One Hundred.

This is my 100th post at victoriaINvirginia. Thank you to everyone who checks it daily, reads it once a week or spends hours catching up once a month with my east coast adventures. I can be verbose and dramatic, so thanks for putting up with me. I love getting to share my VA life with you in this format. It's like a digital scrapbook of this chapter of my life that you get to see instantly.

A week ago, my pastor preached about the scenic route in life. As a culture we are so obsessed with being happy. We try to achieve things in our personal and professional lives that will make us happy. I didn't move to Virginia to make myself happy (though I hoped I would be). I loved my Kansas life. I had a fabulous support system, and I enjoyed all of the activities I was involved with around KC. But God's plan involved a scenic detour to beautiful Northern Virginia, a new middle school and George Mason. And I'm sure more surprise happy events are still to come!

I haven't met some of the happy checkpoints that some of my friends have passed. I don't have a cute six-month-old, a loving spouse or a graduate degree. But I love the view from my life and am finding joy in all sorts of new places all the time. Sometimes when I drive downtown through DC I marvel at the fact that I really live here! God's plan is so beautifully designed and so is His road.

Today the scenic route took me to FedEx field and the Chiefs first win of the 2009 season. Look at the view! It was cold, but it didn't rain one single drop. We even sat by K-Staters and KC fans that I knew.


Thanks for following the blog. Now come visit Virginia.