Late at night

I'm still up and it's after 12:30. I should be sleeping but I can't stop my brain right now so I thought I'd let you in on my thoughts. Earlier this afternoon Justin and I went and spoke with a mortgage broker who helped us think through some financial options for buying a house. After having already gone through our budget at home, we were shown some numbers that humbled us. Even though Justin is anticipating a salary far beyond that of what the "traditional" social worker makes, it doesn't seem like enough to help us buy the type of home we'd want in our area.

That leaves us with a few decisions to make: do we continue to rent where we are or find some new temporary place? do we change our expectations? do we continue to pinch and stretch our budget to get something that we probably can't quite afford but hope Justin would get raises over the years to make it more manageable?

Of course, we still have to wait on hearing back on the job here in Missoula before we do anything beyond going and looking at houses with our realtor just to get an idea of what's available in Missoula in a spectrum of prices. Ultimately, we are continuing to trust in God's sovereignty. He has provided for us amazingly, despite not having any income since February, and we are not about to forget that now.

You would think that the peace we have received would help me get to sleep tonight but I don't think Junior got the memo that it's time to settle down. That's one of the reasons I couldn't get comfortable long enough in bed. Another reason is our dog Maggie continues to sneakily creep up on my side of the bed instead of staying at the bottom of it. I know, I know...the easy fix is to kick her off but you don't have those brown eyes turned toward you begging for mercy like I do every day. And so she stays on the bed, asleep, dreaming even, while I sit her typing.

That's enough babbling for now. I'm hoping a few games of solitaire might make my lids droopy.