It's finally Friday

Phew. This has been a straining week. Zach's first week of training is over. To accomodate his schedule a little more I started going in to work at 10 AM instead of 8, and staying until 6. That gave me a little more freedom to stay up until he got home at 1 AM. Even then we would only get maybe an hour together before I had to go to bed, if that. Last night I couldn't even stay up until he got home so we didn't really get to see each other then. Blaaaah... So today on the phone when I about bit his head off I realized I am sick and tired of not getting to see him. Not to mention I did wake up feeling a little sick (and tired) today. I left work about 3 hours early to get home and see him for half an hour before he left. To be completely honest it was worth it. I don't know whether or not we can keep doing this for the next 4 weeks, but I'm trying not to think about it! One day at a time right?

It's sort of funny how we are used to doing everything together. Mainly laundry and grocery shopping. Right now we have literally mountains of laundry in our room, and no food! Neither one of us wants to do it without the other, so although we each have several hours a day where we sit at home alone, nothing is getting done at all. Ha. I think it also has to do with the weird fact that the more time I have, the less I want to do anything. I know these should be my wifely duties so I guess I'll have to start the laundry tonight. Bah humbug!

This weekend will be great I think. We're most excited to have two days off together, but we are both really anxious for our hair appointments tomorrow. This will be the first time I've had it done since we've been married (5+ months... yikes) and Zach is just a little scruffy, which turns into fro-ey when his hair is too long. Tomorrow is my cousin's baby shower, so that will be fun to see some family. Tonight I'm looking forward to cousin Hillary coming over to keep me company for a bit, I haven't seen her in quite a while! I'll have to post some pictures of the sweet new hair after tomorrow. :o)

P.S. I have a new obsession with this photographer I found on my friend Meagan's blog (thanks Meag... I am in love!) Her blog is www.brittanygphotography.com/blog or her website is just www.brittanygphotography.com. She's a photographer from Lehi and I love her style. I have spent so much time scouring her pictures, I just can't get enough! I am for sure calling her as soon as I get pregnant, haha. Check it out... she's amazing!

It's a hard knock life.

I spoke too soon. The job we loved fell through. Luckily Zach hadn't notified Teleperformance about the other position yet, and starts that on Monday, so I am trying to look at the bright side. Some extra income is better than none... even if it requires us to never see each other for 5 weeks! (Minor detail...) We actually did find a way to laugh about that today. I know things will work out. In fact I'm not sure sometimes how we even got this far already, so that in itself is a testament that someone is looking out for us. Maybe it will be a blessing in disguise. I am just sick and tired of worrying about money!!! Being grown-up really is no fun sometimes.

Another silver lining: whatever situation we are in only needs to last until April 1st, which is probably when we would be leaving for the summer. Zach discussed some details with his brother-in-law today, who is one of the owners of the company we will be working for. I still hope we go to Dallas!

But enough with work. Tomorrow is my day off, which I am loving, and tomorrow night we are going to the temple with Matt and Katherine, some of our good friends. I met Katherine when I lived in Rocklin for a few months. She is also one of my cousin Hillary's good friends. They moved out here when they got married, which we are grateful for. Matt and Zach get along great and we have entirely too much fun hanging out with them. One of our favorite things to do is play MarioKart on N64, so I think we will do that after temple night. Last time we played I was in tears from laughing so hard. It is a blast. I am ALSO looking forward to Katherine's home-made orange juliuses, but the poor girl will have to bring over her blender since we never put our gift card to use and it is now MIA!

In the meantime we are babysitting our niece and nephew tonight which is always entertaining. They are learning to say some of the funniest things. Chase's favorite thing to do is TELL you what to say. I was pouring him some milk and he asked if he could have water afterwards. I said maybe, we'll see, but finish this first. "Say yes." I said maybe. "Say yes." Drink your milk first. "Will you please say yes?" No, I said maybe. "Okay." Another time Hallie was trying to get my attention and actually said "Yoo hoo!!" And finally, as Zach was taking a nap on the couch and the kids walked by they chanted in a 'whisper:' Tiptoe, shhh. Tiptoe, shhh. Tiptoe, shhh. Which I think may have actually been louder than their normal voices. They are a hoot.

Money money money money... mo-nay!

First of all...

Zach found a job! Hooray!!!

It really is all about who you know. I was talking with a friend at work and asked where her husband works, and she told me that it is called Heritage Web Solutions, that they might actually be hiring and that Zach should apply. At the same time, he applied for a job at Teleperformance (I don't know what they do there, but it did not come too highly recommended). Well he was offered a position at Teleperformance right away, and a second interview at Heritage. We were relieved he had found a "real" job with Teleperformance, but there were 5 weeks of training every day from 4 PM to 12:30 AM. I work from 8 to 4ish. Not too excited about that! So we decided to wait and see how the second interview went. That was this morning, and they offered him the position AND he started training today! Not only are the hours better but the pay is better. In fact, he can make up t0 around $48,000/year if he does well (it is some commission, plus base pay). And there are benefits. That means not only can we go to the doctor and the dentist, but we may be able to get out of renting sooner than we thought! HA (if you can't tell, I am thrilled about this)! We are just so excited. (He gladly quit his paper route two nights ago.)

Our plans for the semester have changed a little. Things have been a little unstable at work for me. Because I did not get the promotion I was hoping for, they have me and a few others working on a filing project for another department. The 'plan' is that when the project is over we are eligible for re-hire back into Data Entry. However, if the project is finished before they start re-hiring (which looks like Februaryish) then we are, as far as we know, out of a job! For the time being they have enough work for me to do that I can almost get my full 40 hours a week. But who knows what is going to happen in the next couple of weeks.

Additionally I am not going to school this semester anymore. We hadn't really found out whether or not we got a Pell Grant, so we considered taking out a short-term loan to postpone tuition payment until we found out for sure. But even with the loan and the grant, I would still have to cut back on my hours at work in order to be a full-time student. One part-time job was not going to pay the rent... and the bills... and the groceries... for both of us! So we decided the best thing for me to do was to stay out of school another semester so we could save up some money instead of living paycheck to paycheck. Had we known that Zach was going to find a job so soon we may have changed our minds, but some of the classes I still need aren't offered until fall anyway, and I was having trouble filling up the 12 credits required to be a full-time student. Even though I am disappointed to be postponing school ANOTHER semester, all's well for now. Someday I'll be done. Someday!

Oh and I am looking forward to feeling much better about myself. Now that we can afford a gym membership, and hair appointments, and new clothes, and... :o)

Here's some pictures of our fun Saturday this weekend!










We decided to take our niece and nephew -Hallie & Chase- sledding.

Our friends Lauren and Charlie came with us. The kids loved it!

The new girl in town...

Would anyone like to give me the blogging basics?... How do I get my font to match my background every time I post, and how do I get it to show on the side whose blogs I read? I need some serious help here! Ooh and where can I get a cute background? Any pointers?