Humbled and downcast... but so incredibly joyful!

I'm accepting a job offer in Washington DC that starts when I graduate from here. I can't believe I got my dream job in foreign policy! I'm so excited, but also a little sad these days. But don't worry, it's a good kind of sad where I am humbled by God's goodness and power. In my opinion, being humbled is a good kind of sad... which is hard to explain but maybe you know what I'm talking about.

Maybe I'm influenced by Ecclesiastes, since I've been reading it recently...

3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
4 The mind of the wise is in a house of mourning while a the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.
~ Ecclesiastes 7:3-4

Snowboarding with mom

I planned on driving to Bear Bear to spend another 3 days by myself snowboarding and for a personal retreat. Then I asked my mom to join me at the last moment. It was so hard because she was so picky about everything: where we stayed, how long I snowboarded, when we would get home, dangers of driving in the dark, dangers of driving in the snow. We came back after only spending one night there, and I learned a lesson about how my mom is not suitable for my carefree and kind of crazy style of traveling.

There's something to add onto my checklist for the ideal girlfriend: (1) Godly, (2) in IR, (3) has a Top Secret SCI government clearance so we can share about our day at work, (4) and can put up with and share in crazy adventures. Haha! If I was really so picky, I'd be alone for the rest of my life.