Moving Day

My brother moved in with us the weekend! We're excited to have him live with us again. He's a lot of fun - especially to watch tv shows with. He's my Lost nerd buddy. Adam loves Lost, but he doesn't get into all the "nerdy" stuff with me, and Scott and I can theorize all day long about it!! Also, Scott is a great person for Adam to discuss work with. I listen really well, but Scott works with him, and can understand all of the ins and outs of the office. What will we do when he moves out????

In order to accomodate him, Adam and I decided it was time for us to share an office. (Queue Twilight Zone music). I moved into his office, and we made my old office our spare bedroom - which is also conveniently the junk room at the moment. It's fun being with Adam!!! We have our desks facing eachother, so we can make eyes at eachother and kick things back and forth underneath the desk. Since both of us live most of our evenings at our computers, it's fun to be in the same room and to be able to have fun together. What were we thinking, having seperate offices??? We're crazy.

The moving process was elaborate, and it felt like we had our entire house in our living room at one point. We have it to the point now where everything looks good when the bedrooom door is closed. :) Now, for the real organizing!! Wish me luck!

Piano Fun & Goodness

I just started a Piano Team with some friends of mine! I'm so excited. The group I managed to pull together is made up of people who haven't played for a long time, and are eager to get back into it. We had our first rehearsal on Saturday, and it was so great. Everyone was rusty on sight-reading and it took us awhile, but we were able to make it through almost an entire song by the end of the rehearsal, which is pretty great! My goal is to have us play in our Spring concert. I'll have to let you all know when and where so that you can come cheer us on!

I will say it was affirming for me. I felt like I was playing with equals. We weren't the best readers, and had to ask about notation a few times - even technique questions - and it was tons of fun. We had lots of opportunities to laugh at ourselves and I hope everyone walked away feeling encouraged.

I'll have Adam take some video of our rehearsal in action next time so you can see our genius at work. :P

Our New President

If I learned anything over the last few years, it's that God is totally sovereign! I watched Him lead Obama to victory and see His sovereignty at work. Isn't is so great to know that He's totally in control, and that ultimately, none of this matters? No matter who won, God is still good. He's still on the throne. We still have a hope that nothing can take away from us.

I am so excited to pray for a President that I didn't vote for. As much as I don't want to see certain things happen to our country, I am looking forward to the things that God is going to do. It's also such a blessing to know that, though we can't find perfection here, God has provided a home for us that will end all suffering. Suffering is a reality here... good and bad leaders will always be a part of our time here... and yet, God is good through it all. Obama may turn out to be an amazing leader for our country - just what we need during this time. God may have other plans for this nation, and I'm excited to see how He works in our leaders, and through the citizens.

I will say that this whole election has prompted me to vote in a way that I don't think I would've voted before. I found myself voting for local politicians that more represented my views, rather than going with one of two major parties. I enjoyed casting a vote for someone that I felt would help to take the government out of our daily lives and put power back in the hands of the people. I also enjoyed helping a more conservative candidate win this "swing state" - even though he may not have fully represented my views. The voting process is amazing and, while I don't love the outcome, I'm grateful that we have a choice at all, and again, God is working mightily and it's wonderful to watch.