update.

I realized that I haven't updated this blog in a while, and since I have been down to Nashville and am in the depths of the cleaning/packing process, I thought I should take some time to do that now.

I guess the most important thing to share is that we potentially found a place. I was concerned that our demands were going to be too hard to meet, but we found a three-bedroom, 2 &1/2 bathroom, large-kitchened townhouse that is close to what we need and decently priced. It was actually the first place that all three roomies saw together (Sandrene and Kelsey had looked at a few before I went down there, and Sandrene and I had seen one earlier that day) which I thought was pretty special. We are waiting on a few things, but it's all looking like a go, so we should have our lease signed and the keys in hand within the next week or two.

I should probably share pictures, but they are on my phone and I'm feeling really lazy currently. If you would like to see them, let me know and I will share them at some point.

Now I am down to the wire with packing (which I am not really getting very far in doing) and with making arrangements, and it is starting to freak me out a little bit. Mostly, I am still very calm about the entire move but little details are starting to make me sweat a little bit.

Although, once again, I received what I take as a sign that it is all going to be alright, and that God has all of this under control.

It occurred to me very recently that what I am doing might be viewed by some as totally insane. I quit all of my jobs to move away from my friends and family and start over. This is kind of the only thing I have ever really wanted to do, so I don't find it crazy at all, but I do worry slightly about the financial aspect, especially for the summer while I am not working. I had a sudden, overwhelming feeling of dread when I realized that I am going to be living for at least a few months with no income. That is scary.

Then on facebook (oh, facebook, how many jobs have landed in my lap because of you) yesterday a friend of mine posted that a friend of hers was in a bind and needed someone to nanny her two girls for the next two weeks. I met the mom and the girls today, and I will be taking the job. This will lead right up to the weekend that will be my last here, but it will be good for me to have income and stability in my schedule, and it helps her out because she was totally stuck. I like when things pan out, and I take this as a sign from God that it's all good.

We are really getting down to the wire now.