First things first: I have yet another prayer request! (This is going to happen a lot, folks...)
As we were getting new tires put on Princess Izzy, the mechanics also attempted to get my a/c going again. They discovered the a/c system is pretty much shot. So Ruth and I will be traveling for three days in rather extreme temps with no a/c. Is it doable? Yes. Is it comfortable? No.
Pray that either God would bring a miraculous cold front through while we travel (He can do that!) or that Ruth and I would remain cool and not suffer any health problems because of the heat. (Pray against heat exhaustion or stroke.)
Ok, moving on:
My thoughts as of late have been full of excitement and preparations. But throughout the days, there are scattered moments of "This is my last _____" or "I don't have very much left of _____."
Today I had my last Caribou.
Partly because it was chilly enough today (and by chilly, I mean in the mid-70s.) But partly because I just needed a good vanilla chai.
(Caribou makes a Happy Hannah. Knowing it's my last 'bou for a long while? Sad Hannah.)
Tomorrow will be my last day here.
I have never been one for goodbye's. I've had to make all too many of them in my life, and none of them are easy. But this one? This one will most definitely top all the others.
I will be leaving my family, my best friend, all here in Watertown. I'll be leaving more family and close friends from the Midwest. And no matter how I slice it, no amount of time can ever be "enough" before I leave. If I left 6 months from now, I still wouldn't be ready to leave them.
If I had moved to (dare I say it?!) Wisconsin, I would still be within driving distance of family and friends. Or even Illinois. Or even Iowa. (But who really wants to live in Iowa?)
But God pointed me as far west as the country will allow, and close enough to the farthest south the country will allow, which is simply too far for a weekend get-away.
It's funny. People always say "Be careful what you wish for." Not so long ago, I was wishing for adventure. Now that it's here, though I'm excited to go, I'm apprehensive to take that first step.
Yet as much as I know I am going to miss my friends and family here (and already am starting to, however ridiculous that sounds, since my family is currently one floor beneath me), I am ready to start my journey that God has laid before me.
Luke 5:11
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
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