I'm thankful for my re-dedication of my life to Christ. I'm thankful for a family that supports me in whatever I do and encourages me in the various things of life that sometimes cause me to worry. I'm thankful that my brother and sister (in law) have a healthy, lovely little boy who is teaching me a whole new kind of love I never thought I would understand. I'm thankful for the eye opening experiences I've been given just in the past six months of my life. I'm thankful for being so incredibly blessed by God with a father who works his tail off to supply me with the ability to go to college. I'm thankful that, even with the drama of school, I can attend a Christian college that challenges me in my faith. I'm thankful for 8 other girls at school who challenge me. I'm thankful for the trails and pain that I go through that only pull me closer to God. I'm thankful for the progress (or sometimes lack thereof), of my books. I'm thankful for the ability to wake up every morning, safe, warm, and knowing that I don't have to worry about where my next meal comes from. I'm thankful for a God that loves us so much that He became flesh and died for us so that we might know Him and join Him in Heaven.
And that's a short list.
But it's Thanksgiving break, and primarily, I'm thankful for the ability to be allowed to stay up till my lovely 3am and sleep till 9 and not have to worry about missing class. I got home around 11pm last night after dropping off two friends from Houghton and then was up till 3 attempting to work on anything, and then when higher brain function decided to allude me, submitted myself to sitting on my computer and played Bejeweled Blitz for an hour. In that hour, I was attempting to solve the world's problems, yet terribly inefficiently.
And then today I just slept in and then allowed myself the simple luxury of lying in bed till noon and rereading the Chronicles of Narnia. (FYI: December 10th The Voyage of the Dawn Treader comes out in theaters - be there!) And then I visited my good friend Carlen Wirth who will be gone for a year and a half in the mission field, and I can't wait to see her after her time there! It will be such a rewarding experience for her; I know it.
For now, I'm home until Sunday and plan to work on homework tomorrow (ah homework; the bane of my existence), and then have some turkey with the family and probably play a game while the football game screams from our backroom.
In other words, we will attempt to have an 'easy' Thanksgiving day and it will probably turn into chaos. Yep, that's how things normally are at the Markloff house. (Funny story, this blog's first suggestion for spelling of my last name is "Markdown". Because that makes sense.)
For now, I bid thee farewell and will attempt to work some more on my book proposal in case I get the nerve to send it out to another agent. (Rachel Kent sadly will not be my agent as she did not know any publishers or editors that would be print my kind of 'heavy fantasy'. Oh well, God's got it under control.)
Good night and happy Thanksgiving! You can officially listen to Christmas music and not look crazy :)
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