A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Talk about some answered prayers.

On Valentine's Day this year I got two important messages:

1. I had been pre-approved for a home loan.

2. Kody had asked to put his name on the wait list to come finish his last two years of med school at UAMS' northwest campus in Fayetteville. We would know by April 1st if there was any movement on the list -- he was number 3.

On March 14th (exactly one month later), this is what happened:

1. I found a house online I wanted to go see. I scheduled a showing for that night because I knew I would be out of town all weekend for my dear friend Erin's wedding. Kody was on his way up for the festivities, but I figured I would go see the house before he got up here. He ended up showing up earlier than I thought, so we went to see the house with my aunt and mom. (Just in case you're wondering, the house was a no!)

2. Kody and I go to dinner after house hunting, and he tells me he got a spot with UAMS in Fayetteville, he had decided to accept, and he's moving to Fayetteville this summer!

Best. News. Ever. Of course, Kody had been holding out on me for a week before he told me. He needed to make sure he was making the right decision (it is his career, after all) and then he wanted to tell me in person.

After three years of being in a long-distance relationship, there is finally a light at the end of this tunnel! I am so happy that Kody made the decision to 1. put his name on that list, 2. that he actually got a spot (we're talking 18 people out of 170ish+), and 3. that he ultimately decided to take the spot. 

Thanks to everyone who has kept us in your thoughts and prayers -- I am SO happy about this outcome, and I'm looking forward to spending more than a few weekends every now and then with my best friend :)

Just remember -- He is good, He is faithful, and He provides.

Life Lately: As told through my Iphone

I've been wanting to post something new for quite a while now, but as you can see, I haven't done so. Of course, this means lots of things have backlogged in my mind, and I wasn't even sure where to start. So I decided the easiest thing to do was take a look at my Iphone and see where it says I have been the past few weeks  months. Here's a look at my life lately, according to my Iphone records:

Sometimes, I run into quite a few interesting things on our winding, country road. One day, I came across a few horses taking a stroll in my lane. (Just last week, I encountered a cow in my lane. Thank goodness my car and these animals didn't decide to meet.)

Got my new Erin Condren planner! Love these!

Almost hit a Christmas tree that was in my lane on that country road... went back to drag it off the road, and someone beat me to it. I had to take a picture to prove it literally was a Christmas tree.

Between dodging Christmas trees, cows, and horses, I get to see pretty sunrises/sunsets as well :)

Got a beautiful delivery of flowers at work from my mom to celebrate a new job/office. My business cards happened to come the same day!

Added a little chrome to the Terrain thanks to the boyfriend.. gotta have my sparkle :)

Helped host a bridal shower for my sweet friend Erin -- two weeks from today, she'll be waking up a married woman!

I have woken up to quite a few beautiful mornings. I may not like living so far from town all the time, but it sure can be beautiful to have this as your front yard.

Got this sweet picture from my love. This particular Dove wrapper has hung on his bulletin board since we were in college -- always a nice reminder :)

Drove many mornings to work in the snow. At least it was pretty! (Don't tell anyone how many pics I take while driving this road, please.)

Got a Valentine's Day surprise in the mail from the boyfriend.

And some beautiful flowers!

Celebrated the opening of the new Harp's in my hometown. This probably isn't a big deal to anyone who doesn't live here, but trust me, it's kind of a big deal.

Started decorating my new office. Still a long way to go, but at least we got a few things in there!

There's no place like Northwest Arkansas. Such a lovely place to live.

Celebrated Mom's birthday weekend in Branson shopping.

Where we each splurged and got a new Coach purse!

Woke up to yet another beautiful snowy day, and spent it working in Reynolds Razorback Stadium

But it was clear the next day!

FINALLY decided on and purchased new Asics running shoes.

And most recently, spent a fun weekend celebrating Erin and her girls' weekend at the horse races in Hot Springs! Such a fun experience -- can't wait to go back again soon!

That's life lately -- I'm really going to try to stay on top of this blogging thing again!
Happy Sunday!