Musings

So life has been kind of crazy lately. My "graduation" has been giving me the biggest pains! I thought I had finished everything and that the state had accepted it and that my teacher license would be renewed and everything would be fine. WRONG! Since I was finished with my classes in April, most people expected that I would graduate in April. I decided to keep my student status through the summer to make sure that I had a job, so I delayed my graduation until August; I didn't see a problem with it. But the state and the university saw a huge problem with it. So for the past few weeks I've been trying to juggle my schedule around to be able to go and figure things out. So finally I was able to figure everything out and now that seems to be on track.

We've been renting for the past year and I'm not a big fan of renting--but it has worked for us for a while now, so I can't complain too much--so we've been looking around for a house. The problem is that we are kind of in limbo right now. I don't have a job for the fall as of yet, and Jakob is still up in the air about his work/school/teaching schedule. With the rising gas prices, we may need to move closer to his work/school/teaching location, but that is what is throwing us for a loop. And it is just frustrating when it comes to searching for a house too. I will not live in anything dumpy and the neighborhood has to be a good neighborhood. Right now with what we can afford and what we qualify for, it seems that is all we can afford. It looks like we may be renting for a little while longer--unless something changes drastically. I just wish there was a way that you could build up your own equity while you were renting instead of someone else's.

But, we both are healthy and that is good. We're both working out--I need to lose a few pounds--and at least that is a hour or so that I get to spend with Jakob. My costuming is still moving ahead, but that is one of the reasons that I need to lose a bit of weight. I measured myself and set my dressform at my measurements and tried to put on of my costumes on the form, and it wasn't fitting. I tried the costume on and yep, it doesn't fit me, so back to the workouts I go. Since I had to take a break from dancing to let myself heal, I'm not getting as much constant exercise as I used to. I put on my clogging shoes and danced a bit. It took a little for my feet to get back in the grove of things, but it felt good to get back dancing. I need to figure out how I'm going to do it more, now that I'm not at BYU anymore.

I'm also trying to get things finalized for the parade on Friday. Since I can't fit in any of the finished costumes right now--plus I don't think I could walk 2 miles in some of those costumes--I'm just going to be spotting the group at the parade. We always get cheers and I am a bit disappointed that I'm not in costume, but at least I get 2 miles of walking in!

But, I'm happy and that is good sign, for me anyway.