The changing of the Seasons

THIS POST IS REALLY RACHEL PRETENDING TO BE LAUREN:
(it's pretty close to home, though, if i say so myself)

Today, Rachel asked me why my desktop was still leaves and told me that I should change it to a snowy scene. Can I just say that I LOVED that idea?! So, Rachel and I sat down and did a google image search for different snowy scenes. Did you know that you can adjust the image search to be only large images!? Rachel taught me that today!


We started out looking for cabins. I told Rachel that I needed a cabin in snowy mountains with candles in the windows. She laughed at me. When I saw a Thomas Kinkade picture, I gasped with delighted rapture, and Rachel almost vomited on the computer, since she hates Thomas Kinkade so much. I don't understand her. Who WOULDN'T want one of those cute little cozy houses, nestled in the snow, full of cute children to comfort and candles in each and every window?

Anyways, here are some of the things we searched for:


All of this season-changing just makes me think about how glorious the future is. Rachel suggested that I get a wintery road, so that I could stay with the theme of traveling through the different seasons of life. We couldn't find a wintery road, but I all of these thoughts about seasons and the future have just made me so fluttery inside. I LOVE seasons.



Instead, after I gave up, Rachel found this PERFECT one for me. She said that, even though it didn't have a road, it was OK because it still reflected something about my future: An athletic man waiting for me in the Swiss Alps. Rachel is so perceptive. How did she know that I have always wanted that? Oh, and she is so funny, too. Have I mentioned before how beautiful she is? She is just breathtaking.... the definition of natural beauty, especially when she's wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt, like she's been wearing all week. Just gorgeous.

But I'm getting carried away!

Now I have to go to a meeting and then go to the gym and then eat an apple and a few vegetables (and MAYBE even a piece of delicious LEMON cake!!) and then I have to study after I go to a prayer meeting with James and Rachel's caregroup. Their caregroup is the best.

I can't believe it's the last week of school already! Goodbye for now!