I'm so sorry I am so horrible at updating, but you know how it goes. Life, work, family, school, etc. it gets busy, and somethings get put on the back burner. But I am here now! Here is what has been going on!
Bryce and I are still in Missouri, with his family, and hit our year mark living here, back in April this year. Crazy to think we have been here that long already! Well, now a year and 7 months. Also, on November 2nd, we hit our 2 year mark as a married couple! Unfortunately we were not able to do much for it, but we were able to spend the majority of the day together, both that Saturday, and on Sunday, the day of. That's all that really mattered to us, and I am very grateful we had the time. I know it's only two years but man has time flown by! We have had some ups and downs, like most married couples, but I am grateful for every one of them. Even if it takes me awhile, they have helped me see him in a better light, and our relationship, including with our Heavenly Father. I find myself more in love with Bryce every day, even the days that are hard, or we have an argument, or everything seems to be going wrong. I sometimes find myself staring at him with a goofy grin on my face because of some cute, funny comment he made, or a facial expression he is making while involved in an intense video game with his buddies back in Utah. My husband is a bit of a gamer and has a passion for it. Some may say that's not good, and may even suggest that I get him to quit his gaming, and I wouldn't blame them for saying so. In fact, it has even been something that made me raise an eyebrow in the past. However, I have been learning to see it in a different light. I'm not saying it's ok for anyone to spend multiple hours with their eyes glued to a screen, playing video games (especially those of the bloody, graphic and bad language kind), but that is not what he does. Granted, at times he will play for longer periods of time than I would like, but that is only occasionally, when he needs to wind down from a long or stressful day, It was part of his childhood, and how he did, and still does, connect with a lot of his close friends. It's one of those things that makes him nostalgic, and he and his friends bond way more than I could ever understand in a virtual reality. He is still in school, soon about to finish up his 4th semester I believe. It's been getting stressful for him and he is trying so hard. I watch him as he does homework/assignments and I can feel a grateful and proud burning in my heart. He has trouble sometimes, but I see him pushing himself to get through it, every time. He is so great! He is currently on the student council at his school, and even as I write this post, he is participating in it right now. They are having a training type of conference out in Branson, MO, which is about 3 hours away from here, for the council members this weekend. Thankfully he will only be gone one night. I missed him from the moment he drove off.
Another incredible mark that I am very grateful to announce that I myself reached this year was my 1st year mark at my current job at Saver's, back in July! When I started this job, I had told Bryce I wanted to stay at least a year, just to see if I could do it, and I did! In fact I was (not sure if I still am, I haven't heard any other word since it was first brought up to me several weeks ago) considered as a potential supervisor for the store, which scared the crap out of me! My husband told me awhile back that it may just come up, that he thinks I had enough good credit with the managers at the store to prompt the idea in their heads. Well, we have yet to see if I'll have that opportunity, but for now, I am good where I'm at. Which is now in the production department, very different from where I started, as a cashier. During the Halloween season, they made me a lead costume consultant (again. I was the lead costume consultant last year too. They gave me the position again because they think I did such a great job last year), and just before the end of the season, my store manager asked me how I would feel about moving to the back, where they work in production. I agreed to make the move, more in shock rather than actual desire to do so. However, I feel that maybe it may have been a good choice, for now. I started the new position last Monday, and have been trained both in pricing women's, men's and children's clothing, and now am being trained in sorting, pricing and rolling out bed and bath items (includes not just bed linens and bath towels, but also, ties, scarves, gloves, purses, etc). I actually don't mind it much and hope that I can become better at it as I progress.
Well that is it for now. I hope to have more to update soon, and that you'll enjoy the little peek at our life! Til next time!
