School, school, work, school.
Technically Rory is the only working now, bless his heart. He works at a craft & frame shop that is probably the most successful and respected private business in Rexburg. I worked at Arby's from last March until this April where I happily quit. I absolutely despised that establishment, but stuck with it because I felt too awful to put the burden of money-making on just Rory while we were both in school. We're managing though. Rory also makes phone calls for my stepfather to get people on board for becoming a client for him and we get a nice chunk of what Bill makes from people signing up. That's helped us.
We're also going to California (hooray, hooray!) for a few months while we're off from school because Rory will be selling pest control which we've heard brings in some big $$. Rory's a great salesman, I have no doubt that he'll have success.
I just don't know what I'll be doing in California in the meantime. I'll only be a couple hours away from my family in San Diego, so I'm sure I'll be making some day trips. I don't know, I'll read? Get in shape? Yeah, I'll get in shape. Rexburg's cold weather turns me into a flipping vegetable.
As far as school goes. . .boy is MY load light, especially compared to Rory's. My big thing right now is participating in BYU-Idaho's news, Scroll Digital. I do some on-the-field reporting and video editing and I anchor the sports shows on Fridays. I anchored my senior year of high school and I loved it, and people gave my lots of compliments about it which was nice. That was my thing. Once I got to college, I put it on hold to focus on my studies, and then I sort of forgot about it.
This semester I was re-introduced to it, and it feels good to have gotten back in my groove. I just can't help but feel like it isn't my calling in life. At least not right now. I'm really good at it (in fact, it's probably one of the only things I'm really good at.) Just when I feel like I'm on the road to success, I have discovered something I'd rather do and yearn to do. I'm talking about becoming a mother.
I hear some tires screeching.
Mother? At 21 years old? Only been married 10 months? (10 months on the 18th, I'm rounding up)
I know. Honestly, I didn't want to have kids until I was graduated from college, but here I am, three semesters from graduating, and I want to have a baby. I know my limits...I know I couldn't go to school while caring for a newborn, nor do I want to do that. My mother didn't do that -- she never worked after she started having kids and I think that was good for us kids, and I want the same thing for my kids.
Now before you get too excited, Rory and I aren't "trying" for a baby, although he tells people we are because he's so excited. I'm looking at more as handing the reins over to mother nature. If it happens it happens, if it takes some time, that's fine too.
We'll keep you updated!
