Sunday

I love having 11 o'clock church, because it means I have time to actually put some effort into my 'Sunday Best.' This morning I curled my hair. That hasn't happened since before Evelyn was born!

Ben and I teach the 14-17 year old Sunday School class in our ward. Part of the premise of the youth curriculum is to help the youth prepare to teach the gospel, whether it be on a mission or in their everyday lives. So we decided that we would start having the youth teach the lesson every 2nd Sunday of the month. Today two of the young men in our class taught a lesson on recognizing Heavenly Father's hand in our lives daily. It was so neat to watch these two and listen to their testimonies. I'm so grateful for my calling and the opportunity that I have to teach these exemplary young men (we only have seven boys in our class - no girls). Sometimes I'm pretty sure that they are teaching me way more tha  I will ever be able to teach them.

Evelyn has started a new "thing" at dinner time and it is driving me NUTS. At other times during the day she blows raspberries, and now that has worked its way into dinner time too. About half way through eating, she will start blowing raspberries and spraying her food all over me! And she thinks t is hilarious. I've tried telling her in a stern voice with a frown on my face to stop, I've tried covering her mouth with the spoon, and I've tried wiping her face (which she hates) every time she starts to spit. But she just keeps doing it. I'm not quite sure what to do.

She gave me a scare tonight during bath time. Sometimes she will turn on her side, but will turn back once her eye touches the water. So usually I don't worry too much when she starts to roll. Tonight she rolled all the way over and her face got all the way in the water. I picked her up immediately but she was kicking like crazy and having a hard time trying to get a breath.  I pulled her out of the tub and held her on my shoulder and patted her back until she was breathig normally again. And then I held her a little longer. I didn't want to put her back in the water, but I knew that if I didn't she eould remember choking as her last experience with the water for that night and I didn't want that. She was nervous at first about going back in but after a few seconds she started playing like normal again. Sometimes being a mom is scary and hard. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Here We Go

So if this morning is any indicator of how the rest of the semester will run, it won't be so bad. The worst thing that happened is that my hair froze on my trek up to the campus. But other than that, things ran very smoothly. Evelyn was her usually happy-in-the-morning self, and I made it to class a little cold, but in one piece and fifteen minutes early. I even saw two little two-point bucks on my way up the trail. :)

And class was pretty good. I like my professor, and I think the way he's going to do things will make the class fun.

Ben has only been to one of his classes so far, because his first class today was cancelled on account of his professor being stuck in New York. The class that he did go to was Calculus III and he said that he thinks it will end up being challenging, but good.

So far, things are going well. But I'm sure that will change once we both get into the thick of things and are trying to get homework done with a fussy baby.

But it will all be worth it in the end.

A New Year, A New Adventure

First of all, I promise that I will be doing Christmas and New Years posts soon. Basically the only reason they aren't up is because I need to get the pictures uploaded to my computer. :)

So I've been wanting to be better at my record/journal keeping for a while now. I love writing in my journal, but it is just so hard for the speed of my pen to keep up with the speed of my brain. My writing turns into an indecipherable mess trying to catch up and then I can hardly read what I've written. So I've decided, at least for now, to keep record of my daily adventures, thoughts, and feelings here on the blog where my fingers have an easier time keeping up with what I want to say.

Life has been crazy the past few days. At least it has seemed that way to me. But it's probably all in my head.

Friday is when it all started. I took Evelyn to the doctor that morning because she had what looked like to me to be thrush. So I took her in and the doctor confirmed that she did indeed have it. So he prescribed her some medicine and we were off to Wal-Mart to pick up the prescription. Doing all that in the morning threw off my groove and kind of kicked off the craziness.

I had an appointment with my academic advisor that afternoon and that is when things really started to spin out of control. I just wanted to meet with her to ask what things I needed to do and what tests I needed to take before I started school in the fall. But when I got there and started talking with her, she really threw me for a loop. To make a long story short, I either had to sign up for a certain class this semester or else put off applying for the program until next spring. Which would mean delaying my graduation date by about a year. We talked about a bunch of other things too, but the bottom line was I had to get signed up for this class. Now.

As I was walking home my head was spinning.

Could I handle going to school with Evelyn being so young?

Would it interfere with my job?

How would we pay for tuition?

What will Ben say?

Will I go crazy if I go to school right now?

My thoughts were racing at a million miles an hour. Before I knew it I was running down the hill toward our apartment.

I got home and talked with Ben and we decided to go for it. Yikes.

I also decided that I would need to take at least two classes in order to get some financial aid. So the rest of the afternoon was spent calling registrar's offices, registering for classes, and filling out the FAFSA. And then all of my emotions about going back to school so soon took over. I felt excited, nervous, anxious, and so many other things. However, I do feel that this is the right thing for me to be doing.

And that's a good thing, because school starts tomorrow.

I feel a lot better now, mostly because Ben gave me a blessing tonight. The instant he placed his hands on my head, I felt the reassuring peace that priesthood power brings. I love my husband, and I am so grateful that he is a worthy priesthood holder.  I'm grateful for the support he gives to me in all of my endeavours. I do not know where I would be without him.

Anyway, here is to the new adventures and trials that are already coming our way in the year 2014.

Cheers!