It's Official

Well, there is no going back now. Nik and I are official home owners! Two words come to mind right now. Holy shit. That's about all I got. I'm pretty numb at this point. There has been a constant war between my emotions all morning. First, was obvious delight. Nik and I finally have the opportunity to create our home, can life be any more beautiful? Wonder is another frequent emotion, how can two people in their mid-twenties be so fortunate? Happiness, elation, giddiness; these are all other positive emotions that have been jumping around inside my stomach for the last six hours.

However, there is also a really weird sense of guilt. I'm not supposed to be doing this without Nik, that's just wrong. He is my partner through everything that I do. I feel like I just went on a spending spree and charged six figures worth of stuff onto our credit card behind Nik's back. Not just stuff, more like hundreds of thousands of dollars on shoes and now Nik is going to be pissed! He really hates it when I buy shoes since I already own somewhere around 60 pairs. I know this feeling is slightly ridiculous, after all Nik and I do not make large purchases without consulting each other, especially a purchase to the magnitude of a real life house. I just can't help it, it felt like something vital was missing the whole time, something in addition to my heart.

Now I just have to wait for the call to come in announcing when I can pick up the keys. After that, it's on. I will transform from relatively calm and sweet natured Brittney to psycho-obsessive-compulsive-have-to-take-care-of-everything-and-make-it-perfect-before-my-husband-gets-home Brittney. I may lose some friends and quite possibly the love from my family, I can only pray that will not occur. Cross your fingers for me over the next few weeks, I will need all the support I can get.

How quickly time passes

It's incredible how quickly time can pass, even when it appears to be crawling. Life has been anything but dull in the past two months since I last blogged. I am still missing my husband terribly, but I was fortunate enough to spend a few days with him not long ago. As always, he is as close to perfect as any human can be. Not much longer and he will be back home, exactly where he belongs.

I am extremely thankful that when he comes home in less than two months, he will be coming home to mine and his home. Finally, our housing prayers have been answered. Unfortunately, the house that has had our complete and total devotion for the last... well, almost 11 months... will not be that home. However, the house that has come along is exactly what we never thought we could have this early on in our lives, but everything we have dreamed of. It's brand new and in the completion process as we speak. By the end of the month I will be in process of trying to move a very very large amount of stuff into a house that can accommodate all of that stuff. I might even need to buy new stuff =)

I am in my final three weeks of class, which is equally unbelievable. It is hard to imagine having my evenings to myself again after having given them up completely for the last four months. Now I get to think about what comes next. I know I am not done with school, there is still so much more I want to learn. I just have to determine how much more I want to know and how much money my family can afford to put into my education.

I get to go and complete a walk-through of the house this week, so I will take more pictures then, but in the meantime, here is a quick peek.