Well its definitely evident that I’m settling into the groove of life. I get up, go to class, come home from class, spend some time with Emily, go to sleep, and do it again. The little things like the fact that I understand hardly anything said around me aren’t as amazing anymore. The fact that this is my life is beginning to be normal. Living in Taiwan is just my life and not an incredible romantic adventure to be attained.
Its actually interesting how much little free time I have. This might be due to my workload though. Most universities in the US don’t have freshmen taking over 20 credit hours. A lot of my downtime is spent doing homework or studying for a quiz, etc. I don’t feel overly busy though. I have class 4 days a week leaving one day besides the weekend (Thursday) to get homework done, watch tv, sleep in, and in general rejuvenate. It strikes me as funny that Emily and I aren’t out every possible minute exploring and taking it all in but thats just more evidence that we’re settled.
I really like our home. After a long day of classes walking in the door, smelling the American food Emily’s is cooking us for dinner, and seeing her beautiful face makes all the stress of the day come crashing off of me and I can just sink into our Ikea couch and talk with her about my day and hear about hers. Emily is incredible too. With only a studio apartment I don’t feel claustrophobic at all and Emily doesn’t either. Of course I’m never here but still, as a guy who’s lived an American style existence for 23 years straight I thought there might be more of a jolt……maybe I just haven’t hit that stage yet.
It is definitely nice to have the scooter too. Emily and I ride to the train station together in the morning and then she comes and picks me up in the evening. My commute is like a half hour shorter and its more pleasant because at the end of the day the bus is so nerve-wracking. Crowded, jerky, and bumping into people for 20 plus minutes to get to a location you know is only 5 minutes away by car or scooter was frustrating. Plus there’s the waiting for the bus that I don’t have to endure anymore when it just doesn’t come for 20 extra minutes.
God has really been wonderful giving us a church family so quickly too. Sometimes I wonder if we should visit some more churches but I haven’t felt unrest to do it, just the thought. The other day I discovered a few more of my classmates are Christians. One of the girls from Korea and one of the girls from Indonesia.
Even with a few crazies that live in our apartment building we’ve got it so good. Even with a few teachers who don’t know how to teach I know we’ve got is so good. God makes life sweet sometimes. I think right now is one of those times.
By the way, we put up a wedding pictures album on the pictures page in case you haven’t seen them yet.
What do you expect? When your the man, life comes to you. Glad to hear that things are going well. Love you guys.