The OK Adventures of Peppersloth and Annie

Ten Months. I’ve been here for ten months. How is that possible? How did time get away from me so quickly? Adults have told me all my life that time goes by fast, but I’ve never believed them until now.

                Work: Work is…interesting…it’s been put on hold for the last few months, as I’m still recovering from a broken knee. I am starting to think about next school year, and trying to figure out how to prepare for it. There are LOTS of options, but no affirmative answers yet. I’m trusting God to allow the pieces to fall into place. He hasn’t let me down in 33 years, so I assume he won’t now.

                Church: I am technically going to Jerrad (boyfriend)’s church. I do church online every week, along with my church back Ohio as well. The time zone difference has been good to me. Jerrad and I had made plans for me to attend in person, and then the ice storm and broken knee happened.  I also Facetime into small group. I LOVE the people in my small group. They have been so encouraging through this process. One of them even helped me shower! The thing I love about them most is that they treat me like a person, not like Jerrad’s girlfriend.

                Jerrad: I keep thinking that I should do a post JUST on him, but that hasn’t happened yet. We DO have a hash tag! #barfpost. I came up with that, of course! He is my person. He is exactly who I needed in my life. I’ve never felt so comfortable being completely my awkward, introverted, nerdy self as I do with him. I don’t feel this need to be extra loud, or extra obnoxious, just to get attention. He affirms me in ways no one else has. He doesn’t make me feel stupid for struggling with putting my feelings into words, and he doesn’t mock or belittle those feelings. He makes me laugh, cry, and all the feels in between. He is GOOD! And he is KIND! He is definitely not perfect, and there are PLENTY of moments when I’d like to pin his picture to my punching bag. But, overall, he is perfect for me. #barfpost

                Life: While life is overall moving quickly, it feels like molasses as I continue to hang out in bed. I am getting around better. I can tell my leg is getting stronger, and I can tell my muscles are ready to bust out of this stupid brace! But I have done my best to make good use of my time. I have my hypothetical (it’s happening, but I have to say hypothetical until I have a shiny thing on my finger) wedding planned out. Yes, Jerrad does know. In my opinion, he has more opinions than I do! I’ve also been reading a lot about marriage. Look for a blog post on all of that! Streaming services have also been good to me during this time. But the biggest thing I’ve done is dig into Jesus, and to hear from him. I was so angry two months ago. And God was okay with it. There were moments when I wished I’d never moved here. And God was okay with it. He has made it all okay. And, therefore, I am okay.