recently, i've decided....

1. if i ever get married my honeymoon will be a cruise/vacation to alaska.  i randomly happened upon a random person's "alaskan cruise" fb photo album and decided this would be the only thing i would actually enjoy.  plus it would take care of one of the harder states to cross off in my quest to visit all 50.  furthermore, i hate the beach.  i'm not a big camper - especially not on my honeymoon and traveling anywhere with significant time changes is just not worth it for 10 days.  
2. i need to read more this summer.  i LOVE reading, why dont i do it more often? i'm turning into my father - i buy books and books and books and somehow never get around to reading them all.  i'm needing to buy a new bookshelf soon....don't let me buy one until i've read all the books i've already bought please.
3. i don't think i can have children while i'm still in my 20s.  maybe i'll be less selfish when i'm in my 30s but i just have no desire whatsoever to spend my life taking care of someone else.  i know i know, its fulfilling and life changing and great and whatever - but as of right now, there is no way i wouldn't resent a child that i brought into this world.  this might make me a horrible person but that's just the stark realization i've come to in the last few weeks.  but i still adore my niece.  but i get to give her back anytime she screams too much :)
4. i don't EVER want to get paid to do ministry.  that would make it a job and i don't ever want to show up to loving on kids and think that i HAVE to be there (or else).  i would suck at separating the two and i'm convinced my ministry would suffer.  this probably means god is going to lead me to take a ministry job in the next 3-7 years.  awesome!
5. i need to invest in a portable massage chair.  i just sat in one while watching a movie and everything is right in the world again.  ahhhhh.....