Hotel Room Reflections

I AM CURRENTLY AT THE SHERATON IOWA CITY.  NEW DESK. NEW CITY.  NEW VIEW. SAME LAPTOP.  MY SWEET HUSBAND IS DOZING AFTER AN AFTERNOON OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.  I AM FRESHLY SHOWERED AFTER AN AFTERNOON OF WALKING, REFLECTING, A COFFEE DATE WITH A LOCAL REALTOR, BROWSING BOOKS IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF A FABULOUS BOOK STORE, (OH YES...) AND A MANICURE.  MY! THEY ARE CHEAP HERE.  (I WILL ADD THAT TO THE + COLUMN OF OUR OBLIGATORY POST-INTERVIEW T-CHART.)  I AM FEELING QUITE GROWN-UP AS I ANTICIPATE OUR DINNER OUT WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF PLASTIC SURGERY AND PREPARE FOR MY TWO HOUR TOUR OF THE CITY TOMORROW MORNING. 

I AM ALSO IN AWE OF MY DOZING HUSBAND.  AS WE SAT AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WINGS (BONELESS WITH MEDIUM SAUCE, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE), I LISTENED TO HIM AS HE ANALYZED THE INTERVIEW PROCESS THUS FAR, AND AS WE DISCUSSED THE PROS AND CONS OF TAKING A POSITION FURTHER AWAY FROM HOME.  I CAN FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS I OBSERVE MY HUSBAND, FEELING HIS TENSION, OPTIMISM, CONCERN, AND EXCITEMENT.  IT IS A MIXED BAG OF EMOTIONS FOR SURE, AND HE IS HANDLING IT WITH SUCH GRACE, CAUTION, AND CARE.  I'M SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BY HIS SIDE.  I AM SO PROUD OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS WORK ETHIC, WHICH BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT.  I KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY THE LORD WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE ANSWERS TO OUR MANY (LOADED) QUESTIONS.  I TRUST HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE US WITH PEACE AS WE EVENTUALLY SAY "YES" TO A CITY, AND SIGN A CONTRACT.  AND, WHILE I DO NOT KNOW THE CITY WE WILL EVENTUALLY CALL HOME, I DO KNOW THAT THAT CITY WILL BE LUCKY TO HAVE MY HUSBAND.