But it does have our money. A whole lot of it for the next thirty years, or until we sell it (which will definitely come first). I keep wondering, was it worth purchasing, worth spending all our money? I'm sure once we move in, that answer will be a resounding YES. At least, I hope and pray it will be. In the meantime, and since I wrote our last rent check today, I just keep getting the slightest bit anxious about all that.
Still, I'm so excited to have a home! And a dog. To tell people our address, and not have to add "apartment #..." to the end of it. I'm excited to hang curtains and to pick color schemes to decorate. To have front porch parties. To install a gas stove line because it doesn't matter that it requires tampering with gas lines and cutting holes in walls. I'm excited to sleep in an open and airy bedroom. To have natural light pouring in. Give me a few weeks, and hopefully I'll have a whole new perspective on this whole house thing, since we'll be living there. Officially. Crazy!
In the meantime, I'm so grateful to have the ability to buy a home right now. We've had a few recent small windfalls that have really made this home-buying thing possible, and I attribute that 100% to God's tender mercies. He knows our hearts and our desires, and He has helped to make this possible for us. I'm forever grateful.
On to other March New Things, I received a call today that I will no longer be needed to work at Tulie Bakery. I knew this was coming. In fact, I even requested it myself. But it still hurts, just a little. I mean, firstly, I'm REAL excited to have my mornings back. Waking up at 4:30 a.m. was certainly taking its toll, and I've been tired more often than not for the past few weeks.
But... I'm sure going to miss baking on a regular basis. It's so funny, because it's not like I don't bake at home. I do. A lot. And I learned a lot at Tulie that I can bring home to my own kitchen! (And have done already, like that swirl work above that I learned there.) But something about working at the bakery felt very chasing-my-dreams-esque, and I'll miss that. I hope to be able to increase the little side business for baking for people. And who knows, maybe one day, we'll have the finances available that I can go to working at a bakery full-time, rather than just for fun on the side. For now, the little cakes I make for others will have to do. And I'll get to keep improving my work!
My hair... that can't really be considered a new thing at this point, can it? But I still often feel like I'm getting used to styling it. Every day feels like I have a new hair style because my hair grows or lays differently. I did buy a new curling iron! And this was the result:
I loved it in the morning. By the end of the day... I felt a bit like a poodle. So... we'll have to give it another shot, and hopefully my confidence in a curly short cut will increase. (Oh my gosh, so excited to no longer have a BRIGHT yellow bathroom.)
And, now on to nothing new at all:
Ray still loves to eat horrifyingly enormous burgers. This one wasn't even an on-the-menu burger challenge! He just did it for kicks, I guess? In related news, Lucky 13 has really delicious burgers. Go there!
And that's all the new for now! Pretty excited about life. And a little anxious at times... But what do you do.
