Faithful in the Fray

As I sit here, on my bed, in my room that is now proudly decorated in 400 twinkling lights, I’m thinking back to the many things that have happened this month.

Jeremy and I have been extremely busy during month four of our marriage. We started with working overtime at work and heading down to our youth fall retreat. We then had a lovely dinner date with a couple from our church. The next weekend we found ourselves in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. And then just last weekend I had the joy to go down to Savannah and hang out with a couple of the girls I went to Kenya with, four years ago.

I’ve just briefly touched on the weekends, and while those were fantastic and I’ll get more in depth here soon, I wanted to talk about what happens during the day. A typical day for Jeremy and I looks like this:

6am- alarm goes off, Sara goes to get a shower

615am- Jeremy walks blindly into the bathroom

620-650am- sara gets ready while Jeremy makes a cup of coffee and sits down in the bathroom while she does her hair and makeup

650am- they hug (see, I’m working on it people) and leave for the day.

7am- Jeremy has made it to work and calls to say I love you one last time

750am- Sara makes it to work

8-12pm work work work, then Jeremy calls on his lunch break. they talk for a few minutes. (and say I love you like 8 times)

12pm-4pm work work work

4pm-5pm sit in traffic and sing Taylor Swift at the top of her lungs (Sara, not Jeremy)

(if it’s a Wednesday we head straight to church)

5pm-830pm- change into yoga pants immediately, unwind, make dinner, tackle any projects sara has randomly come up with during the day, take pictures, watch some tv.. etc.

830-9pm- in bed and start all over.

Yes, we go to bed that early.

While most people think our lives are so glamorous and full of fun activities, it’s really not. We’re really boring and just love to hang out at our house.

Also, because I want to be as real as possible on this blog, I wanted to go through some of the highs and lows of month four. It’s not all roses here in the Colquhoun household.

High:

The youth fall retreat was nothing short of a blessing. Jeremy drummed and I sang and it was so beautiful for the two of us to be able to use the gifts we’ve been blessed with to serve and praise our Heavenly Father. The youth group has our heart and we are being used more and more with this amazing group of young people.

Low:

I have been collecting gold picture frames since we got married and have been waiting to get floating shelves to put them up on. Well, we finally bought shelves a few weeks ago and when we went to put them up, we almost killed each other. I am very particular when it comes to how things look around the house. I like to walk around and make sure everything is level and where it needs to be. These shelves though, they were bad for the marriage. We couldn’t get them level, and then the screws weren’t working, and the dry wall hooks weren’t staying in place. I was getting more aggravated by the minute until finally we put the shelves down and that’s where they’ve stayed ever since. It wasn’t worth it, and quite frankly, I’m not sure those shelves will ever be put up.

High:

Tellico Plains, Tennessee. On our wedding day I gave Jeremy an envelope and inside that envelope was a picture of a log cabin. That log cabin was going to be ours the weekend of October 31 – November 2. We had always dreamed about the day we could go on a trip, just the two of us, without chaperones. I knew that a log cabin was a place we had dreamed about and wanted to make sure that happened. So, we packed up and headed out of town. It didn’t go exactly how we planned but it was beautiful and cold and the trees were amazing. I would love to go back there one day!

Low:

When Jeremy drives my prayer life increases. He’s not necessarily a bad driver, I just always feel like something is going to happen. It might be because he likes to get $500 speeding tickets during our wedding week and now four months later we’re still paying it off. Or it might just be because I hate releasing control. When driving to our apartment there are two routes you can take. One requires one turn and then you park, the other requires three turns and then you park. I, Sara, prefer the direct one turn route. Jeremy, my lovely husband, prefers the long route, making more turns getting us there slower. Now, does this actually matter? No, not at all. But, does it matter to a direct, one turn kind of girl? Yes. We’re working on it.

High:

We are now parents! (no, I’m not pregnant…yet) We are now sponsoring two lovebugs in Mozambique. It’s so nice to be able to work with my dear friend, Anna, and her husband, Ryan, sponsoring children in their own school! How amazing is that? I’m praying that one day we are able to go and hug these little ones. Jesus is so good to allow us to be an extension of Him as we are here in America. We are praying for you, Almerante and Yuna. You two are dear to our hearts.

This month we have Thanksgiving and decorating our first Christmas tree. We also have presents to buy and bills to pay. Who knows what kind of craziness we can get ourselves into!