Laundry...

I went for the first time on Sunday to do laundry for the loving husband and me. I know it's been a month since we have been married and this is the first time I'm doing laundry... so sue me.

Our apartments do not have washer and dryer connections and the laundromat at the complex is well....gross.

So Sunday, I forwent my regularly scheduled sunday afternoon nap and headed out with 2 laundry baskets FULL of clothes. I went to one of the laundromats in town. It was nice and air conditioned. The only downfall is the cost! Ridiculous!!!!

Anyway, I didn't come to blog about my frustrations in the Sunday afternoon laundry doing....I came to blog about the personal interaction I had while there.

I was sitting waiting on the clothes to dry (after putting my body weight in quarters in the machine) and this hispanic husband and wife came in. The woman came and sat next to me and began to speak to me in very broken english. My first thought was "I have no money to give you!" The whole time she was talking I was watching my stuff very closely. I was making sure her husband wasn't coming around stealing my stuff while she was distracting me with her broken english. I know I am an awful person! This blog is all about honesty though. We talked for about 15 minutes. She asked if I was a "Study" meaning student, She told me about her nephews and nieces, her sons and "como se dice hijas" translated to daughters. It was hard to understand her, but I listened anyway. All the while thinking.... "I have no more quarters because the dryers ate them all!"

My clothes finally dried and as I took the clothes out of the dryer I kept a steady eye on my stuff...I went over to the folding table and began folding. I placed me purse on the table in plain sight so that she or her husband wouldn't take it! Again, AWFUL I know!

I noticed that when their clothes finished washing they folded them up and took them out without drying them.

They left the building and got in the car. Well almost....The wife came back in just before getting in the car...She walked up to me as I thought "Here we go..." I was ready to say "I have no money"

To my surprise she didn't come back in to ask for money....She didn't come back in to steal my stuff either.

She walked over to me patted me on the back and said "Bye."

That's it... "Bye."

It was one word that carried so much weight. She just wanted to talk to me! She wanted someone to talk to. All I did was suspect her as a thief or pan handler. I missed a chance to have a wonderful conversation with a woman who needed a friend all because I was worried about my stupid stuff.

Wow.

The First 2 weeks of Matrimony

Well it's been two weeks since the big day!

It's so weird to me that we spent 8 months planning, waiting, and preparing for 1 day. One day that honestly, I don't remember a whole lot about. It was a good one day. I had a couple of breakdowns because that "one day" was over and now I was married. Marriage is wonderful and I love it, but holy smokes it's different! Living with a boy is weird! Luckily I snagged one of the cleaner ones.

It's also weird that we have been married for 2 weeks and will be married for another 80 years! ha ha so good!

I have used the phrase "welcome to marriage honey!" a lot over the past 2 weeks. It's become a joke in the apartment. Like when Joshua took out the bathroom trash after a certain week with a look of disgust on his face (TMI? sorry.) I was eager to chime in with "welcome to marriage honey!"

I hope to make this blog actually have a purpose now....hopefully it will become a place that I can tell my marriage stories on. Not that many people read it, but that's okay!

Why do we ever doubt?!

Jesus is GOOD! Oh my word He is so good! In my last post I talked about the "ideal" situation for next semester! God ALWAYS has way bigger plans!

My dad drives the bus with a lady who's ex-husband works at the Ford dealership in town. He talked to her a while back and asked if there were any job openings there for his jobless-soon-to-be-son-in-law. She checked with her ex husband (whom she still has dinner with...awkward....but good in this case) and he said there wasn't anything. My dad went back and told her the sob story of the daughter who would be commuting 90 minutes 3 days a week. She told him she'd check again. Well my dad called this weekend and said "Joshua has a job interview at the Ford dealership on Monday morning."

At about 10 this morning my sweet sweet fiance brought me my power cord to my computer on his way to the interview. He looked absolutely handsome in his polo and slacks. I prayed for him before he drove away. In 2o minutes he called back and said "Guess what!" This has got to be good!!!! Sure enough good news FINALLY reached my ears! There is a strong possibility that they will be offering Joshua a job doing something with internet sales and support! I don't understand the logistics of it but all I know is it is FULL TIME and on SALARY and the occasional COMMISSION! They will meet again Wednesday to talk about $$$$$ and details. Oh and he would start IMMEDIATELY meaning we'd have some money when we got married!

Oh God is so good! We aren't out of the woods yet....prayerfully waiting for Wednesday! Hopefully it will be enough money!

Thank you Jesus for never forsaking us.

79 days and praying..

I am 79 days out until I have a boy as a roommate and 79 days until I become Lyndsey Meredith Williams. I will be the happiest girl in the WORLD in just 11 short weeks!

I am trying hard to rest in these short weeks. We are trying desperately to have fun in planning this wedding and enjoy the engagements period. Lately that has been extremely hard. We don't know what we are doing in July 3. (when we return from our honeymoon) We don't know where we will be living, where we will be working, or a lot of the time where I will graduate college from. We have been looking TIRELESSLY for jobs to no avail though. There have proved to be no opportunities in Brownwood (just as we suspected) and with the job we were placing hope on falling through, we are stuck! Our next move has become looking in Abilene for jobs and praying hard for something to come up. Ideally, if we move to Abilene, I will commute 3 times a week to HPU and do my internship in Abilene. It will make for a very busy semester and first year of marriage, but it'll be worth it.

Some people have said we are crazy for "rushing" the marriage. Some people don't quite understand why we didn't just wait another year to be married when school wouldn't hold me back. Well to that I say...God. There may be some selfish reasons thrown in there too. (Like changing my countdown from 79 to 444) But we know that God called us to be married this summer. Last summer we began praying (without anyone knowing mind you) that God would show us the time to be married. We felt like God answered when certain events and conversations took place with my family. We are confident that God has called us to be married June 26, 2010!

He is for us and we are confident in that. He will provide and job and an apartment in HIS timing. As for now we will continue to pray and seek and live in a way that honors him. I invite you to join us in praying as well.

snow, birthday, and spring break

Well it's been a long while...there's been a lot that has happened but my computer has been out of commission....boo

We got our snow a week later than everyone else...

it didn't last long but it made for a nice snow day

We went registering...it was a good time

About to go to Abilene for my birthday dinner!

My presents... tulips, chocolate, a new scent, and a personal framed hanging of all of the things I am to him...sweet

Birthday party with wonderful people

The chefs of the night....homemade lasagna and cake...yummy

my artwork on the board

Spring break mission trip to the ABQ....

sweet...

bye bye ABQ...maybe we will see you again one day

busy. busy. busy.

There is nothing to blog about today, but since it's been a while I figured I'd give somewhat of an update.

1. The wedding is only 4 months and some days away....EXCITING! But too much to do between now and then...

2. I'm learning how to drive the jeep. Some days I've got the hang of it and others ALL my confidence goes out the window...Last time left me with no confidence

3. Joshua and I fasted from facebook the past couple of weeks. I am very surprised in myself and quite pleased.

4. Joshua and I's year anniversary is coming up and I just cannot believe it. If you asked me last year if I thought I would be engaged this soon I would have looked at you like you were CRAZY!

5. Pledging started yesterday. Seeing all the little pledges run around makes me realize how grateful I am that I did not finish. It was a good learning experience while it lasted.

That's all I'll bore you with today....all 4 readers I have.