Buried Hopes

Tom and I are quickly approaching our five year anniversary (May 28th). Until lately, I have felt not far-removed from the "newlywed" status, but lately, little things have been reminding me that we are five whole years into a life together. It has caused me to start a list in my head, a list which I will call "You know you have been married five years if..." "You know you have been married five years if..." Your sheets (those fancy, expensive registry sheets) are worn so thin that pulling them from the washing machine suddenly causes them to tear in half. Your sharp, dangerous, cut-through-anything knives are now so dull that they barely cut through lettuce (and you are too lazy to figure out how to work the electric diamond sharpening machine your husband forced you to register for--because you would use it ALL THE TIME, of course). You have run out of spoons. Somehow, five years of packing a lunch for your husband, many of which included yogurt and a sp...

I have kind of forgotten that I even have a blog. But I guess it would do me good to update this a little. I am 3 weeks away from finishing my second year of teaching. How crazy is that? Even crazier is how much I love it. Sure it is exhausting, and sure I have my bad days and my very bad days, but all in all, this is SO the job for me. I have never felt so good at a job, so relaxed and sure of myself and successful. I love talking about chemistry, and I love enjoying my students. They make me laugh every day, and they are just so much fun. We are also finishing our second year in California. And Tom is in the stages of planning out the next few quarters, because he only has a few quarters left of this thing. I can't believe it's almost over. The debt will follow us for years afterward. But hopefully the knowledge and skills from Fuller will make that all worth it :) I am torn between loving life and fighting to love life. We have been so blessed in so many ways. We are so happ...