Plans? Pssh.

It's funny how you've got plans for yourself. Whether for the day, week, month, or year, we try to plan ahead. And to what typical outcome? Exactly. Very rarely does something go according to "plan." Then you think about it and you come to terms with the fact that our plans don't matter. It's nice to have an idea of what you'd like to do, but the fact of the matter is- we can't control anything. Normally, right about here, I would discuss how the Lord is the keeper of our plans. He controls everything and what happens to us. His plan is final, and ours is essentially an idea.

Which brings me to today's topic. Our plans and how they really don't matter.

At the end of 2012, Husband and I were exhausted. We travelled a lot last year. Big trips, small trips, back and forth to Birmingham, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. The trips were fun and were planned ahead of time, for the most part, but still. We were exhausted.

We started out this year with a plan. That was probably our first mistake of 2013. Our plan to was to not do much in terms of travelling. We wanted to use this year to reconnect with our church and church family and to spend time together in our new home, enjoying this phase of our life. As a whole, we've been doing this, and it's been great.

So far this year, we've only gone to Birmingham. Not too bad considering almost two whole months of 2013 has passed. The next few months, however, are about to be busy.

Trips/events included:
Us going to Chattanooga this Sunday
Us going to DC in three weeks
My family coming from Florida for Easter
Us going to Atlanta for a Knicks game
Us going to Pensacola for a wedding
Us going to Destin with church friends
Us going to Birmingham for college/med school graduations
Husband going to Atlanta for a few concerts with a friend for three days
Us possibly going to Hawaii for 7-9 days with Husband's family
Me going to Cedar Point with my mom and sister (possibly Husband too)
Us going to Birmingham for a race
Us possibly going to Gatlinburg for Thanksgiving to see my family
Us going to Florida for Christmas.

That's a lot! I'm happy we are so blessed to have family and friends who love to travel, and that we both have jobs that allow us to travel with them.

Mind you, these are not trips that have been thrust upon us. As much as we wanted to follow through with our plan to stay home, we both love travelling and experiencing new events with friends and family, that we couldn't resist.

But taking one epic year-long nap sounds pretty great too :)