It's been a few days since I've actually posted anything. Frankly, 4 hours of sleep a day for nearly a month has taken its toll on my concentration. Assigning myself small tasks and goals has been the only way I've managed to stay productive!

So here I am trying to run a few sentences together so please bear with the rambling thoughts.

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I needed a YES
the universe came through for me

I've been in my temporary home for about 8 months. I've really had nothing to complain about. It is affordable. It's a roof over my head and a place for me to sleep. I've got my complaints but muting them as "first world problems."

In these 8 months, hubby and I have wracked our brains figuring a way to get out of here, but really the only thing that was going to do that was TIME. We needed time to recover - to get back on track - to pay off criminally high interest rate loans and get out of the cycle of borrowing from the left hand to pay the right.

We managed to get off the merry-go-round, and for the first time in a long time we managed to have a little money in the bank. My husband's friend has another friend who was looking for a tenant. When we went to look at the property it sang to our heart.

Mature trees. Fields. Cows. Nature. QUIET.

But they required an application and a background & credit check. Oh no. With our run of bad luck and some poor decisions, our hearts sunk. We're not criminals but I feared they were going to look at us on paper and think "Oh, hell no."

But they didn't look at the paperwork. They looked at us as human beings who've had a bad run and needed a fresh start. So a few days ago we got the phone call.

We got a YES!

We'll be moving the weekend leading up to May!

Suddenly I'm feeling hopeful again.

Doing things with intent

WOW, I could write a whole book on doing things with intent but I'm going to keep this pretty short.

With the hope of moving into a lovely place, I am thinking about where the furniture is going to go.

Would you believe that about 80% of my home items are in a storage unit? I never had the intention of staying here as long as I have and I've been content enough to live with the bare necessities. I have minimal plates and cookware. My bed is here but my clothes are on pull apart plastic shelves and not a dresser. My desk has been a fold up table and a metal folding chair.

My brother said I was crazy. "If you've been here for 8 months, why didn't you make it comfortable?"

Well...
It's not that I'm uncomfortable. The truth is I could be more comfortable but my intent was never to stay long enough to be comfortable. Besides, why take the stuff out of storage knowing I would be moving again?

I know. I know. Why eat? You'll only get hungry again - yadda yadda yadda. Shut it.

Is that crazy or common sense?

I'd personally like to believe that I was sending my intent out into the universe.

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But wait, there's more! So much more...

I'll try to keep it brief because you're probably bored to tears right now. You see, about 4 days ago my Steemit friend @ausbitbank needed a little help. I am in no way, shape, or form in a position to be handing out money but what I can do is spread the word, write a post, donate the funds from the post.

I love the #payitforward initiative because it is giving with intent and the community once again came through. He was able to buy a replacement tire and repay his loan in seven hours.

WOW

And in giving, I woke up the next day to such a generous gift that I broke into tears. I still get choked up about it.

I promised @steemit-life a video thank you and that video has actually grown into a project on it's own. It's becoming a promotional video for Steemit! I'm hoping to have that done by next weekend! Stay tuned for it!

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And then I won an awesome prize!

I had sent in that funny video I did to Raw & Real, a Saloon 7 Studios production for an opportunity to win an amazing mobile livestreaming kit! (I'll do an unveiling and test it out once it's in my hot little hand.)

In case you missed it - here is the "winning" video. LOL

Know that I had NO intention of winning a thing. I sent it because CJ Ripka has been a friend since we livestreamed on Blab. He's one of those friends where we can kind of go our separate ways and then chat in a Hangout like no time's passed. Like his podcast, he is a genuine guy. Funny. Imperfect. Living his life with intent because he's got a plan for success.

Am I rambling?

I guess I made a short story long. I'm reading through this with my finger on the delete button. I don't want to give the impression that I'm flaunting this windfall of good things. In fact, with a little trepidation I worry that with the good something equally rotten might happen. I'd kind of like to stay in a good place. It's been a distant friend.

And know that I'm thankful for YOU, my friends and followers. My intention is to stay Steemit Strong.

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