Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas break (part one)

These last two weeks have been a whirlwind. 
In a good way.
So I don't overwhelm myself with how to organize posts in a creative way... I will just break down Christmas break like this:
-the drive home
-the week Chris and I got married(I'm a wife!)
and 
-whatever is left over.
I try to make this blog cool, organized and easy to jump into but I sometimes I get the opposite results. haha. Here's to an attempt!

Photographed: bits of Nevada/ Donner Pass

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

#blessed

Background:
We are fans of Parks and Recreation over here and we often quote episodes.
Earlier in the season there was an episode where Tom was in court because he got in an accident while tweeting. Typical Tom.


"Hashtag: blessed" has been one of the most quoted lines of the season. We crack up every time one of us uses it. We think we are hilarious.
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Our time up here at school has been an adventure.
In a good way.
We knew when we got here that we would need to get jobs pronto.
We both hooked jobs in September at the Rexburg Opinion Center.
We were SO HAPPY to get jobs. We even scheduled to work the same shifts.
Is it wrong that we don't get sick of each other?
I guess that's what two years apart from each other does to us.
The first month was decent, we were just happy to be employed part time. Then hurricane Sandy happened. Since our call center usually calls the east during our shift we were out of work for almost two weeks. It was nice to have the break from the phones but not from the money. After phone lines were up and running again we had LOTS of work to do. This is when we started hating our jobs.
We started looking for new jobs, but the timing was a little off. We are about to go home for 2 1/2 weeks for the wedding, honeymoon and Christmas. We thought we would have to work for another month AT LEAST until something else came along. 
Then a miracle happened. My friend said her work was looking for someone to fill a full-time position next semester on campus. In no time Chris had sent his resume and I started praying he would get this job. In a week or less Chris had the interview and was offered the job! This is where "hashtag: blessed" comes into play.

We truly live such a blessed life. 
Chris will be able to work 40 hours a week and I will be able to stop being a telemarketer. 
Holla.