Journeys

This blog has absolutely no "theme" aside from things that are important to me. And that's okay. I just missed writing as a stress release so I find it to be good for me.

Recently I've been thinking a lot about Joe & I's future once we're married. Now that the majority of wedding planning is done, it's time for me to think (read: obsess) about the next step. I've never thought I'd spend the rest of my days in Ohio, and until November it was a very real possibility that we would be spending our first year of wedded bliss in South Carolina. Alas, that is not that case. Joe was accepted to Kent State but not Clemson. In between Joe applying for Clemson and being rejected, we got engaged, and then I threw myself into our first Christmas in our apartment and wedding planning and didn't give leaving the state more than a fleeting thought... until recently. We would both like to move south, and being the researcher in our relationship, I found a good architecture school in Florida. We'll still be in Ohio for another year while Joe boosts his GPA at Kent, but then hopefully he will be re-applying at Clemson, and applying at the University of Florida. I feel like our lives are finally starting but there's so many things still holding us back. I would love to buy a house and start making little babies on June 10th, but it doesn't make sense. I don't think it's wise to buy a house until we are both completely done with school and can make an appropriate budget factoring in our astronomical student loans. I would also prefer to wait until Joe is hired as an architect somewhere, because finding a job in such a competitive field may mean another relocation for us. Before I started thinking about moving again, the plan was to move about 15 minutes away to Stow where Joe would finish the next 3-4 years of schooling at Kent. Now that we have a few more months of uncertainty as us as we play the "where will be next year?" game again, I don't want to move. Luckily, we have a nice one bedroom, and a balcony that overlooks this:

We have laundry in our apartment, and affordable rent. I think we can put up with the lack of closet space for just a little longer while we see what journey God has in store for us. I hope that I don't get so caught up in planning that I forget to see what blessings are right in front of us and miss the journey He intends for us to take. Only time will tell..