The Un-Move

My sister and I are calling it the Un-Move.

At 4:30 this morning, my parents left to catch a plane to Nova Scotia, where they are retiring! My sister and I are staying here in Ontario, and we are taking over the rent of the apartment our family has lived in for the last eight years.

I was planning to move into my own place this Fall, but this arrangement is a whole lot nicer for everyone involved. I already know my one roommate (my sister) really well, and a good buddy is going to become our roommate in two weeks. Plus, our parents did not have to run around trying to get rid of all their stuff, and my sister and I did not have to run around buying stuff for the apartment! Do you know how hard it is to find a blender that meets up to my high standards?

No wild partying has occurred since my parents left. :) My sister and I both went to work, had supper together, read from a devotional book, and chatted about life and household stuff. Then our friends Brian and Sarah came over with Dawn of the Dead (the Sarah Polley version) and a bunch of junk food.

Life is good.

I was glum while I was at work today, and part of the reason is that I realized what a big change this is. I am twenty-nine years old, and today is the first day I have not lived with my parents (other than camp and youth group trips, etc.). I miss them already, and I can't wait till my sister and I phone them tomorrow evening. Yet, I am very excited about the Un-Move. I feel like the future is finally moving ahead, with me in tow! Appropriately, tonight's devotional reading from Daily Light included Jeremiah 29:11, my life verse. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (NKJV)