Here's Hoping My Apartment is Found

The apartment I saw today was good.

Dramatically less cupboard space

but do able.

It had the charm of an older apartment building.

It is super close to where I live now,

which is very ideal.

I am meeting with the current tenant

and the landlord

tomorrow early afternoon

to apply.

As we know,

until the "yes" is said AND the lease is signed,

it is not a done deal.

Prayers requested and thank you.

I feel that I can be happy in this apartment...

Will this be the apartment?

Tomorrow early evening

I am looking at an apartment

that has been relisted; it was one

I was really interested in before.

Near where I live, laundry, wood floors, windows.

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Thank you everyone for your prayers

including for my friend's friend.

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May the Lord have mercy on us all.

May have found my next apartment

Okay.

Once again I put in an application for an apartment.

They said I could put a washing machine in the apartment.

It is good, funky and wood floors.

Windows.

I can walk to church in about 15 minutes.

I am hoping that I will be approved.

I should know by tomorrow afternoon.

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It was wonderful to be at the liturgy celebrating St. John of Rila and

St. John of Kronstadt.

We had a wonderful meal afterwards

and some friends went with me to look at the apartment.

Many blessings.

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Between my beloved Cat Cleo waking me up early

and the time change,

I feel pretty tired!

Even when we gain an hour, it still throws me off.

It feels like nearly 8:30 and yesterday was 8:30 but

now only 7:30.

Crazy.

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I am really hoping about this apartment and that

I can go on to the next step.

I am thankful that, though I am tired,

I also feel more at peace.

Still Looking / My Eyes Have Seen Salvation...

I am listening to Beethoven right now.

I forgot how much I love his work;

the quietness of parts

and louder sections are so expressive.

I need, at times, the more explosive music of Beethoven;

it helps me process things.

Bach's music too can help me inwardly progress through things.

A time for sound and a time for silence...

I am seeking to keep the basics:

morning prayers, a Saint's reading, the Scripture readings

from my Church Calendar.

I have looked at various apartments now.

Some good, some not so good, some down right bad.

I look at two more today,

possibly one tomorrow,

one on Saturday.

God will bring me to a good place,

just as he cares for the small birds,

the squirrels in the city...

Christ has come,

I have been baptised as an infant,

chrismated as an adult.

Confession, my spiritual father quickly reminded me,

is a renewal of baptism.

I have been baptised

and thus scorn the devil and all his works.

Christ has put his covering protection over me

a sinner

and in the end Christ is my Joy, my Delight, my Home

my Ever-Present Help in sadness, darkness and

He will have mercy.

Being Thankful In the Midst of It All

It is beautiful where I live.

I am going to be looking at some places that are near by.

I am really tired still, from not knowing where I will live,

but I am trying to be thankful

and do what I can each day.

I am thankful that I can walk with my two feet

and wear my favourite Birkenstock Clogs.

For the first month or so after I was walking again,

after breaking my foot the summer before this past,

I could not wear my clogs.

So it is nice to have this back;

I really love wearing them and keep them in good shape.

I am trying to remember that God

is taking care of me,

has been taking care of me all along,

and to not be afraid.

God is good to us.