Married life

Well it's officially day 2 of Laura being gone on her Outward Bound trip.  I'm sure we'll hear a lot about it when she returns.  Although it' s 5 AM and I have work in a few hours, I figured I would write something since it's been almost 6 months since I've done so.  I should be working on my term paper (heh, heh), but I figure this should only take a few minutes =-).

As Laura said in her previous post, it is nice to be married.  A lot of people ask what it's like and I always respond that it's the same as when we were dating.  That may not be the same for everyone but it is at least the same for us.  We probably spend more time with each other than most couples though.  While we were dating and for a few months after we were married we were at work together an office away and we would spend most of our time after work with each other as well.  After Laura switched projects, we're still in the same building so we can carpool and see each other for lunch but it's less than what it was before.  Outside of work we're usually together though - either at school or at home.  

I also tell people I think the big changes come when you have kids - seems like that will be a big change for us too since there's more of a chance we'll be in different places since we probably won't both be working full time or at school and we'll also have to focus our attention on our kids which will leave a little less attention for each other.  But it's still exciting - I think we're off to a great start =-)!

Six months in!

So we've been married for almost six months now! Woohoo... we made it! Just a lifetime to go! I know it's going to sound sappy, but I LOVE being married to Joe. What an amazing man... every day I think how lucky I am that God brought us together. It's the little things that always bring a smile to my face... his dancing in the car, his "beep, beep, beep!" messages, his cute big-eyed smiles, the way he always puts his fingers into my fists, and how he manages to grab me and cuddle me even when he's asleep.

We've been very busy the last several months with school. We decided to take two classes this semester. This has kept us very busy, but we are looking forward to finishing up soon! We're halfway done, but luckily after this semester, we'll have finished up all of our foundation classes and can hopefully just take programming classes from here on out. We actually really enjoy the programming classes but since these aren't all offered on-site it could mean a potential trek up to Laurel, MD in rush hour traffic. Eeewww... I know!

We have also spent a lot of time fixing up the house. We finished installing laminate flooring in the basement this past December and added a lot of storage in the attic in January. We hope to redo the kitchen sometime this year or next. We (and when I say we, I mean Joe) have been spending a lot of time fixing up the condo as well. And we just heard today that we may have a potential renter! So that will be a huge weight lifted off our shoulders. Thank goodness!

We're currently planning our next vacation for California! We are feeling the crunch of the recession though and are trying to do it economically. Fortunately, flights are pretty nice and cheap to go across country. I would say now is the best time to travel ever! Ha... I feel like that girl in Confessions of a Shopaholic that keeps saying she saved money by buying something on sale.