we neither believe what either can say

I am about to move.  I move into my new apartment in SIXTEEN DAYS!!!!  Oh my goodness.  My first ever time to live away from my parents (except for that one dreadful year in the dorms...but let's not revisit that).  My first time ever to live on my own.  And I am going to live with my cousin and best friend, Sam!!!  Everything we've talked about for the past year is actually about to happen!  This time last year we concocted this idea of how neat it would be if I went back to school, Sam moved to Texas and we lived together.  I didn't think at the time that it would really, truly happen - well, that's not totally true.  I knew it could and it seemed so right and it seemed like such a God thing and it seemed like it would - it just seemed a tiny bit too good to be true. 

But it is true!  It is happening!  Sam and I move into our apartment - the apartment I've wanted to live in for three years - in sixteen days!!!!!  Sam lives in Texas now, and I am going back to school!  I AM LIVING IN THE AUSTIN STREET APARTMENTS WITH SAM AND I AM GOING BACK TO SCHOOL!!!  OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!!!!!  I can't believe how faithful God is to have allowed all this to fall into place.  This was all the best case scenario.  I never believe in best case scenarios.  Ever.  Oh me of little faith.  I live too much in the expectation that God will take blessings away from me, rather than pour them out in more ways than I can count, as He always has and always will.  I can do nothing but fall on my knees and praise Him and thank Him over and over again for His grace and blessings, and pray the prayer I've been using too much lately: "I do believe - help my unbelief!"  (Mark 9:24) 

There is so much to do before the 20th!  So much cleaning and sorting and throwing away and organizing and packing and moving furniture.  It is a little overwhelming but more exciting than anything - what a great time to throw away a ton of stuff I don't need and organize my things in my own house!  The idea of decorating and arranging my own house is just so exciting!  Sam and I will have an incredibly impressive bookcase and DVD collection - between us the numbers will be in the hundreds easily.  We'll have a little furniture shopping to do too.  We need a kitchen table and chairs, plus Sam needs to get a mattress and box springs, and we'll probably need an extra bookcase or two, just for good measure.  Ikea, here we come!  And we need dishes, and cookware, and some spare linens and towels, and OH MY GOSH we are about to move into our apartment!  AAAAAAHHHH!!!!  This is so crazy!!!!!!!!!!! 

Also, I'm desperate to see Brave and The Amazing Spider-Man. 

ALSO, I'm BEYOND excited for Friday, which is friend day with Peter and Chandler, and then this weekend, when Sam and I are road tripping to Lubbock to visit Cody and our grandparents!  I am desperate for 12 hours of discussion of life with Sam and as much family time with Cody and the Gs as we can manage. 

God has blessed me with the best family and the best friends in the world and I am so thankful!  All praise and glory to Him for His awesome goodness!