These days, our life is mostly blissfully, boringly, normal.
We get up between 5:30 and 6:30 and generally go for a short (15-30 minute) jog around our neighborhood. These days, it's typically dark when we leave, and beginning to get light as we head home. Soon it's going to be dark and chilly the whole time, and that will make the motivation quite a bit trickier!
Then we eat breakfast--bulgur and bananas, coffee, and orange juice.
I bike to work and Matt often bikes with me. Work has been busy lately for me, so I've been there almost every weekday the past couple of weeks (which was previously unusual). Things we're saving up for: our trip back to the midwest at Christmas, midwifery school, paying off the loan on our car, a down payment on a place someday, and continuing to attack our student loans. We have separate ING accounts for all of these (except the loan payments), so we can conveniently watch each balance grow a little bit at a time.
Matt's work is also getting busier, and he's getting ready to go on a business trip in October and one in November. I'll be joining him, to photo-document the trip and just generally keep him company.
On my days off, I've been spending lots of time working through the preliminary requirements for Frontier, as well as doing online training for the RAINN online hotline.
We've been trying to eat simple, plant-based meals for dinner, despite our newfound addiction to fresh local butter. In the evenings, we'll often go for a walk, browse the used bookstore, walk to the pool, watch an episode or two of the Cosby Show, or just spend the evening reading quietly. Thankful for the time we have together, for what we've been through, and where we are now. Hopeful for what lies ahead, whatever that may be.
In other words, things could be more interesting, but we couldn't feel more blessed.
We get up between 5:30 and 6:30 and generally go for a short (15-30 minute) jog around our neighborhood. These days, it's typically dark when we leave, and beginning to get light as we head home. Soon it's going to be dark and chilly the whole time, and that will make the motivation quite a bit trickier!
Then we eat breakfast--bulgur and bananas, coffee, and orange juice.
I bike to work and Matt often bikes with me. Work has been busy lately for me, so I've been there almost every weekday the past couple of weeks (which was previously unusual). Things we're saving up for: our trip back to the midwest at Christmas, midwifery school, paying off the loan on our car, a down payment on a place someday, and continuing to attack our student loans. We have separate ING accounts for all of these (except the loan payments), so we can conveniently watch each balance grow a little bit at a time.
Matt's work is also getting busier, and he's getting ready to go on a business trip in October and one in November. I'll be joining him, to photo-document the trip and just generally keep him company.
On my days off, I've been spending lots of time working through the preliminary requirements for Frontier, as well as doing online training for the RAINN online hotline.
We've been trying to eat simple, plant-based meals for dinner, despite our newfound addiction to fresh local butter. In the evenings, we'll often go for a walk, browse the used bookstore, walk to the pool, watch an episode or two of the Cosby Show, or just spend the evening reading quietly. Thankful for the time we have together, for what we've been through, and where we are now. Hopeful for what lies ahead, whatever that may be.
In other words, things could be more interesting, but we couldn't feel more blessed.
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