Transitions

I type this as I sit on a small ottoman with the keyboard propped on a notebook in my lap. My monitor sits in an adjacent chair and my mouse sits on top of a nearby box. This posture creates carpal tunnel in ways I didn't think possible, but such is my life as we transition to our new home. The good news is that all of this equipment finally has a place to be in this new home. No longer situated in front of the coldest and hottest window in the house, I now have my own home office where all my books and resources and tools can live comfortably. In just a few weeks I look forward to having everything unpacked and arranged in a way that will help me be produective and, hopefully, creative as well.
I'll need to be both as I must begin the search for a new job right away.
I suspected that 2008 would be a year of transitions. Good thing I like them because they all seem to be happening at once! I think I am having a pretty easy time with all of this because both of these changes - the job and the home - were choices we made. There was no surprise or tragedy involved - we simply decided to make some changes. Someday I hope to be so mature in my relationship with Christ that I can embrace the other kind of changes as cheerfully. The changes that come out of nowhere when someone I love gets sick or dies or there is an unforseen financial setback....that's when I'll find out much I am really able to accept change.