Bullet-Point Sunday

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This past week, in bullet-point form:

• If there's one thing this week has taught me, it's that life never. slows. down. Hubs and I were immediately thrown back into a full week of work and school the day after we returned from Korea. What a busy, eventful, exhausting, yet encouraging week it's been. My brain is scattered with the updates and thoughts I want to share, so I've turned this post into my first official Bullet-Point Sunday! Be on the lookout for these each week =)

• I'm a second year medical student. Just one year shy of taking the formidable boards and starting rotations, which is the second (and much anticipated!) phase of medical training. I am having trouble getting back into the groove of studying, though. Let's admit it - I'm a nerd. I grew up loving school, and the first day of school was always one of my favorite days of fall. It's the first time, ever, that I headed to my first day without any excitement or anticipation. Sure, I was excited to see my friends again, but that's different. I dreaded picking up our syllabus, and when I saw how thick the notes were for our first 3-week course, my heart dropped to my stomach as my brain told me, "Summer's over." 

• God has been so full of mercy towards me this week, though. I had sweet and refreshing times with him almost every morning this week, meditating on several chapters of Psalms. 

• I find myself praying every day that God would carry me through the next hour, this day, this year. I don't know why I feel so tired of studying and burnt out already, and second year has barely begun! Please pray, friends, that I will rely on my Father to find joy in what I learn, and to be thankful and content with the life He has given me right now. 

• For the past few years, my Facebook newsfeed was dominated by engagements and weddings. Now my newsfeed is slowly becoming overrun with this one's ultrasounds, that one's baby bump progression, profile pictures of their baby, "first steps" videos, you name it! So much so that Hubs and I find ourselves talking more and more about "when will we have one?". Oh, don't get too excited; you'll have to wait a couple more years before you see that kind of news from us. ;) But it does make me wonder. When will we receive the gift of our very first daughter or son? I am so glad that my Father knows the perfect timing for our first baby to come; it's comforting to know that He will provide everything that we need when this season arrives. 

• Last week we met some of Hubs' future seminary classmates (and their wives!) at a dinner event. I'm excited for Hubs to start school! I think he will make some great friends (who have awesome wives) this year. We're both so thankful that God provided us this new community to be a part of. 

• That's it for now, friends. Check back later this week for a kitchen update on My Favorite Pancake Recipe!