Well the semester just keeps continuing! I'm happy to report its getting a little bit easier as far as the adjustment goes. I've found a more "happy" balance between wife duties and student duties. Grateful for my job on campus. Its flexibility helps a lot! Garth and I are happy as ever, and we have both made adjustments to make sure we can put the first things first.
For me, I just did some little things. We go grocery shopping ever two weeks, so I decided to start planning out EVERY nights meal. Instead of just planning out the MEALS and then making them whenever I chose, now everyday I just know what we have and need. It helps with the planning process of what needs to be done hw wise before work. Garth talked to work and has been able to take on less hours, because he just didn't have enough time to keep up with the work load he has. So I'm excited to see him a lot less stressed and much more excited about what he's learning.
We've really had to learn to put the first things first, or they simply don't get done.
Sometimes that means that there's a stack of dishes for an extra day because we just didn't have the time, but thats okay with me!!
We started doing bountiful baskets! (Thanks to Jeremy Pitchforth)
What it is is a basket of 50% fruit 50% veggies (a ton of each basically) and its a cheaper way to get produce. It explains it all here ---> http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/ (they have them everywhere!)
We've decided to do it every other week.
We've been eating so much more healthy! Basically what it comes down to is we are able to have fruit and veggies in our sack lunches everyday and veggies and fruit for sides at dinner too. So ALL our side dishes for dinner and our snacks for lunch end up being only $7.50 a week! Its a super cheap way to make sure we're eating healthy [:
Anyhow, We're really enjoying life. We ride our bikes everywhere even though its windy. We try to go outside and do things like plan our lesson at the park. Just little things together.
We are trying to go Horseback riding with the outdoor committee here at school but we don't know if it will work with Garth's work schedule. But it'd be so fun! And its really inexpensive which is a plus haha [:
Life is good and I'm so grateful for my husband. He does so much for me everyday even though he is so incredibly busy right now. Each week he takes one night and makes dinner. This really helps me! Its gives me one night of no time limits or having to stay home because something is in the oven!
This is what he made last night. Chicken tacos!! SOO GOOD. [:
We find time to laugh together everyday and I love seeing him on campus. We're just that cute studious couple who spends each night in the library!
Sometimes that includes a late night food run... but we're doing our best to avoid that... [;
We both have exams next week so this weekend should be full of studying. We both have one class thats pushing us to really have to teach ourselves to be able to keep up so its been interesting. But we're doing well so far [:
I had the opportunity to go visit my sister last weekend with my brother and all I want to say is that I'm so grateful for family. They truly will always be there and they're really all we will ever have. My siblings are the best, and that has definitely been reinforced as of late. Love you all!
