My So Called Life

Okay, so.....it is only the third week in January and I SERIOUSLY need a vacation! Is that allowed? Are you allowed to use all your vacation days within the first month of the year? Probably, but I guess it wouldn't be very wise.

All I can say is that I am really looking forward to going to LA for a few days. I hope it's restful and fun. Thank goodness my cousin Shauna is letting us stay with her. She is like a ray of sunshine and I know that she'll help rejuvenate me. What could be better than girl movies and chocolate ice cream!? Hopefully Jared won't mind....

It is just amazing how time can go so quickly, and completely DRAG at the same time. I feel like we have been living in my sister in law's basement while Jared is in school for an eternity, and yet I can't believe that in two months Jared will be done with school and starting his "hair career". Hopefully things turn out and he's successful. I have tons of anxiety when I think of all of the changes that will be happening in the next few months. In theory:

1. Jared will graduate from hair school
2. He'll need to find a salon to work in
3. We'll have to adjust to his new hours and work schedule and salary
4. We need to find a place to move
5. We'll move for the fourth time in 18 months

Awesome. I guess I feel anxiety not over what needs to be done, but the fact that everything is hinging on everything else and nothing can happen until Jared graduates. Right now, we just have to wait until March, and then BAM everything happens all at once. There's nothing I can do to plan or get ready until I know for sure where he's going to work and get an idea of how much he'll be making. It's not like we can move into an apartment in Layton and HOPE that he'll get a job in Layton because then if he doesn't we'll both be stuck commuting, which wouldn't be very smart.

At the same time, I just can't wait for this time in my life to be over and to get back to "real life" with my own space, schedule, and a husband I see more than twice a week. There are some things I will never take for granted again...1. My husband home in the evenings 2. A kitchen that stays clean and 3. A BATHTUB! Is it weird that a bathtub is one of the things I miss the most? I love just laying in hot water with a book and having that time of solitude and relaxationg. I will never, ever, ever take having a bath tub for granted again. I actually was very close to renting a hotel room last weekend just so I could go be alone and take a bath. Maybe I should have done it....