What a whirlwind adventure the last few months have been, moving, starting a new job, getting everything settled. After finally getting internet installed (from a man who reminded me of an older version of Moose) I'm back onto the blogging scene (and hopefully the Facebook scene, but we'll see about that one).
It's been pretty hard to be away from the excellent community we were part of up north, and I'm pretty sure I can echo the words of Paul when I say that my heart aches for you guys -- it's something more than just missing. Not that we're not engaging here, and finding a church and getting plugged in. Neither Wifey nor I wish that we were still in the northwest -- we know this is where God has brought us, but we miss each of you all the same.
To answer Risa's Facebook question in a more public way, we'll be driving North for Christmas, and should get there on the 23rd or 24th, and be there the week between Christmas and New Years before having to pack our bags and drive back home. We'd dearly love to see each of you, and maybe in some kind of Monkey event if we can pull it off (if not, coffee is always just as welcome).
Wifey is still looking for work, and it's been more than a little challenging for her to be home alone all day. We're fortunate to be near our cousins, so Wifey often gets out with kids and has a good time. We've also been very fortunate to get plugged in with a 'new newly marrieds' small group, which is INcReDibLe. Every couple there is walking through the same phase of life we're at, and it's soo nice to meet friends our own age whom we can laugh, play cards with, and talk about what it means to be married. After church today we went out to lunch with a lot of them -- it feels good to see God building a community here that we get to be a part of. I remember when I was new to all of you up North, and when you were mostly strangers who I worked with or knew of, and how over two years we become very close. I'm excited to think of what could happen here over the next few years, knowing the same good and loving God is at the head of this community as well.
I don't know what everyone else did for Halloween, but at work we had a party and I went as Peter Parker, 1 because: Dude - Spider Man, and 2, because I figured I could pull off the geek look an minimal cost (I'm already a geek :) It worked out pretty well, and I even won one of the costume awards, so good deal. I'll have pictures on Facebook soon (just as soon as I can work up the courage to face the tsunami of unanswered facebook-dongles awaiting me while I've been offline).
Last night for Halloween Wifey and I went to Disney Land on a whim for a date. We got a very appreciated early Christmas gift of year passes so we can still get out of the house while we're broke. They had the haunted mansion all dec-ed out for 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and even space mountain had a 'Ghost Galaxy' setup. It was good to get out, good to be on a date, and good to get a chance to talk while walking around the park and waiting in line (we left our cell phones in the car). I know I don't want us to be the 'sit at home and watch TV because we have nothing better to do' couple, but so often I struggle to think of something better to do. Not being around all my old married friends and being a newly married couple, I have no idea what 'normal' married people do when they hang out before they have kids (maybe sit at home and watch tv? ;) Maybe part of being married is relearning how to enjoy your time together in a new context. I was telling my sister on the phone that before you get married, you kind of think that marriage is like this next step in the natural progression of meeting, dating, engagement, etc. But really, it's like a metamorphosis, where you still have that foundation you build while dating, but the day in and day out experience and operation is fundamentally different. I guess I'm having to learn how to succeed at this new game, and I suppose that'll take time -- in the meantime, it's an adventure :)
But that's all I've got for today (with my really really long post). I love you each, and I'll be writing again soon.
- Fawkes
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