Water is a Girl's Best Friend

Weighed down with my laptop bag, my purse, and my swimming bag, I pushed open the front door this morning and stepped into a sauna.  Immediately, my sunglasses were shrouded by steamy fog.  Yep, it's going to be a hot one.  The clock had not yet struck 8 a.m. and yet my summery outfit felt oppressive. 

This just in: a text from my cousin sent from her nanny post five miles away. "Welcome to Nebraska!" That's all it says, but I know exactly what she's talking about.  Heat, heat, heat!  Humidity, humidity, humidity!  Where's some Colorado weather when I need it? 

Weather aside, I can't complain.  I can't really even complain about the weather either since it makes all the fun water activities available to me even more refreshing.  I now more fully appreciate the beauty and necessity of lakes and pools.  Here I am, just a girl from the West getting a brutal schooling on living the dog days of summer in a humidity trap.  I've developed a simple equation for the matter.  Heat + Humidity = A Pool or Lake Day.  The fact that this equation works in my life right now attests to how fortunate I've been to experience this nannying job this summer.

The older I get, the more amazed I grow at how God orchestrates my life.  He knew that I needed to be in Omaha this summer long before I did.  There have been many aspects of this situation that have perfectly ministered to me in ways I would have never been able to predict beforehand.  The blessings range from simple to profound.  Simple blessings include getting the chance to experience a different city for multiple weeks, getting to lounge on a lake or at the pool often, and being able to do more unique and fun activities than I can here name.  On a more profound level, I have been blessed by getting to spend in-depth time with my wonderful cousins, getting to pour into and be blessed in return by young girls who are navigating pivotal stages in their lives, and getting to interact with old and new friends. 

So, on a vague level, that is the story of my summer thus far.  Perhaps I will recount more specific experiences later.  Yet, duty calls.  I have girls to attend to, heat to escape, and life to fully enjoy!  God is good, even in humidity.