I gotta get outta this place...

Well, it's finally Friday. Thank God. I am ready for the weekend, and getting to spend time with April. Being here during the day working on stuff for the Bean'ry, and running errands, all that kinda stuff, is getting old, and I am ready to get out! I did get to visit my old workplace Furnitureland South yesterday to meet with a good friend there, and visit lots of old friends. It was good to see everyone, and good to see my old manager, who has been such an encouragement this past year in many ways. She has written many e-mails that have been timely, and it's good to see her still plugging away up there.
This weekend is supposed to be cold, but I am hoping to get a round of disc golf in at some point. We will kinda lay low this weekend as we are headed to St. Augustine on Tuesday, and will need all the money we have for that. They are, again, paying for our room, so we don't have to worry about that. We are excited to get back down there, and finalize all the details of the position. I am also meeting with the local coffee roaster down there, and looking forward to that, as well. They called this week, and we talked a while about coffees, roasting, and wholesale sales. They have asked me to do some wholesale sales for them, in return for pay and lowered coffee prices for the Bean'ry. Uh, yeah, I will. They also said it would be cool if I could do some roasting for them sometime when they need me. Uh, yeah, I will. Things are looking great about getting down there, and things are falling into place as they should.
I met with April's aunt, who is a local realtor, and we are working on getting our house ready for sale. That part stinks, most of you know how much we LOVE our home. It is not the biggest, not the fanciest, but it is US. I think it was summed up best by a couple from our church, who after spending the night hanging out with us here said, "we feel so comfortable here." You know, the kinda house you are not afraid to plop down on the couch. The house you are not afraid of messing up the intricate pillow arrangement. Our friends come and hang out, get drinks out of the fridge, snacks out of the cabinet, that's what we like about our house. It feels like home. And that's just what I will miss about selling our home and moving into an apartment, at least for a year. But, as God has been showing April and I, in the BIG picture, it is a small thing. He has something so much more for us.
So, we will leave after April gets out of school on Tuesday, and be back Sunday night. We will also be going into Jacksonville one day, and scouting out apartments, sections of town, the scene there, and visiting the local disc golf course to check it out. All in all, it will be a great trip. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue to move forward in His plan. Also, please remember to pray for Little Joey, a good friend of ours' nephew who is getting a kidney transplant this week. Our friends were up in Chicago this week to see him, and said he is doing well. He is just so young to deal with something this big, but God is in control of this situation.