But God truly does answer the prayers of the faithful and Tuesday I got the BEST news I have heard in a l-o-n-g time!
I was out doing a little retail therapy ....
I stopped by Justice, which is NOT my favorite store, but I promised to get this for Amy's Halloween costume:
She decided to be an "Army Girl". I was thinking - camo pants and her army green shirt but when I suggested this she told me she really wanted this skirt ..... she is definitely going to be the sparkliest Army Girl that ever went trick or treating :)
Then I popped into TJ Maxx because I was kid free and figured I could actually take my time and browse through the whole store. It paid off! I found these for myself:
And before I hear anything about the fact that these are not heels or cute ballet flats but are indeed loafers - let's consider that it is ME who bought them and be proud that they are actually not a solid color AND most important, they are NOT from Naturalizer. (see this post for reference)
I also found a the softest blanket for Baby A and it's gender neutral which is great because we are that annoying couple who never finds out the sex of our baby until the moment he/she is born.
I was about to check out when my cell phone rang - it was David. Initially, I panicked. He rarely calls me in the middle of the day on my cell phone. And he is in Nashville this week so this was doubly odd. I got out of line and I almost immediately asked him why he was looking for me. He tells me he has good news. Long and short of it - he is NOT moving to Nashville in November! He is instead supposed to find an office here and continue in this new position but be based out of here and not out of Nashville. The move will probably still happen but for right now, it has been tabled and they will revisit the idea of moving us to Nashville in "about a year".
For me - this is the BEST NEWS! We still have our foot in the door to eventually move to the Nashville area but this way we have more time to work on this house, more time to research where we want to live AND MOST IMPORTANT - I will not be left alone in Ohio with the girls nor will be I alone in Ohio when the baby comes. David will still travel but the week here, week in Nashville routine we've been dealing with should slow down and maybe, just maybe, he'll only be down there one week a month. And we also aren't facing the prospect of paying rent for an apartment for him in Nashville on top of paying for everything here. I kept trying to figure out how we were going to make it shelling out $800.00 or more a month plus adding things like new carpet and new granite counter tops and an updated master bathroom to this house. But now those worries are gone.
I was so excited by tthe news that I immediately called my sister-in-law to share the good news. She wasn't there so I put my phone back in my purse on top of my keys instead of in the side pocket. So when I pulled out my keys to get in the car, my phone fell out and the crystal cracked and I didn't even care! Normally this would have brought on tears but not Tuesday, the phone still works and you know what - we can probably afford to replace it within a month.
God is good my friends! God is good!
I cannot wait for David to get home so we can celebrate this good news properly ....
and yeah .. you can read as little or as much as you want into that statement ....... ;)
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