87 links in the paper chain

Remember those paper chains you used to make in elementary school to count down the days to a major holiday?  I do.  My excitement level is that of a 6 year old waiting on Christmas Eve night.  87 days is what separates me from the next big move.  24 days is what separates my love and I.  and 78 days left in this big girl job.  Life is good.  I find myself wishing away the next 87 days though.  Patience that is a word I use so often, something that I ask the Lord to help me with, and I realize I lack entirely!

There is so much to do between now and then:

• Spend time with my friends and family here in the Twin Cities
• Love on my Chicken Schmoo as I will be 5 hours away and we won't have the opportunities to hang out every Thursday : (
• Purchase that love shack on wheels.
• Rid my life of all the materialistic non-sense
• Get my heart right about throwing up the deuces to trying to make a life of certainty
• Eat all the Chipotle I can as there are not any in a trillion mile radius of International Falls
• Make lots of soap to ensure I have enough when that becomes my full time gig
• Love the Lord and thank Him for this blessing- for allowing this opportunity to present itself

So much to be thankful for, so much to be excited for, and so many days to wait patiently.

"If you're lucky enough to be Up North, you're lucky enough"