One chapter closed, another one opening...

Monday, January 7, 2007 - For those of you that don't know, I will be going back up to Portland. How long will I be there? Indefinitely. My car is just about packed right now, and I'll be leaving tomorrow night with a couple-day stop in Dallas for work and to see Greg and Mel.

As I prepare to leave, things seem to be falling into place.

Personally: I got a call from my lawyer today and was told that the divorce is now officially final!
Spiritually: I've been studying the Old Testament for about 2 years now, starting from the first book and reading until the last book. It's taken me a while, as I've been picking it apart by reading multiple commentaries for each book and doing plenty of research. I've also written about 130 pages of theological research. I can think of exactly where I was at different points in my life when I started reading certain books of the Old Testament over the last 2 years, but perhaps none will be as significant is this one.. I currently have 1 page left of the Old Testament before I begin researching the New Testament. Could it be any more symbolic? As I close the page on one chapter of my life, I start a new book.
Environmentally: Spoke with my cousin Jeff last night, and he and his wife Kira helped me for about an hour looking at different places to live. I thought I would have a somewhat financially hard time in Portland finding a place to live, but was shocked.. There are some killer places there that are cheaper than Dallas.

Right now it almost feels like I'm living a dream. I had certainly not expected all these blessings.

Before Ana and I left Portland in December, we came up with a list of things we wanted to do together. The list ranged from places in the world we wanted to travel, to teaching Ana how to snowboard, to teaching me how to dance some Brasilian dances .. Anyway the reason I re-iterate this is because I've created a new blog to chronicle some of these things we do. I'll still post a few things to this blog here and there, but once we are both back in Portland I'll probably mostly be posting to that new blog.

The new blogsite is: http://brentandbombshell.blogspot.com.

Thanks for following along with me in my travels.. It was definitely a help to know that there was, for reasons unknown to me, an audience with me the whole way. But I have a feeling there will be plenty more to come...