Up and Running...again.

So, not sure who all will read this or care to read this. But I've been having an interesting enough life, and so much has happened, I wanted to share some of it with you guys.

Working FT, doing school PT, and being a wife is hard. The balancing act you have to perform is pretty challenging. You want to be able to spend time with your husband, yet you have to get up every morning to leave for work. Most times, he's just awake enough to say "I love you, Hun." and a kiss goodbye. Then you sit at a desk for 9 hours, with an hour lunch, and do work, if you have some. Read, talk with people if you don't. Then you get home, kick off your shoes, change, and rush to school...hopefully having time to fix dinner. Most times, just having enough time to find something to eat on campus. Sit in class for 3 hrs, walk home. And by the time you're home, you wonder where the day went, you're exhausted, and crash after a couple of hours. Then you get up, and repeat the process. And don't forget, somewhere in that time, you have to find some quiet minutes to spend time with God. Sounds tiring...like there's not enough hours in the day.

Well, you're right. It's both of those things. I often wish there were more hours in the day to get what I need to get done, as well as have time to be with friends, relax, and all that....yet, there's something amazing knowing you're coming home to a husband who's waiting for you. That you'll be eating dinner with him, walking to class, coming home, curling up on the couch to read while he does work. Or watching a movie together. The stress of the day seems to just melt when you're on your way home, knowing, "I get to see my hubby in a few minutes!" And you don't care that it's only for an hour before you both go to class or to church. It's the hug as you get home that seems to take all the stress, weariness, tiredness of the day and throw it aside, telling you, "Shh...be quiet. You're home now. No more worries." And you relax, knowing that no matter what, if you have each other, you can face it. As a mentor once told me, "It's better to be miserable together than miserable alone." But what he didn't mention (probably on purpose) is that when you're married, it's hard to stay miserable when together. You draw strength from the other, knowing that the other will be there for you, supporting you, blessing you, and protecting you. No matter what.

Oh, hey...isn't it amazing how God teaches us about His love?

Testing

So...apparently my blog works again. For a while it was being finicky and refusing to publish anything I tried. So...here we go again, I suppose.

testing...