It is interesting how life can be plugging right along for you and then you decide to go down a different path or make a decision that will ultimately help you to become a better person and before you know you are being attacked from every angle. It is true that there must needs be opposition in all things! As long as you are able to stay faithful and true to the things you know, in the end you are always able to stand a little taller. We have had that principle proven in our lives in the last 8 weeks or so as we have decided to get married and start a new life together.
About a month ago, 2 weeks after we got engaged, Patricia woke up with a severe toothache. She went to the dentist the next day to find that she had an infection and needed a root canal. Because she is no longer on her parents' insurance the root canal had to be paid for out pocket. Taylor immediately started crunching the numbers and figuring how to make things work. Without any hesitation or reservation he decided to bust into his piggy bank that he had been saving since he could remember. Luckily for us Taylor was able to save over $500 in his bank and Patricia was able to get the work done that she needed.
About 2 weeks after "the dental crisis" Taylor was heading to school to take his lab final when a truck in front of him swerved causing him also to swerve and lose control of his car. The car behind him then hit the driver's side of Taylor's car. The airbags deployed causing Taylor to cut his lip and bang his arm up a bit but gratefully there were no serious injuries to any persons. However, Jack, (Taylor's car) was totaled. So now we are down to just one vehicle between the two of us. This has given us the chance to spend a lot more time together and provided some good conversations but it is a bit of a challenge to work schedules out sometimes. It is a blessing that we will be living on the campus because Patricia will be able to walk to work.
Our most recent (and hopefully last) hurdle happened just yesterday. One of the first items on our "to do" list after we were engaged was to schedule the building for the reception. We called the building scheduler several times and final got a hold of her. She said that her computer was down but it should be fine and when the computer was fixed she would schedule us in. About a week later Taylor decided to call and followup with her. We have been calling her ever since and leaving messages and have not heard back from her... until yesterday. Taylor called and finally got a hold of her. He asked if we were all set for Saturday and she claimed to have no recollection of ever speaking to Taylor. So we did not have the building but instead, a ward talent show was scheduled to take place that night! We called out the big guns and informed our Bishop of our dilemma. He called the lady who then admitted it was her mistake and called the other ward to to reschedule the talent show!
Of course the idea of not having a building to have our reception in was a bit stressful but Taylor's mom came up with the brilliant idea of a drive thru reception. We could park a few vehicles in a row. Taylor & Patricia can stand out there and shake hands as folks drive by. They can just throw the gifts in the back of Patricia's truck and then we will give a piece of cake as they drive out. We thought it would be appropriate given Taylor's current employer (Chick-Fila). We even were thinking we could have the cows from Chick-Fila come and welcome our guests. For those who wanted to hang around they could go inside and watch the talent show! But then we got the building situation figured out so that will just be our plan B!
SO.... that is what is going on with us! We are thinking that things usally come in 3's so we should be ok now! In all honesty we are greatful for the trials. They make us stronger individuals but also stronger as a couple. We have learned a lot about each other and how we deal with stress and trials in life. We don't expect that the test are over but we know we can handel all of them together! As Jon Bon Jovi would say, "we got each other and that's enough"!
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I'm glad things turned out ok. I know when it rains it POURS wether good or bad! I can't wait to see you tomorrow, it's going to be an amazing day, don't worry about the small stuff. Just be in the zone with Taylor! Everything else will happen the way it's supposed to.
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