Out one day
Walking one day
Out one day, with you hallelujah
We found a wood with Trolly's on wheels
Rolling all around the hills
Hallelujah
And just as soon it had slipped into
The sleepy dusk and it's not very likely
That we'll see it a... we'll see it again

Out one dayWalking one day
Out one day, with you hallelujah
We found a wood and then we unfound a wood
And then we cried, "Oh No"
And, please tell me will we ever find again?
In the depths of
Trollywood do trollies still drive?

Gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
I'm gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
The Trolly Wood is taken me away --eisley

i find myself suddenly excited for life. though my trip to johnson wasn't what i had originally expected it did prove to be the refresher i needed. my head is full of new lessons, new revelations and new dreams. i met God around corners i didn't realize i had turned. and my heart is full of love and expectation. an expectation that God is going to do amazing things. i'm on the edge of my seat in anticipation.

today is my last day on jbc campus. it's crazy how fast my visit has gone. it doesn't feel like it's been nearly a week and a half already. all the days have blurred together. i kept forgetting that my friends are still in classes and we didn't realize that it would be so close to midterms when we came. many times i sat around sammi's room frustrated and bored because i had nothing to do and no working scanner to get me into the upper floors of the dorm or back into this hall if i decided to go outside for some reason.

BUT i cannot say i have not had a great time here in the good ol' bubble. i've had the pleasure of seeing friends i wasn't sure i would, sit downs with friends i desperatly needed to talk life with and the joy of just being around a bunch of people my age. when i tell everyone that there's not a lot of people our age on the outer banks i get a lot of stunned faces. when you think about it, you'd think the beach would have twentysomethings in abundance. but in reality it isn't true. the ones you do find are usually married. the other ones are either in college or just can't afford to live in obx. (i'm so thankful God's lead me to a handful there...otherwise i'd go out of my mind)

and speaking of stunned faces... it's been absolutly hilarious seeing the reactions to my summer. though i sent out a massive update there were many who didn't realize my internship didn't quite work out. "you're kidding!" "i didn't think you could do that!" "oh my gosh..." "wow. that's ridiculous" it was theraputic.

haha but i have reached a point in catching up with people that, after saying hello, i want to grab them by the shoulders and say, "please... PLEASE tell me about your life first cause i've told my story more times than i can count!" the more i talked about the summer and life up until now i've boiled it all down to few key points... almost like an outline...

this trip gave me a moment to completely break down. i've been on the brink of a melt down for quite a while and soon after stepping on campus i was bombarded. it took a run to a friend's room and falling to pieces on her floor that i was able to start building upon those pieces. God spoke through my friend straight to my heart. "i know this hurts to hear" but oh how i welcomed it. there are things that i've known i needed to change and to hear it come from her lips though not knowing it had been on my mind for weeks now, i knew there was no escaping it.

i'm at an interesting point.

and i'm excited about it.