Update time!!

So much has happened since the last time I posted. Chris has been working like a maniac while going to school. He has been so tired and cranky but the extra shifts are not quite done yet. Next week will be really hard but at least there is no school. Our anticipated lack of fundage pressed me to apply for a new job. Mind you this was back in July before we even realized the great surprise that was in store for us. I applied at Costco down here in Clarkston and went through no less than 4 "interviews" before finally being offered a job. I started last Friday. I resigned on Sunday. Though I was warned that it was a very physically demanding position I thought I could handle loading purchases into members carts considering that is what I do every shift I work at ShopKo. If you have ever been to Costco you will know that their carts are huge and have very tall sides. This apparently made all the difference. That and not being able to use my abs. I went home the first night crying in pain and that was after a 4 hour shift when the normal shifts are 8 hours. I felt like such a huge failure. I was trying to help our family so Chris didn't have to work as much considering the pay at Costco is way better than ShopKo. Chris comforted me and let me know that I wasn't a failure, I was growing a child for goodness sake and we don't want anything to happen to her or me. I worked my 8 hours on Saturday and that just reinforced my decision to quit before either party invested any more time. It was a hard decision but the right one. Luckily I hadn't fully quit my old job and ShopKo is welcoming me back with open arms. Thank goodness for that.

For the last few days I have been trying to work on our baby wish list on Amazon. It is a lot harder than I thought it would be. There are just so many choices and options. Some of the stuff they have out there is completly rediculous. I am hoping to stay simple and practical. We are going to try cloth diapering. People think we are crazy but I think it is the right choice. Disposable diapers produce so much waste and since we do plan on having more than one child, we wil be able to reuse the cloth and save a bunch of money while also saving the planet :-). It will be an adventure for sure. There are so many choices. Much research left to do.

I am still having a hard time adjusting to living here. I feel like it is kind of a waste of time to make friends I know that I won't be seeing after June but I just need to suck it up. I need that social contact. I still have friends up in Pullman but I really hate making that drive. I can't wait for that wonderful day next June when we will drive out of here for the last time. It will be so nice to have family and great friends within the same area code. We still don't know where we will be living for sure, it all depends on where Chris gets the best offer. That is the beauty of having an in demand degree.

Well I am off to cheer myself up with a little Christian Bale and the Newsies. Nothing like a Disney musical from the 90s.