where to live

where we live now... love it. except the noisy guy downstairs.

unless todd gets a big scholarship at the last school we're waiting to hear from, we know where he'll attend school this fall. now that we have started making plans, i have been stressing over where to live. i have a mental list of all the "must haves" for our next apartment-- silly things, like high ceilings, and more practical things, like a washer and dryer and within walking distance to school.

that last requirement is a problem. there are precious few places to live that are within walking distance of the business school, basically there are only three complexes. none of these places met any of my criteria except being near the school, so i wrote them off and started looking farther away.

i turned a few fantastic places down out of practicality, but i found an apartment that was almost everything i wanted. i had my heart set on this place, and for the past month i have been laying out furniture in my my mind. but i felt so unsettled about the one requirement it didn't meet-- distance. todd reassured me multiple times that he was willing to deal with that inconvenience, if i would be happy there-- which i am grateful for, because you just have no idea how busy he will be this fall.

but i just didn't feel happy about it. i mulled it over for weeks. i didn't think to pray before todd suggested it. picking an apartment to live in for two years (maximum) seems like a decision that should be pretty easy. definitely too petty to bug the Big Guy about. but i gave it a try thursday night, and figured i'd think about it for a while.

but my problem must not have been too petty, because the next morning i woke up and realized that i needed to focus on what would be best for our marriage and for todd's education. most of my "must have" list went out the window, as did the plans to move to the apartment i had set my heart on. tomorrow, i'm calling to sign up for an aesthetically tragic apartment that is right next to the school. and somehow, i feel great about.

and next week, i will be speaking in church on "prayer and promptings." no joke.