Beautiful Mess

Here I am...Back with reliable internet and a house full of suitcases, bags, and other random holders of our stuff from the summer.

Wil and I drove from the lake today in our cars, Wiley and I had quite an adventure with him screaming for about 20 minutes straight. I just tried to ignore it, knowing he was exhausted and would fall asleep soon. Wil and I both gave one another a pumped fist as we pulled into the driveway!

We are so glad to be back, but it is also really hitting me that this is going to be a really different, but great, year. I immediately looked for my friend Michal's car in the parking lot, forgetting that she doesn't live here anymore, and then I realized too that there are new people and new cars here and I don't really like change. And then I realized that we are seniors, that the next time that we are moving such a large load of stuff out of the apartment will be for good--and that there will be a moving truck with movers to lift instead of Wil and me (I hope). And that we would know where our next stop in life will be. And that is really exciting, but weird to me.

So for right now, I am going to continue to pray about the future and for God's plan to be done and not mine. I'm going to just enjoy this year, this month, this week, this day and all that comes with each of those.

And on this day I will enjoy unpacking gobs of stuff that we have accumulated...and keep Wiley out of the cabinets that he has rediscovered.

PS: Anyone interested in our orange chair? I'm ready to simplify and sell that thing. I'll post pics later.