Life has been pretty normal as of late. Eric is forging ahead in school and looking forward to graduating in May! I can't believe it is so close! He sure has come a long way and I am so proud of him. I know he is ready for school to be over and to start working! He will start working with Chevron in June and is really excited for that. I know he will feel accomplishment to finally be in a career and to be able to challenge himself in a new area of life and not just in school.
I'm still working and continuing to try and keep motivation there. I do work for such awesome people and I really couldn't ask for a better job with where I am at in my life! I have been so blessed to find this job, and it is so nice to be able to help provide while Eric is in school! They have been so nice about letting me have time off. Last week I got to go back to Houston to help Mel out and it was wonderful! We got so much done, and I truly felt like I was helping her and that was such a good feeling. I just love that family so much and it's so fun to be an Auntie!
Eric is still serving as a primary teacher to the 7 & 8 year olds. I went into his class with him a few weeks ago and it was so fun to watch him teach and interact with the kids! He is sure going to be a good daddy one day...hopefully! I'm still in young women's and I love it. It's hard because we have more leaders than we do girls, so I feel useless sometimes. But I enjoy interacting with the girls and it's so fun to teach, even if it is once in a blue moon. This is my month to teach though so its been fun. I'm teaching about apostasy, the restoration, the Book of Mormon and all about Joseph Smith this month! I love teaching this because I know the girls already know so much, so it's fun to all learn from each other! I did an activity with them a few weeks ago and we decorated scripture journals. I have now challenged them all to use it daily to write down things that influence them while reading, or during the week, or during the lesson. We only have had one week with them, but just the one week we had some great in sites shared by the girls and I loved it. Here is hoping they continue to take me up on the challenge and rise to the occasion. I can't wait to see what they have for me next week.
We still live in our lovely apartment at the college. It suits us just fine, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't dying to move somewhere else. It's just so crazy to find housing in Midland that we don't really have anywhere else to go! It's super frustrating, but I guess that means I don't have to worry about packing or moving my stuff right? RIGHT? Every few months I do check for other apartments and just throw up at the cost and decided I am quite content where I am. Eric's now convinced that he wants to get into a house......I love my dreamer!! Heck who wouldn't want to be in a house over rentals haha but come on babe! No but we are really getting serious about heading in that direction soon. We met with a lender/financial adviser to help us out a bit, and got some great tips of where we are at, where we need to be, and what we need to do to get there. Hopefully a house can be in our future sooner rather than later!
Our future plans right now consist of Eric working the summer with Chevron and getting settled and then starting back up with night school come the fall. He is going to do a few more general classes at Midland college and then transfer over to UTPB and finish with his engineering degree. I will be starting in the fall to pursue my nursing degree. I only have a few college credits under my belt, but I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. I'm hoping to get my associates in Nursing, to start working, and then go back to school to finish with my bachelors! Hey who knows if we still don't have kids by then maybe I'll take it even further than that and follow in my brother in laws footsteps and do the CRNA thing and bring home the bacon haha! No I'm only kidding, I don't know what next week will bring so I'm not saying anything for sure. I mean anyone who knows me, knows how many different things I was going to go to school for. Hopefully now I have a direction I can stick with. Heaven knows that It has taken me 5 other career paths to circle back to Nursing. Silly me, if I had just stuck with it from the beginning!!! Needless to say, we are staying in Midland for a lot longer than first intended....sooooo... visitors are welcome! Please anybody come! Come today, come tomorrow just come and visit us I will love you forever!
On a happier note Eric finally bought me my baby! It's my pride and joy! I adore it and can't wait to see all the awesome things it accomplishes! Meet.......my Silhouette Cameo!
Isn't she a beauty? No but in all seriousness she is awesome and I'm having so much fun making all sorts of projects! I have been busy making lots of cards and items for parties. Hopefully later I can post some pictures of the parties I have used it for!
