horses, horses, horses, horses....

Well we made it through our first night in our new apartment.  We have been working to get this place cleaned up and things put away- and let me say it looks a whole lot better this evening than it did last night. 

I must say today was a roller coaster of emotions for me.  I made phone calls to the places I applied and it was not very fruitful.  It is discouraging when you know you are a capable person, but it doesn’t always seem to be expressed as well on paper.  I will admit it has had me down today.  A job is obviously needed for financial reasons but I am also starting to realize I need it for relationship reasons as well.  Yes we have met a lot of people- but the majority of those we have met live all over the country.  We have not yet had the chance to attend a church more than once to see where we might land and hence have not made any connections with people our own age.  I am in need of friendships, people to have a relationship with- even if its kind of shallow- I need people to connect with that live here. 

After my lame phone calls we went on a errand run to Fred Meyer and Target.  If you don’t know, Fred Meyer is basically every store combined into one.  It has fine jewelry, clothing, cosmetics, sports gear, household items, groceries, garden and more!  Rebecca told us it is one of the cheapest places to shop so we were able to scope it out and find some more household needs like sheets, a blanket and a rug.  We then did the daunting task of grocery shopping at Target for the first time in a long time.  Now we are loving our new place and building but it is almost TOO new in the fact that it doesn’t have any ghetto shopping carts.  In our old apartment there were a handful of carts from stores nowhere near the apartment building.  At first you think, “wow that’s really ghetto”, but then you come home with 10 or more bags of groceries and go, “wow that’s really great!”.  The Station doesn’t have any carts- nor do they allow any- so I guess that means we will be gaining some muscles!

We had our first home cooked meal of spaghetti and mini salads with bread.  We put more things away and then wound down the evening with a classic Meg Ryan “Sleepless in Seattle”.  Hmmmm so great.

Tomorrow brings some ministry things- meeting with Chris and Union Gospel Mission, it will be good to have some focused things to do. 

Please pray for a positive attitude for myself- today has been very negative for me and as corny as it sounds I know that is not good for my soul. 

Oh also if you grabbed an envelop at our Open House or if you like to write letters- email me and I will get your our address.  Sorry no pics yet- still settling in!

Love you all- its time for bed because frankly this girl is NOT sleepless in Seattle J