Time goes by. Fast.

I regret to admit it's been quite some time since my last post. That's what crazy hours at the blueberry farm has done to me. I've not had much spare time for, well, anything but eating, sleeping, and relaxing on the couch with Jackson at the end of my long days. The second harvest officially ended yesterday so just like that I'm in need of work again.

Cara Lanterman, I miss your face.

Speaking of blueberries, I just made for the first time a batch of GF DF Jumbo Blueberry Muffins with berries from the farm. Holy cow they turned out so good! Blueberry muffins have always been Jackson's favorite but he's not been able to eat them in a long time. Jackpot.

Speaking of jobs, I'm very excited for a interview I have tomorrow with Roseburg Playschool for an Assistant Teacher position. Playschool is a preschool that focuses on exploratory and creative learning. They believe play is central to early childhood education. All the activities are very hands-on and geared towards giving the children the tools to initiate their own discovery. I would really love this job for lots of reasons and I'm just praying now that my interview goes well. No matter what comes of this I'm really not worried. God is Able. The position is (nearly) full-time and would pay enough to enable Jackson and me to move out on our own. That would be, well, as you know, pretty amazing haha. We've been checking out apartments around here and we can get a 2 bedroom in a fairly nice complex for $525/month!! That's not a typo either. Rent also includes water, sewer, and trash. Can you believe that?! We can't either.

July has been a substantially hot month especially for this area. We've had long stretches of 90-95+ degree days. For free weekend fun we've been floating the river and it has been awesome. I have to say the Umpqua is a much nicer river to float than the Russian. The water is very clean and clear. The stretch we float has some rapids that are pretty good size (for floating in a tube that is) that will flip you if you're not careful. So so so much fun! It's been the best thing we've done all summer. Jackson and I are planning to start a new tradition for our family: an end of summer water balloon fight. We have the balloons and the water spout filler piece and we're just waiting for some hot August weather. That's going to be really great :). We're talking about making a day trip to Crater Lake on my birthday at the end of August as well, so I'm looking forward to that.

In other news, my big sis is now in Australia with YWAM. For those of you who don't know, she'll be staffing the base in Adelaide for one year. I'm very glad to know we'll be Skypeing but not happy to know I won't see her in person for one whole year. Please pray for her whenever you think of it.

If you've not seen the new Catching Fire trailer, wow, you really need to. The Victory Tour, the victor tributes, Finnick, THE ARENA!!! Aaaahhhh November 22!!!