All is Right

Kolby is home from Santa Fe and all is right with my world again.

We found out yesterday that the tentative date for our BIG MOVE is August 22nd. This is much, much later than we expected, but it's totally out of our control so we're just going with the flow. If everything goes as planned, we'll spend a few days the week beforehand doing some projects around the house and getting it move-in ready and then we'll move our furniture in over the weekend. We're so excited! I'm tired of waving to our house as I pass our neighborhood on my way back from work--- I'm ready to GO HOME to it!

In other, trivial news, I have a new favorite thing about Maya. It probably holds true for most dogs now that I think about it. Maya is SO easy to surprise. When the day came to go pick Kolby up from the airport, I told Maya all morning long about how today was the day we get to go bring Kolby home. I said it straight to her face--- multiple times--- and yet she was still completely shocked with excitement when she saw him. She didn't even know what to do with herself she was so surprised and happy to see him. And then that evening we decided to take her to the dog park and even though we said the words "dog park" out loud in front of her... she almost peed her pants (fur?) when we pulled up to it. Dogs are smart, but they obviously aren't that smart.

August will break our marriage-long streak of living off of a single income. I have now started a real job and Kolby will still get a paycheck for the 2008-2009 school year. But don't worry, we'll be back to our old ways in September. We wouldn't want to spoil ourselves! I worked part-time while I was in school and Kolby is doing the same, but a handful of hourly wages just doesn't compare to a salary. We're fielding ideas for what we should do with the extra money this month, but I'm leaning towards getting a horse for our backyard. Or saving for a car. It's a toss-up.

Work is still going really great but it's definitely a rough adjustment to have such an inflexible schedule. How I miss the life of a student! My best friend, Laura, spent several days this week shopping for a wedding dress and it nearly killed me to have to miss out. Then Kolby and I spent this evening going over a timeline for getting the work done to our new house the week before we move in and I hate that I won't be able to help out during the day. Basically I'm having to finally grow up and I don't think I was quite ready yet.

All in all, our life is wonderful as always!

Hopefully Kolby will put a post together about his time in Santa Fe soon.