Today is October 2nd and the cool weather is really beginning to roll in here in CT! Many things have been going on the past month. I have now started another job in the mornings: I am a receptionist for a local dentist (about 5 blocks away). It all started because I teach him violin lessons and he offered me the job. The best part is that my schedule works out to where I didn't have to change anything with my retail store job. So, now 3 days a week from 8 am to 11:30 ish I am a receptionist. Last week was my first week - and it's pretty tough. Let me also note that I have a TERRIBLE fear of dentists. Like none other. Just ask my parents - nurses usually have to hold me down, I cry, I bribe them to let me go... sad really. So, I'm hoping that my fear will be eased away as I make appointments, call people on the phone and enter data... all while hearing the going-ons of a dentist office.
Also in great news: Mary Nobile is coming to visit us on Sunday! She was my roomie in college for only 1 semester but we became really great friends. She was a bridesmaid at my wedding and basically she's awesome. She's driving up to see her grandparents and will be stopping by to see us! :)
Other things... we are becoming friends with many of the organists at Yale. Concerts are by the plenty so we are getting to hear a lot of great things. Thomas' birthday is coming up on the 15th. So, that is going to be exciting. Thomas and I have a new website: http://www.thomasjulierussell.vpweb.com/
We are hoping to drum up some business for my studio opening in February and such. The weather - yesterday we hung around 55 degrees all day. We are waking up to 45 degree weather ... so yea.
Thomas is enjoying his classes - he stays busy all day and seems to be practicing 50 hours a day. (It's not really like that...) and we were not lining up in our schedules which was really sad. So now every week we have a coffee date and once a month he plans a surprise date for me. We have been learning a lot about marriage now that we are over 800 miles from our families. We make it part of our day to do personal devotions before getting on the computer in the morning and also changing our Facebook habits. We now try to not use FB to make ourselves look super cool or impressive, but simply using it as a fun tool to let others know how we are and things of that sort. I just had realized that I used FB to puff myself up or seem super awesome through statuses and other parts - and I need to become less and God more. That's the simplest way I can think of saying it. It's been a personal battle for me to worship God and to stop worshiping myself. So, anyways - that's what I've doing spiritually. Also, memorizing verses through the Fighter Verses series - it's tough but I have about 24 minutes of walking a day I do to get to work... prime time to spend with the Lord.
Speaking of walking - in October I walked over 31 miles just getting to and from work. Awesome!
I need to go get lunch ready for Thomas and I. Then off to work! Let us know how we can be praying for you.
In Christ,
The Russells
