For economy of time's sake (because I have tons of things to do here and because I'm about to start working full-time--aaaahhhhh), I'm going to give you an update through the email that I sent to Boston friends. Here it is:
Hi Boston friends,
A quick update from Vermont.
I have officially moved to my 13th state.
Thank
you to those who helped me pack, load, otherwise get out of town. I had
an uneventful ride up to New Hampshire on Monday night and a lovely
visit with friends there. And sleep. For the first night in many I
was not playing moving truck tetarus in my head, so I slept well.
Tuesday I drove to Vermont. It was a beautiful, sunny day. The roads
were clear as could be; my prayers were definitely answered. Wednesday
it snowed (when I was returning the truck), but my day of driving was
clear as could be.
I enjoyed the ride immensely--sunny, clear roads but cold so the
rocks had gorgeous ice formations, the frozen marshes, lakes, ponds were
beautiful to see. I live in New England! And I enjoyed the beautiful
ride through part of it. Thoughts I had: I now know that I can live in a
city and if the Lord or a husband or possibly an employer wants
me to, I will do it again. But my heart and mind and todo mi ser is SO
happy to be out. Out with the trees, the river, the silence, the sky,
the beautiful world God created for me.
I also thought that I should--learn to ice skate; get my snow shoes back
from Rachel (or just get new ones); find someone who will take me ice
fishing. And I need, well not need, but really, really want a car so I
can get to the mountains.
Got here to Essex Junction, people from my new ward helped me unload
(good thing because I was completely exhausted and very sore by then),
and I've just been settling in ever since. And sleeping, while I can. I
enjoy my apartment. I LOVE having my own place. My kitchen makes me
happy every day (even though it's still a work in progress). Everything
just makes me happy right now. My apartment is very quiet, but when I
walk to the end of the long driveway, I'm a quarter mile from shopping
centers, PO, bank, library, etc. Lovely.
In the back I have glass doors with two excellent views. Far away are
the mountains--so pretty. And in the property adjoining my place is an
elementary school. In front of me is the playground and field. I can
hear the kids and can sit here and watch them. SO fun to see them
playing in the snow. :)
People have reached out and been so good to me. I really can't tell
you how easy and nice this move has been. For all the darkness and
difficulty of moving to Boston (and leading up to it and on and on and
on after the initial trip there), life is balancing right now. As I told
Anny this morning--I don't know why, but for some reason now is a time
for the Lord to take care of me, to answer the prayers little and big,
to make it easy. And I'm so glad for now.
Seemingly unrelated, on Wednesday I got some most wonderful news. I
can't really fully explain, because of confidentiality, but one of my
clients called to tell me their case was approved. This was a very
unknown case--on the fence with no idea how it would turn out, that we
have worked on for almost 2 years. I have put my heart and soul, as well
as my mind and every bit of training and knowledge I had, into it. Many
prayers and fasting and pleading with the Lord (by me, by clients, by
their family). On Wednesday I cried as I knelt to thank the Lord, after
getting off the phone. It's a huge, huge thing for this family (it'd
make more sense if I could explain, but I can't).
As I said, it seems unrelated to my moving, but I don't really believe
it is. In December, I worked for hours to meet the deadline for the
(hopefully) final filing (the gov't agency had informed us they would
deny the case if more evidence about XXX wasn't produced); at the same
time I was spending hours filling out exhaustive amounts of
investigative information for the gov't job. As I worked on them during
the same, stressful week--I had the distinct impression that the timing
was not coincidence. My job stuff could not have happened sooner,
because I needed to be able to finish that case. (I can no longer
represent those clients because of conflicts of interest.) As I thought
about that, I also came to believe, from the impressions of the Spirit,
that that case was one of the reasons I was in Boston to start with.
Because of that, I have hoped and believed that we would get an answer
(either way) before I started my job. And we did. And it was SO
exciting!!
[Other info I can't share on my blog right now.]
Who will call today to give me news that makes me cry and pray with
joy? It's becoming a pattern I could get used to. :) (Well, Anny's
call did make me happy and help me feel the Spirit, maybe that was it.)
Hope y'all stay safe and warm during your storm. Here it's just a normal snow storm and these folks know how to deal with it.
Thank
you all for you love and the ways you've showed it in the past few
weeks. I will miss you. You're always welcome to come visit me! (And
I'll probably be back down there sometime--though right now, cozily
settled in here, the thought of going down to the city doesn't appeal.
Good thing there's a temple there or I might never go back.)
Lots of love,
Ruth
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