Lately it seems like we (especially me) are living life unscripted. Also coming to mind the quote "The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray." I mean it could be worse. It almost always could, but this is just one little twist or fork in the path we weren't planning for/on after another. Now my/ our car is "hospitalized" getting fixed up. And I'm still applying to more jobs than I can remember. Mail that we need to get quickly comes almost triple the amount of time what was said. And on and on, but you know what I think strikes me most about it... I'm not worrying about it too much. I'm sitting back and saying "okay now what can we do to make sure this part works out the best we can?" Aka learning to always have a Plan B, plan c, and so on.
There's also the things that seem to be going completely backwards from how you first think, but weirdly enough, it works. Makes it easier because you worry about the new stuff popping up and not the things that you first assumed would be things to work on or get used to.
Course I've been going recipe and cooking happy since we got here and I'm enjoying the new challenges. A month or so ago, good thick steak fries (thick wedges) homemade and golden brown (Chris even learned this one. We've got it down.) Monday was Pork Loin Roast (GREAT!) and Today was homemade granola! Which smells really good, but the real test will be eating it. We'll see... especially since I took a couple recipes, picked and choose and mixed and added my own personal flair (some might call them food quirks.) :D It helps that the one enrichment activity I consistently attend is a cooking class "What's for dinner?" Swapping recipes, making roll mixes, this week learning different pies... I think Sweet potato, Key Lime, and maybe a Pumpkin cheesecake. Should be interesting.
Not to mention another unexpected twist is the fact that it is November 19th and it has only snowed around 3 times and every time it has been gone before noon sometimes even sooner. I mean, not that that's necessarily bad, but it's definitely NOT expected. I kind of miss the treacherous walks around campus and to and from my apartment that were notorious in Rexburg.
So life continues to surprise, but continues to remind me of how much I have, no matter how tight we live.
Jill...I 100% understand how you feel. Jon and I's plans for life keep changing literally every week. the only stable thing we have right now is that in 29 days we will have a baby (and that is scary on its own!) Hang in there... one way or another things do always work out (at least they better or Jon and I are screwed too!) love ya!
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