Just Happy.

There is really no point to this post other than I'm awake, and Matt is asleep, and I want to be constructive. The past few months here have been a whirlwind. It seemed for the longest time that we have forever to be in Colorado. Not a bad thing, it was just moving a bit slow. Then it got to be close to the holidays, and now we are halfway through February. We leave in a little over a month. Its craziness.

I have been encouraged lately with lots of people. We have been hanging out with people and having some great conversations which is always a great help. I really never thought I would desire to settle down, I've always wanted to float around and travel constantly. I guess I was always running from responsibility and wanting to be free to move, but now I have great reasons to settle in and built relationships. I know that most of the people we know right now would never have recognized me as I was in college. I thank God for the grace He showed me in flipping my life around. Its been an incredibly hard but mightily rewarding process.

On the practical side of things, I'm a little scared of all the packing we have to do. We ordered a very large bag for the roof of our car, so we can take more stuff with us. We still have to space-bag everything so all our jackets and blankets don't take up the whole car. A wonderful invention I must say. We pack up here, move home, repack what we need for Tennessee, and then we head out again. Three months of craziness there, and we are finally home. I have no idea what Tennessee will be like. Matt will be working fuller days, so I'll be focusing on getting schoolwork done, and taking/editing more pictures. If I don't need to work of course. We are certainly taking our bikes with us, hopefully be close enough to a coffee shop or library to be able to bike there and cut down on gas usage.

Coming home will be different. Living near friends, and with a friend. Settling back in to what we remember from first being married. Having friends who have kids..kids who are much older than we remember. Seeing family regularly again. Lots of changes, lots of differences, but we are still us. The family of God is still around us. God Himself is still with us.

I do ask for prayer, in deciding some things about a job when I get back. I have some options to look into, and pray about. If you would like to know more or want to share with me, please e-mail me. I'd really love that.

Shannon