"My name is Emily Kurtz and it's been 22 days since my last post..."
I'm so sorry! I know that all of you, my admiring fans, have been gasping for air with the absence of Emphoto in your life. Fear not! We are back to breathing.
The first (#1) reason I have been absent as of late is because I have recently relocated. Moving, I think they call it. My new location? Clemson, SC. One of my favorite towns in the southeast. We don't have a cool motto lingo phrase for the city. At least not that I know of. But perhaps we could make one up?
Clemson, SC: Where the Tigers play. Maybe that's too cliche. Clemson, SC: Where the Blue Ridge yawns it's greatness. You may have noticed that I am copying the Clemson alma mater. Not very original. Clemson: Famously Orange, Surprisingly Green. Hmmm, we'll keep working on that. One-liners are not my greatest skill. Please feel free to throw out ideas below.
The second (#2) reason I have been absent is because I have recently started a new job! Yep, I get to pursue college students! I get to hang out with internationals! I get to work with incredible men and women of God! I get to share the good news that has changed my life with others! For my job! Not bad if I do say so myself.
What I didn't mention to you is that doing these things that I love requires looooooong hours. So, therefore, no blogging time. I counted up hours logged last week: SIXTY-SEVEN. Wow. Now, a disclaimer is this. Personal ministry and work ministry can blur together in some areas. But still, that's a lot of hours. That's 33 hours less than 100. Now a 100 hour week, that would be a really long one. I'm not gonna do that.
The third (#3) reason for my absence is my second job. Don't worry, the 67 hours included this job. I know you were worried. After-school care at a Walhalla elementary school is a sweet second job. I get to take care of a bunch of cute little buggers every afternoon after school when they're all full of energy from a long day at school! I would post a bunch of pictures of these cute little buggers, (since this is a photo blog you know), but for security shemurity reasons I'm not supposed to. And I sure do respect that rule. But it means you don't get to see how cute they are! I promise they are cute. You're just gonna have to take my word for it.
There are so many more things I could say about this new life I lead. Good things, Great things and GRAND things! But, I won't keep you reading much longer. Instead, I will give you some photographic evidence of this new life! That way you can be sure that I haven't just been hiding out at my parents house in Charleston all this time and actually just avoiding you and hoping you wouldn't figure out that it was all a big fat lie. What if that was really true? Then I wouldn't be so cool after all. And what a disappointment that would be!
Lucky for you, I am still a little bit cool. And here's the pictures to prove it. For your viewing pleasure...
I painted that for my new room!
The coolest leadership team EVER.
My new friend Jin!
Asia meets Atlanta.
I'm intrigued and excited about many things in this post. Intrigued because we both became Facebook friends with Jin at the same time, but you definitely weren't there when I met her (and vice versa); I'm curious to hear your side of the story!
ReplyDeleteAlso, there's this very useful website (you may have heard of it already) that helps you save money buying groceries: http://www.southernsavers.com/. You may want to check it out if your grocery budget is limited. :)
And... you're learning Hindi!!? Where did you ladies get the Rosetta Stone set - did you buy it or borrow it from somewhere? I'd love to learn Hindi too! :) (although my schedule is already quite full...)
Sounds like there's a lot of neat stuff going on in your life lately - thanks for sharing!
David! I am not learning Hindi, but Lauren and Heather are! They had to buy Rosetta Stone online I believe. Exciting to see you tonight! Hope you are doing well!
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