I'm amazed...

It's amazing how things just fall into place sometimes... we were so sure that our only option for our move would be Atlanta. It was the only school that Josh applied to that had offered to wave full-tuition. We had both wanted Tallahassee. Florida State had always been Josh's first choice, but over a month ago they told him there just wasn't enough money to fund him at all.

We were both so disappointed but trying to make the best of it. I had been asking God to just put us where we needed to be, to guide us in the right direction. To help me to accept the transition to Atlanta. Fast forward to yesterday, Josh gets an email saying they still had a few openings left in funding and that he was at the top of there list. We were supposed to hear something in the next two or three days. But neither of us wanted to get our hopes up, we really didn't talk about it too much. Then at 6:30 this morning Josh bolts into the bedroom shouting "Emily, come here, come look at this!" I thought what now... I thought maybe Noah had done something cute while eating his breakfast that Josh wanted me to see. I was really half-asleep. Then I panicked and thought something was wrong. What if Noah was choking? so I bolted out of bed and ran in the kitchen to find Noah is his high chair happily munching away on his puffs then Josh pointed to the computer and told me to read. I nearly fell out of my chair. They had enough openings, he was offered a FULL-RIDE to FSU!! All tuition payed, a job on campus and funding!!!! It's a four year Doctoral program, and was the second best school he applied to. I was just in shock, I immediately burst into tears and cried like a baby. I couldn't even speak. It's just all seems so surreal. Josh just kept saying "I just can't believe it, it feels like a dream." It does, it really does. When we first got together we would always talk about how one day when we finally get out of here, one day when we move to "the beach", how great things would be.

That was nearly 8 years ago, since then we have gotten married, had 3 babies, moved apartments half a dozen times, Josh has worked as a waiter, telemarketer, in construction, and as a cook.He climbed has way back over 4 years ago and worked his ass off. He would be in class nearly all day, then would work until sometimes 11 or 12 at night. Sometimes we would barely even see each other. Now the day has come, it's finally all paid off. In just a few weeks he will graduate. Josh is in the Doctoral program at the school he's wanted to go to since he was a little kid. Pay off is so sweet. We finally made it. We're going to the beach! Well not exactly.. but an hour away and palm trees. I'll take it! :)