Live for today....

Warning: This is being written fresh after hearing some news. I'll try to keep the snide remarks to a minimum, but no promises. Raw emotions here.
 
...because you don't know what tomorrow will bring.

This verse cannot be more true anywhere else in the world than here.

This culture functions on vagueness. On changing plans constantly, in an instant. And the locals don't even blink an eye....while I'm trying to either get my eyes back to a normal size or keep them dry.

I don't get it. I don't get them.

2 examples that happened within an hour today. Small one first.

I rode to McDonald's to grab lunch. (Please don't judge me. At least I rode my bike...?!) A few weeks ago, they promoted a double bacon cheeseburger. It was decent and a nice change. I was ready to get it again today. They don't have it on the English menu they usually hand me, so I was looking around for a picture of it, like they had last time. No where to be found. They have a new burger--double with bacon, a peppery sauce, and a blob of mashed potatoes. Yes. Mashed potatoes. Wow. A 2-week promotion and the other one is gone. I guess that means it didn't go over well? So ordered the mashed potato burger with no mashed potatoes. Somehow, they got that right. It was decent, but won't be ordered again.

The big one. SIGH.

We (the team) have been anticipating to move into the campus apartments the entire time we've been here. We currently live off-campus which is nice in some ways, but inconvenient in most because of what we do...teach on campus, meet with students, etc. They first told us October. Then February. Then our current apartment leases were extended through June, so nearly all hope was lost. Then they said we could either move over or stay where we are after May 1st. We have been able to look inside them, but they are not complete. Still lacking furniture and a little more work...but doable. We were anticipating the email of "Go! Move! yay!" Sadly, we got a different email.

We just received an email that says we won't be moving in until after we get back from summer vacation. What a blow. Even worse, they want all of us to move our stuff into one apartment so they don't have to keep paying rent for all of us through the summer. A: We have to move some furniture and all our boxes up 10 flights of stairs?! Uhh... B: How will it all fit?! These questions are currently being asked and I'm sure something will work out.

For our family, this is annoying news. Baby is due at the end of August. We're supposed to be back here by then. Paperwork for the baby will probably take 3-4 weeks, putting us at the end of September. Michael will probably have to come back a tad earlier so he doesn't miss so many classes. My parents have graciously offered to come back with the kids and I so I don't need to go straight to a padded room once arriving. :) BUT, still, that means we have to move all our stuff and get set up once we get here. With 2 kids. Just not ideal.

But when is life ever ideal? Usually never OUR ideal...but always HIS ideal. If only that was easy to remember and apply.

Living in this culture is forcing me to learn how to be flexible, which I've never been good at. I could go on and on with stories that show how I despise change. Funny how He put us in a culture that thrives on change. Ugh.