double checking the calendar

i miss fall.

our family recently made a move to the sunshine state (florida).  since we've been here, we've had all of i think 3 days below 88 degrees.  this is a big change for this northern girl.  growing up in ohio, going to college in tennessee, and living in kansas all of my married life thus far, i am not loving this hotness.  we got just a little taste a couple weeks ago, and i was so excited to put my boys in jeans and hoodies.  and i cracked up at the people at church who put on their scarves and gloves for a 55 degree sunday morning.  but it lasted about 48 hours.  it's been back in the 90's ever since....is it really almost november?!

christmas will really be strange this year.  no hope of white christmases here...only draping lights on palm trees for us...

i know, i know, you're saying "oh, please, how hard it is to deal with all the sunshine and blue skies."  it's nice, most of the time....but do you ever crave a rainy day?  and how fun is it to snuggle up on the couch with hot cocoa and watch a movie?  the thing i was always amazed with about seasons is how they always seemed to change at just the right time....just when you think you can't bear another day of snow, out comes the sun and up come the flowers....and when you're melting in the heat, it breaks, cools down and the leaves start to turn.....

so, you northerners-be thankful for those blustery days (thinking of winnie the pooh).....and if you start lamenting to cold, look at those beautiful leaves, or that white fluff, and think of us down here in the sauna of the south.....bundle up and breathe in that cold air for me.

:)

gone are the days....

i am not in college anymore.

this becomes painfully clear to me in so many areas of my life.  the fact that i cannot function on 4 hours of sleep.  i don't get to nap whenever i want to.  i can't eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce....oh, wait, i could never do that......

in one sense i am still in college...."in" being used lightly.  i never graduated before jed and i got married, so ever since i've been working (slowly) taking classes through correspondence.  in the last couple months, though, our recent move to florida has made it so that i can actually go to a class-which is wonderful.  it's taught by jed's grandfather....a man that truly knows his stuff.  it's so nice to go and sit and just soak it up. 

and today i sat down to do my first test. 

oh, remember when taking a test entailed studying a few nights before, and then walking into the room to sit in peace and quiet.  i could take however long i wanted to to fill in my answers, and when finished, could easily check over my work to be sure i had thoroughly answered each question to the best of my knowledge.  not so anymore.  i put the boys down for naps around 1:30.  i got myself something to drink (and some chocolate) and settled in at the table.  i read through the questions quickly, and started in.  2:15 a squeal comes from the pack-n-play (malachi).....comfort baby, lay him down hoping for more sleep out of him....go back to work....2:25, thumping from the bedroom (titus)....scold toddler-"go to sleep, now"....back to work.  lucky for me, i picked a terrible nap day to take my test.  around 3, i decided to give in to malachi and get him up.  i hoped i had at least answered every question, and hopfully had done it somewhat well....i arrived in class tonight and sheepishly handed my papers over.  i'm sure i'll find out soon how well my new study habits work out for me.

hopefully i'll graduate before titus!

a start

Well.

This blogging thing is something I've never gotten into. I've had this account for years (not lying) and have never touched it. But, recently, I've become very curious about the whole blogging phenomenon. I love reading others' posts, so I'm gonna try this out. I make no promises, but writing is something I used to love to do, and have nothing holding me to it these days. Here's to trying!