I really have been meaning to update the blog more than once every six months, but I guess it didn't work out that way. Six months of being married has absolutely flown by. It still feels like the wedding was just a few weeks ago. I am glad time is going by so quickly now because I cannot wait to move up to Springfield in June. Don't get me wrong, Carbondale is great, but not worth being 4 and a half hours away from home. I definitely took living close to my family for granted because I really miss it now that I'm gone! In less than 6 months we will be able to come home for even a day if we wanted to! We're going to look at apartments sometime in March and I cannot wait. Our apartment in Murphysboro is pretty tiny, but it's perfect for now, and your first apartment isn't meant to be the biggest anyway.
Aaron and I have been doing really well since we've been here. Aaron is doing well in school (I think so anyway). He just took the mid-unit exam for the second unit so that means he is half way through his first year of med school! He is very good at disciplining himself and making himself study when he needs to. I am so proud of him because I know I would never be able to do that! He's set up a research study type thing (pending the committee accepts his research proposal) for the summer as soon as we get to Springfield and it's in the field he is wanting to go into. Hopefully that get's his foot in the door with the doctors he will be working with for residency maybe? It would be nice to be able to stay in one spot for a while if he gets into a residency program in Springfield.
I am working at an Optometrist's office in Carbondale and I absolutely love it. I never would have thought twice about working at an eye doctors' office before, but I am so happy. And I was so blessed to find a job so soon after moving because all you hear about is that no one can ever get a half-way decent job, much less one that they like. Well, I found a great job, working with wonderful people, and a fantastic boss. I am sad to be leaving in a few months, but I am looking forward to finding a job in Springfield doing the same thing. It will be tough to find a job with such great people, but I am excited to get more experience in the field.
As far as home life goes, I am getting to be a much better cook than I thought I would be :) Not to brag, but I made a awesome vegetable chili tonight for dinner. And chicken/tofu parmesan is on my best meals list, too. I am finding a good balance between working full time, cooking, cleaning and other stuff like that. It has been somewhat of a change to go from a school schedule to working full time, but I definitely like working better. As soon as I come home, I have no homework to do or anything like that. Yeah, I work later in the evenings, but I can relax and no have to worry about anything like that. And I get paid for it. Which is the best part.
So all in all, life is going really great for us right now and it is only going to get better. Hopefully I will be able to update more than once ever six months, but no promises :)
