The ramblings of life…

It feels like I have been gone for a long time, don’t worry I am back now. Well at least my body is, my brain still may be MIA.

We had an awesome weekend starting a little earlier on Thursday then expected! Phil and I both helped our friend Megan move to her new apartment. Then we went to a party celebrating the end of boot camp (the workout class we have been in since January). The party was an absolute blast, our host Dawn went beyond and above what any of us were expecting. It was a great time with great people! Friday I had off (gotta love working for a Christian College that gives you Good Friday as paid holiday!!) and we worked on the bathroom most of the day. By the time we went to bed Friday night we had all the sheetrock hung (THANKS ROBBIE AND CHARLIE!!). It was great progress and the bathroom is starting to feel like a real room again!

Saturday Phil and I spent a few hours mudding and taping the walls, no to much fun. Honestly both Phil and I were exhausted already so taping and mudding was less than enjoyable! We then went to “Easter” Church Saturday night. It was such a great message and words I really needed to hear. After church we enjoyed a short evening with Phil’s extended family for a not-so-traditional Easter pizza party! It was great to see everyone and enjoy each others company!

Easter Sunday was like none other! We had decided a few weeks back that we wanted to do something very low-key, so along with Emily and Megan we did just that. The day was absolutely beautiful and we spent most of it in the sun. We made Kabobs and grilled them, had blankets out on the lawn and had good wine and ate in the sunshine. After our food we went for a bike ride, and came home and played wiffleball for a long time in the yard. It was such a blast! PD loved us being out in the yard and “played” with us the whole time.

Now for a few updates….

My leg is healing well, my physical therapist gave me permission to start biking! I am so excited to be able to do more and feel like I am making progress. Though it is doing much better, a few times I have forgotten and run across the yard or something like that and am quickly reminded to take it easy! Thankfully the pain is almost completely gone, a really good sign according to my PT. I am hoping that I will be able to start running again in a few weeks!’

The job search for Phil is proving to be more frustrating this time around. Though there have been quite a few potentials, in the end everything has panned out to be nothing. He has applied to many jobs, but is still waiting to hear back from them. We are hoping the with the second quarter starting companies will be opening up more jobs. Even though there are many entry level accounting positions open, we are finding that the people who have been laid off with year of experience are taking these jobs, leaving those with little to no experience job-less. Amidst the trials I feel that both Phil and I are learning to trust in God more everyday and do trust God to take care of us! If you hear of anything opening we would appreciate it!

The bathroom project is slowly making progress. We are hoping to be painting by the weekend, and from this point we will only have the floor left to tile, however we are waiting on this until Phil has a job again! So soon we will have a fully functioning bathroom. We are both really loving the way it is turning out, and are also ready for some order to return to our house. Though we are still having fun doing the project, we are both finding it to be more exhausting then any other project. I think with so much going on in our personal lives anything in the bathroom that is a little more of a challenge tends to get a little bigger than life… you can ask Phil how I am dealing with that!

Happy Tuesday!