Young RYLA starts ONE WEEK from today.

Craziest thing Ive ever heard.

Its weird how you start planning and working in October and spend 10 months planning... and suddenly its here. And before we know it it is going to be over.

There are all sorts of emotions surrounding that. Excitement, nervousness, a itty bitty bit of fear, so much gratitude and a whole bunch of love.. and the idea of it ending has a little bit of sadness connected to it.

What a beautiful thing. I guess I dont really have great words for it right now, its just on my mind.

I had a great great couple days off, took my little cousin to Elitches and flashed back to 7th grade, and what mattered then.. tried to give her a little wisdom to make some of the silly stuff less important. Then went to Estes to spend sometime with my best friend and second family. It was just what I needed. Familiar, stable, perfect.  We giggled so much, talked about little things and big things and just let life pause for a bit so we could be best friends.

Also went back to big RYLA to tell the exhausted kiddos to apply to be JC's at Young RYLA.  It was so great to be there again, watch the slideshow and feel the magic that Suzi and Brady created. It was a good glimpse into whats coming for us in a week. And made me tear up.. hahaha.

I spent Friday night at Juniors with 5 JC's who were there to do inventory in the morning. We played dominos, laughed, and went on a late night playground adventure. It was fantastic. They are fantastic and I am so excited for our team and this amazing thing. I guess I just cant quite wrap my mind around the fact that its happening so very soon.

Like I said in my last post, the universe is a crazy place. I swear it hears me and knows me better than I know myself. And does a really good job keeping me in check. Its funny how old emotions bring up old habits. I have been reminded of some emotions that I used to spent a lot of time with, and talking to my brother last night I realized that in a lot of ways Im dealing with them the exact same way that I used to. Bizarre... working on that one in my head.

This summer is running out of my time REALLLL fast. 5 days of working til we go in full Young RYLA mode, 9 days there then back for 10 days before El Salvador. Crazy talk I tell ya. Its a good life though, even if there is still lots to figure out... <3 <3