Move #1

Day one in our new place. It didn't happen the way we thought or when we thought but we are here and it's nice to have a new room and color on the walls! Our first apartment together for the last 2 years and 9 months was perfect for us, minus the beige walls we were captives to!

 I imagine we might live many places because of Jason's career in medicine, plus we might end up in the mission field one day (this has been Jason's dream and one reason why he decided to pursue becoming an MD) so I have decided to keep track of them, cherish the things we like about each and when it's time to move on allow them to become memories instead of reality. Sometimes memories are better then reality since we usually remember the good times. If I hold too tightly to each place and long for the past then I won't have as much room to embrace the present. Over time I won't have any room to embrace the present because my hands will be clinched full of the past.

What I love about the last place: THE MEMORIES. It will always be special because it was the first place we lived as a married couple and we made some friends with our neighbors who we will dearly miss. I liked that it was walking distance from downtown but we rarely walked there because we decided to have a tight eating out budget and it wasn't very safe to walk home after dark. Plus we almost never leave the house on time to arrive anywhere on time, we are notoriously 10-20 minutes late much to the frustration of some people. Besides this, I am happy to move on because it was difficult to make it feel like home/"us" because we had a lot of mix matched things. But this time around the new place feels more like home right away because it's Jason and my stuff together rather then mine and his, sorting out what made the cut and what go the boot!

Here at our new place we chose a light, sage green color for the walls after nixing a gray-ish blue color that turned purple after it dried. We are renting a room from some friends, John and Ashleigh,  and it will be an experience we may only have once to enjoy! Most of our things will be packed in a  storage unit since we won't need furniture other then our bed and dressers and Jason's desk that I refinished after a cheap find on craigslist.  I'm interested to see how much stuff we actually need to live off of this next year. Jason is a minimalist and I hate clutter and if we are going to be moving here and there throughout our lives how much stuff do I really want to keep packing and lugging with us?

Classes begin August 4th so we moved before then to spend some time settling in and figuring out community living. Jason and John met each other in Argentina both staff members with CRU and Ashleigh he has known for many years at our church. I got to meet them both after Jason and I started dating so they are fiends we know well. We are all pretty laid back so I think this next year will be a great experience and one that is a financial blessing!

Here we go! :D