Where did April go?

To say I am going through writing withdrawals would be a serious understatement. I am in need of immediate blog time! Unfortunately, there's absolutely no way to update you in the amount of time I have here at my mom's house, and I'm forcing myself to do the responsible thing (not setting up the Internet at our new place until we can actually afford it for an extended period of time).

I'll just do my best to summarize:

• Life is pretty good, except for how much I miss all of you in my life! (Even if a lot of you aren't even my friends in real life.) 

• My apartment finally sort of feels like a home... and I'm having a terrible time adjusting to my tiny bathroom. 

• Husband has been working hard, but his contract is about to expire, so we're job searching again. (Yay.) 

• I am dying to do something with myself... expand my resume, get outside myself a little bit...

• I'm searching for the perfect pair of running shoes. I'm going to become a runner. No, really, I'm doing it this time. I swear.

• My 18-month-old baby has turned into a toddler, and has suddenly decided he loves me. I am loving the attention, but getting sad that he's growing so fast! 

• The weather here in Utah is, as it is everywhere this spring, completely insane. To say that it's messing with my emotional state would be no exaggeration. 

I guess I have to run. Next time, I promise a real update, with some actual content! :)
Miss you, my blog friends.

Settling in & missing you

We are really starting to get settled in.

Today my sister Natalie came over and helped me do some organizing (because she's a pro, and that's pretty much the thing I'm worst at), a couple of days ago I put together the bed and made myself a little bedroom... some day I'll probably even convince Husband to put up the curtains, and I just might eventually tackle unpacking the kitchen.

We do not, however, have the Internet, and judging by our income:bills ratio, we won't be installing it any time in the very near future. So, this is me saying,

I miss you, Blog.

I'll be back when my house feels more like a home, and the Comcast guy can be paid.
(Or, the next time I come to my mom's house.)

I hope everyone is doing well! For now I'll all holed up in my house getting settled. :)

New Home

We've slept in our new home for two nights now.
We finally have beds, so that definitely helps... that first night with everyone's mattresses lined up on the floor in the living room was... well, interesting.

Whoever said you can't fit 5 people into 800 sq. ft. of space didn't know what they were talking about.
Ok, maybe they kinda did.

The bathroom is just big enough that we can turn around in it (one person maximum limit).
Seriously, though, don't drop something. Bending over is a serious impossibility.

The living room is big enough...
as long as I sell one of my couches and don't mind Husband's gaming habits taking over most of the living space.

The bedroom is totally big enough for my bed.
Only the bed. Which is fine, cause we don't even own a dresser anyway.

The kitchen is huge...
The only real problem is that it's also the laundry room, the dining room, entry way, and mud room as well.

The kids' bedroom is big enough for their bunk beds and the baby's crib, with room to spare.
Because we gave them the master bedroom.

And storage?
Well, let's just say we didn't need those old yearbooks anyway.

But you know the best part?
It's ours.
And it's been a long time since we've had that.

Sure, rent will come along, and utilities...
And the toilet paper I stole from my mom's house will run out, so I'll need to buy my own...
But I think it's about time to live like grown-ups, don't you?

It feels really, really good to be 'head of household' again.