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smiles :)

for a couple of reasons:

*it's christmas season!!
*i went to the clinic at cvs and finally got some medicine, and now i'm feeling so much better. full recovery is around the corner.
*because it's christmas season, that means it's gift-giving season! now, i know that gifts can be and are given throughout the year, which i love just as much, but something about giving gifts at christmas time makes it just a tad more special :)
*prince caspian comes out on dvd tomorrow!! ok, the fact that i'm that excited about it may make me a bit of a nerd, but i have a long-standing relationship with the narnia series. and i'm ok with that. it took me a little bit to actually like this representation of the prince caspian book (my thoughts are here....if you want to read them.) anyway, now i love it and i'm excited to be able to see it again!

so...today i woke up a little late for work. you know, the alarm went off at 6:25 and i woke up at 7...to leave at 7:25. surprisingly enough, i only left about 10 minutes late, which typically is not a big deal because i travel against traffic in the mornings. except for today. almost right after i got on the highway, i get stuck in traffic. i mean, it looked like rush hour in atlanta. ok, maybe it wasn't quite that bad, but go with it, please. because i'm still pretty new to the city, i had no idea of another way to go. i wouldn't have in atlanta either, but i would've been able to call my dad and he would've gotten me where i needed to go. for about two seconds, i contemplated calling him to get online and find me another way to go. and then found that idea a little ridiculous. and stressful. i also thought about just getting off the highway somewhere and trying to find my way, but since i'm not so good in the directional department, that would have been a disastrous, and i quickly abandoned that idea as well. so, without my dad or a gps to find me a road to travel in this new place, i stuck it out in the traffic. found a radio station to tell me what was going on (a wreck. so even if i had been on time, i would've been in traffic. and for longer. which would've been bad because i needed gas. desperately. so it turned out to be a good thing that i was late).
after i called work to let them know what was going on, i had a lot of time. so i listened to a couple of songs that i love and had a conversation with God. a long awaited, much needed conversation. i'd just been feeling the need to really get with God and He provided a way, where i didn't have anything else to do or anything else to keep the conversation from happening. it was good. i'm glad God knows what i need and provides it when i need it. He is too good for words.

so.....smiles :)
much love, my friends

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Anonymous said…
Hey Brooke!
Sounds like you are doing well!
I loved reading this!
Love April

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