Lets see what else is new.....well I have lost a total of 21 lbs!!! That is kind of exciting. It has taken a few months and I haven't been as diligent as I could have been, or that number would be more, but I'm still happy. Progress is progress no matter how small! I go back to the doctor next week and I certainly didn't lose as much as I had hoped, but hopefully its enough that she can see that I'm trying. I'm excited to see what she says about my progress and to start talking about fertility. I'm not getting my hopes up, but it would be nice to get to the next step.
I'm still working and continuing to try and keep motivation there. I do work for such awesome people and I really couldn't ask for a better job with where I am at in my life! I have been so blessed to find this job, and it is so nice to be able to help provide while Eric is in school! They have been so nice about letting me have time off. Last week I got to go back to Houston to help Mel out and it was wonderful! We got so much done, and I truly felt like I was helping her and that was such a good feeling. I just love that family so much and it's so fun to be an Auntie!
Eric is still serving as a primary teacher to the 7 & 8 year olds. I went into his class with him a few weeks ago and it was so fun to watch him teach and interact with the kids! He is sure going to be a good daddy one day...hopefully! I'm still in young women's and I love it. It's hard because we have more leaders than we do girls, so I feel useless sometimes. But I enjoy interacting with the girls and it's so fun to teach, even if it is once in a blue moon. This is my month to teach though so its been fun. I'm teaching about apostasy, the restoration, the Book of Mormon and all about Joseph Smith this month! I love teaching this because I know the girls already know so much, so it's fun to all learn from each other! I did an activity with them a few weeks ago and we decorated scripture journals. I have now challenged them all to use it daily to write down things that influence them while reading, or during the week, or during the lesson. We only have had one week with them, but just the one week we had some great in sites shared by the girls and I loved it. Here is hoping they continue to take me up on the challenge and rise to the occasion. I can't wait to see what they have for me next week.
We still live in our lovely apartment at the college. It suits us just fine, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't dying to move somewhere else. It's just so crazy to find housing in Midland that we don't really have anywhere else to go! It's super frustrating, but I guess that means I don't have to worry about packing or moving my stuff right? RIGHT? Every few months I do check for other apartments and just throw up at the cost and decided I am quite content where I am. Eric's now convinced that he wants to get into a house......I love my dreamer!! Heck who wouldn't want to be in a house over rentals haha but come on babe! No but we are really getting serious about heading in that direction soon. We met with a lender/financial adviser to help us out a bit, and got some great tips of where we are at, where we need to be, and what we need to do to get there. Hopefully a house can be in our future sooner rather than later!
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| dream home....haha yeah right, like that will ever happen! |
On a happier note Eric finally bought me my baby! It's my pride and joy! I adore it and can't wait to see all the awesome things it accomplishes! Meet.......my Silhouette Cameo!
Isn't she a beauty? No but in all seriousness she is awesome and I'm having so much fun making all sorts of projects! I have been busy making lots of cards and items for parties. Hopefully later I can post some pictures of the parties I have used it for!
Lets see what else is new.....well I have lost a total of 21 lbs!!! That is kind of exciting. It has taken a few months and I haven't been as diligent as I could have been, or that number would be more, but I'm still happy. Progress is progress no matter how small! I go back to the doctor next week and I certainly didn't lose as much as I had hoped, but hopefully its enough that she can see that I'm trying. I'm excited to see what she says about my progress and to start talking about fertility. I'm not getting my hopes up, but it would be nice to get to the next step.
Cool cameo! Ive always wanted one, not even sure I would use it but I need one! We are totally at the "over our apartment" point too. Ugh we hate it! Then we look around and decide we better stay a while. And very cool about the nursing! Oh and AWESOME about the weir loss! Woo hoo!!!
ReplyDeleteI love it! With how much you love crafting too, I promise you would use it! It does so much more than I even thought! It's amazing! Don't you hate those times? I hate being stuck in the apartment but knowing you can't go anywhere else right now! And thanks for all your encouragement!!
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