Weekend away...

This weekend Carrie and I got off the "compound" and took a short trip down to southern Indiana. I promised Carrie a trip to some waterfalls for a grad present and we decided to make a weekend out of it. Destination: Cataract Falls State Park, IN. We stayed two nights in Cloverdale and took in several State parks in the area.

We left on Friday after I was done work and Carrie finished her Yoder paper, and stopped in Kokomo for supper at Half Moon Brewery and Restaurant. The food was EXCELLENT and we couldn't believe how fast it was - almost faster than fast food! The leftover beef brisket and pulled pork made excellent sandwiches the next day (yes, we're still seminary students doing everything - including vacationing - on a strict budget!)


The hotel in Cloverdale, about 4 hours from Elkhart


The view from our room - Carrie thought it was perfect for me!

On Saturday morning we headed to Leiber State Park, just a few miles down the road, before checking out Cataract Falls.

Cataract Falls, Indiana...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

McCormick's Creek's Canyon Falls, Indiana...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Turkey Run State Park, Indiana...

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Time...

I noticed this evening that I have an interesting problem...not enough time. This is different than the problem that I had just a few weeks ago when it felt like I didn't have enough time to do everything that I HAD to do to finish up the semester. Now the problem is not enough time to do everything that I WANT to do - you know, all those things that I told myself I'd get to do once I was finished with the 'have to do' list like reading books that I want to read and working on self-assigned projects and generally just relaxing and enjoying life. I think this is a perceptual issue. Carrie keeps reminding me that I have the rest of my life to do these things, but 9 years of post-secondary education has taught me to treat time as a VERY limited resource. Full-time studies really are all consuming. So now begins the task of learning that I don't have to do everything that I 'want' to do in the limited space between the ending of one semester and the beginning of another. Here's to more time to do the things I 'want' to do even as I still meet some of the 'have to' responsibilities of life, all the while keeping life in perspective and taking it one thing at a time.

Oh my!

This is what happened when I asked Carrie for a trim and then we started talking about doing something a little bit different...





NEVER, EVER has my hair been this short. I LOVE IT!