Day One Thousand and Fifty-Four

The Trade Deadline Passed and...

We're still Marlins!

Oh thank heavens we are so happy!

Clearly, I was a bit caught up in the excitement/wonder/unknowns of yesterday. Apparently, my Grama was too! For good reason. With Adam's name being mentioned in some talks earlier this week, I was trying to plan and prepare for the potential of well, anything. I didn't know it at the time, but Grama was doing the same thing 4,000 miles away. Gosh I love her! It's been a long, tough season and we've already done a lot of moving around. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't anxious about the 4 o'clock deadline; it held the possibility of so much more change. Not that we couldn't handle it - we could. But I'm definitely thankful that the Lord has us right where we are. Even if that's on the DL in Jupiter, FL. Because, at least we're still with our Fish.

The Marlins did make a trade - in the very last seconds before the deadline at 4:00 PM. Adam wasn't apart of it. And we are grateful for that. We love this team, we love our friends, and we love living in Jupiter during the offseason. 

Deep breath.

(Meanwhile, Adam sat back and snickered at my mini-frenzy yesterday. He's better at this stuff than me. But he's not the one who makes all the plans and finds all the condos and maps all the trips and moves all the stuff…so…I'll cut myself some slack for now.) 

At 4:01 PM, this happened.

When we refreshed Twitter just minutes after the deadline and realized that we weren't going anywhere, we finally got to sign our lease. We weren't about to sign - and pay - on a condo if we weren't going to be living there by today, so…we waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, our offer was accepted and once we're cleared by the HOA (which could take up to two weeks. More waiting…), we get to move in to our new 2-bedroom! 

This season's seemed to follow the trend of a whole lot of waiting. 

We made big plans, had even bigger dreams, and it would seem that the Lord is teaching us how to wait. It's uncomfortable. It's hard. And sometimes, it's not been fun. But He's trustworthy and faithful, so if He wants us to learn how to humbly and graciously wait, then waiting is what we'll learn how to do.