New "Year"

This time of year always seems like the start of the new "year". Ever since I was little. I blame it on my public schooling. Every August we started school, therefore everything changes! More-so than the regular New Year.

Even now as an adult, this time of year has that New Start feeling. I almost feel like I should come up with a New Year Resolution! Ok...so maybe I kinda did!

Not on purpose of course, if I did it on purpose I'd never actually attain that goal. But my "year" goal, will only be until December.

My sweet, amazing, hard-working husband graduates this fall! I'm beyond excited. I'm not excited about the journey (yeah...lets all be honest here, sometimes we all would like to just skip right over the hard work). He just started a new 3-month job, where he'll be working in Stockton Monday and Wednesdays. He is taking over a full load at school and will be in Turlock every Tuesday and Thursday (from 8-5 ... in school). I'm just glad I do get that Friday with him.

My goals: To be PATIENT. To be able to detect when he's ultra stressed, and to not make it worse by being selfish. To get up and make him lunch and coffee every day so he has the fuel to last those 9 hours. To be a spiritual supporter (none of the rest will be possible without this one). To keep our house clean.

The last one is one I really struggle with. Which I always like to say "I'm clean, I hate messy houses, blah blah." But the way I've been living for the last 2 years...you wouldn't know it. Truth is: I'm exhausted after work! Simple as that. The last thing I want to do is the dishes, sweeping, dusting, putting away laundry, putting the mail away (So lame, right??). Fact is: It does bother me! It usually takes a couple weeks before I completely blow up about it...but it does happen. (I hold on to this very tightly...it means I really do like a clean house =D)

Zech loves a clean house. He cannot focus with messes around. This is going to be the area I try my hardest to succeed in, for him. It's going to be a rough semester, and if cleaning a house will make it easier: Why wouldn't I!

This long post is just to ramble about our lives, whats going on, and what you can pray for us about. Even though I know it will be hard, I'm actually really excited about what God has in store for us. Tha's really weird to say, but it's true! Through the harder times I grow closer to God and to my husband. It's a great thing =D

 Thanks for reading!