Dreams and Goals for July 2020

Well, my dear friends, I think God just flat out laughed at my June dreams and goals. They were pretty solid fails. (I think I'm going to reframe that and call them pretty solid reconstructions...how's that?)

So do I dare make goals for July?? Do I even know enough about what's coming our way to make goals? I'll try, and we'll see how it goes!

1. Finish packing the house for our move.

I feel like this is a safe goal to make, because it has to happen. Whatever doesn't get packed becomes a gift to the new owners, I guess! LOL! It's hard to know exactly where I stand (percentage-wise) with packing right now. I want to say I have about half the work, done, but I'll probably come back at the end of the adventure, laugh my head off, and tell you I wasn't even close to half!

2. Organize for our second garage sale. 

As we've been packing, we have come up with more things to sell, so we are going to have one more sale before we go. I've been pricing everything as I pull it out, before I send it to the garage. But we do need to reorganize all our piles so it makes for easier shopping. I have to say, it feels pretty good to let go of so many things!

3. Say goodbye well.

Goodbyes are usually hard, aren't they? They're a bit more challenging to orchestrate when they happen quickly and...you know...pandemic life. We are trying to do our best to see as many people as we can (safely) but whether we say goodbye in person or virtually, we want to do our very best to wrap up things here well.

4. Become attentive, absorbing students.

We'll undergo a couple of weeks of training for our new job this month, and we have so much to learn. Like all of it. I remember when WBCL decided to put me on air, and I had no background in radio at all. One of the on-air guys told me something I'll never forget. He said he would rather train someone who had no knowledge than have to untrain someone who had learned things that didn't match up with their practices and then try to retrain them. I'm hoping that rings true for us here. We are eager to learn, and we're blank slates when it comes to this field. But we want to absorb every single thing we can and retain it well.

5. Make our move as easy as we can on our Braeya-girl.

We've been doing lots of research on things we can do for her to calm her down, since riding in cars absolutely freaks her out to no end. We may not be able to make it totally painless, but we do want to make it the best for her that we can. And hopefully she will settle in well to our new digs, once she sees all her familiar things there.

6. Begin settling into our new home...and make it home.

We realized that it will probably take us many weeks to settle into our new home, since we will need to do so around a work schedule, and we are okay with that! We aren't in a rush. But we are looking forward to settling into our new space and making it a place that reflects our love for the Lord and each other. The apartment where we'll live really is quite beautiful, and even though we've only seen it once, we know it will be a great fit for us.