chipping the ice away, but it was only fun because my roommate and her boyfriend helped me. The whole Indianapolis school system took three of the five days off of school.

I'm currently studying the book of Philippians with a bunch of ladies at my church. This morning I spent a good amount of time looking up some cross references to 'bond-servant' and learning what it means to be a servant to Christ. I wrote in my journal (which I hardly ever do!), am one paper closer to being done with reviewing a large stack of notes, and had some wonderful time in prayer and fellowship with the Lord. It amazes me that we have the ability to come boldly before the throne of grace, that in the name of Christ we have been given the right to pray to the Father. What an incredible, miraculous, undeserved blessing.

I'm about to take off for Lafayette. I just need to shower and get myself ready. Fortunately my apartment is clean and organized and all laundry is done. I love coming back to my place being clean, warm, and inviting.

I exercised a bit this morning. I did 15 pushups, 30 situps, 30 crunches, 10 side crunches, and 20 leglifts. I need to do a bit more than that though. The weather has kept me from running this week. Sad.

Did I mention that I leave in 57 days? That's right. 57. I'm SO excited! It's getting a bit more real that this is actually going to happen. I can hardly wait to see Doug. :) We're not talking for the next few days since I'll be gone. I'm going to miss him even more. I sound so sappy, but he really has become one of my very closest friends and it's hard to be away from a dear friend. Getting off the plane and hugging him will be a very climactic moment. Not the most climactic moment in our relationship, but certainly one of them.