Luke took this truly candid pic outside the place I am officially renting starting today, the first time we looked at it... it was probably around 12 noon, Saturday the 5th: hour three of nonstop house hunting. You can imagine how we looked (and smelled) seven hours later, when we finally called it a day!
So sorry for not posting for awhile. I will get back to the Catholic Church thing eventually, probably once I am somewhat settled on the main land. Life is so hectic and stressful these days... it seems that there are more loose strings to tie up than there are minutes in the day to tie them! There is the moving stuff... moving out here... haven't started packing, and I have a moving truck and my wonderful dad's generous help booked for THIS SATURDAY! Then, I took some initiative to find someone to take over the apartment, but then her roomate fell through at the last minute, so I have to tell my landlord tomorrow and see if that will mean paying next month's rent here as well as in Van... which of course I can't afford! YIKES!
Then moving in there... the picture above really says it all. It was fairly unpleasant looking for the place... and then somehow not even a relief once we found it. Partly because we were expected just to hand over $700 and walk with no signed agreement, no key, nothing. Kinda scary. But really, I shouldn't grumble and complain, as the place is really huge for the rent, and only two blocks from where Nathan will be renting, and really very close to the school. PLUS I found a really cool roomie from Edmonton that will probably be living with me from mid Sept to mid Dec, helping with rent (and keeping me company!) Then there's wedding stuff, of course, which just never ends. We feel like we're getting so far (and really, we are taking care of business!) but there is still so much left on our to do list! (Complain, complain, complain! Why are you still reading this?) I haven't even started worrying about school stuff yet. And then money. Well isn't that just a constant nagging at the back of the mind. Oh well. Soon enough all will be sorted. And in the mean time, there is an awful lot of wonderful things about this time too... hanging out with Nathan pretty well every evening, ferry trips, hanging out with family and friends... Naomi, Charlotte, and Kait (my wedding party) all went down to Nanaimo last weekend and searched for bridesmaids dresses. That was rushed too, in a way, but we found them! And then I got to hang out with Kait, who I haven't seen in just ages, for several hours. What an awesome friend! She was on the floor with the Norwalk virus the day before, and she still trucked out to Nanaimo from Ucluelet to hang out with me! We've also been having a young people's Catholic study group with some of our buds from church on and off this summer, and it's been super fun to play hostess and serve tea and whatnot. Plus my darling girl Marleen comes and she always brightens my day. I've been having tea at her place with her and her mum fairly frequently this summer. And my work is still cool... I've been working with the teen group for the last few weeks, and I just love getting to know each of them. We get to do fun stuff like pretend that it is Valentines, or Easter and go on bowling and skating trips and stuff. Getting to know individuals just lights me up. People are so RAD! Oh. and work doesn't start until 9:30, so if I want to get up half an hour early, I can hit church and still get there just in time. And I have. And I do!
So yeah, behind all the restrictive garbage that I let jumble up my brain these days, there is so much good. I have to believe that the future is shining brightly, and my hope is in God my Saviour that I might rise above the madness and better appreciate these days that are flying away so quickly! Love to all of you.
the incredible beauty of the sunset Sunday, on the way home from Van, on the ferry.
Notice the nice visual representation of the glory shining through the "restrictive garbage"...
am I arty, or am I arty? (though I should give Nathan credit- it's his pic)
good reason to stay on the car deck... and to move to Vancouver... and to thank God that I am alive...
xoxo
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