Changes in Motion

  Like most people, I have oodles of goals, plans, dreams, ideas, hopes... sometimes it almost seems like life is just too short for it all. I just happen to be one of the lucky few who married someone similar.

  Anyway, we’ve recently been evaluating our current life in comparison to our goals and dreams. And sadly it seems that we’re a bit off track, which is why we've decided to change it up a bit.

  For starters, we aren't attending Rhema Bible Training Center anymore. Yes, I know: shock, confusion, disappointment, you're-out-of-the-will-of-God... ok, are you done now? Good. It's not like we didn't pray about it. It's not like we made a rash decision. We prayed, listened, had a peace, and followed it. Now we're able to put the money we had been spending on RBTC on our credit cards, or savings, or toward accomplishing some of our short-term goals.... which brings me to another point.

  Now that we have more time and are focusing more on accomplishing some of our goals, and learning Spanish is one of them, we splurged and bought Rosetta Stone Levels 1 & 2. This means I should be speaking Spanish in 7 days + 10 minutes. {For those of you who are slightly less radio-commercialized, the software takes 7 days to be delivered, and they promise you'll be speaking your new language in "10 minutes or less!"} We'll see how that goes.

  Also in that ‘goals' category falls 'move out of Oklahoma'. The less politically correct version is ' get the heck out of this boring, flat, barren state'. In June we will be gracing the beautiful state of Colorado with our presence. We have quite a plan in mind.

  At the end of May we will move out of Tulsa and drive to the Denver area where we'll stay for about 5 days. We’ll rent a storage unit and put everything we own there, we won’t look for an apartment, and we won't get a job.

  Instead we're going to go on an insane journey hiking the Colorado Trail. It’s a 485 mile trail through the Rocky Mountains, stretching from Littleton, CO to Durango, CO. I really can't wait! I'm so excited!

  So, changes are in motion. Once again, I’m breaking the mold. And I love it.