Oh, hi.

Nathan and I decided to do a bit of exploring around the mountainside today. It was covered with tons of these blossoming trees! Pretty neat eh.

I must admit that I am embittered towards Old Man Winter this year. I mean I didn't even get to go sledding because hey, there was like zero snowfall, but after seeing these delicate signs of Spring showing up I am getting more excited for it to warm up.

I have been going through mid-terms for the past two weeks and I'm about to rip all of my hair out. I don't think I can bring myself to study one more flash card. I have a love/hate relationship with being a student. I love to learn, I hate obligatory before test cramming. Yuck.

Since beginning school again I have gone from a full time employee to PRN. Meaning I work on an 'as needed' basis. It has been quite the adjustment financially, and to be perfectly frank this has been the poorest year of my married life. With that has come its fair share of frustration and envy of those who seem to have it all together. I had a realization of sorts this week though - money doesn't buy happiness. Cliche as it may sound, it really is true. In a way I am grateful for this period of my life because I think it has caused me to put things back into perspective. Nathan and I have been working so hard for the past couple of years to get ourselves to a point of financial comfort and stability that it has kind of become all we have focused on! Perhaps I have become a little (a lot) prideful, haha and have lost sight of the simpler things in life that are truly the most important. I told Nathan that although this will most likely be the poorest year of our lives, we can choose to make it the happiest as well. Considering there is still another year left before we both graduate, we have plenty of time to refocus our priorities and spend more time working on our relationship with one another and with God, rather than spending all our time worrying about keeping up with the Jones'.

On a completely different note we are running a 10k in St. George this weekend! All of my family is going to be there, and even though I am vastly unprepared for the race, I am really looking forward to it! Wish me luck, my friends.