Couch Smash

Could my little Axie be any cuter? These girls LOVE to crawl in between and behind the armchair. So hilarious and adorable.
 

 

Maybe Next Time

He didn't get the job.

How is this our life? We are always 1 point short or somehow on the wrong side of the coin toss.

The attorney who interviewed Bryce for the job called him today and said this is the hardest decision he's had to make. They knew on Friday that they were torn between Bryce and another guy. They couldn't decide. Today, they finally decided on the other guy. In essence, it was a coin toss... they just had to choose one and we lost.

I cried. Bryce actually handled it really well and is ready to contact more firms and get more interviews.

This hit me harder than not passing the bar. I don't know why. I think it's because we were so sure he had it. The guy LOVED him.

He's apparently recommending Bryce to other attorney's in town and is sending their info to us so we can send our resume over. I just don't get why we are always just barely short of success.

I know, my life is great. I'm blessed. I know. But, I don't feel like I should always have to balance my comments, I know how I feel. I love my family. Of all the trials I can think of... this isn't so bad... but, it doesn't make it pleasant.

One day, we'll be fine. But, until then, I'm just worn out. I'm sick of barely having money. I'm sick of having to depend on all sorts of welfare from people. I just want us to take care of ourselves. I want to buy a house. I want to settle down somewhere. I want to know that we're permanently where we reside for a few years. I'm sick of not knowing where I'll be in a month. I don't want to depend on volunteer babysitters.

We're not really lacking in things. I don't know how I don't feel poor. I just don't buy anything. Gosh, if I had money, I would probably be wasting it on all sorts of cute clothes. I'd like a gym membership too... and some babysitting. Maybe some nice dinners. I'd love to decorate my home. I see all these gorgeous decorations and pieces of furniture... I can't afford any of it. We can't even afford a nice rug for our hard floor in our living room.

I'm so sick of being practical and careful with our money. If we were still in school, it wouldn't be a big deal. But, we're out of school. Life should be moving on. It hasn't yet.

I don't need words of encouragement. I more just need people to say, gosh, that sucks. :)

We are fine. We'll be fine. He was the top 2 out of 44 applicants... so, we feel that means something has to come soon. He's gotta be on the right side of a coin toss at some point!

Maybe he'll even get a job in Denver, where we would love to live even more than Grand Junction. I sure had my heart set there though. We were just so sure. I hate that I keep getting my hopes up. I hate that my hopes are always wrong. I just hope my hopes are not wrong in hoping he passed the CO Bar. Just one piece of good news this year (obviously, I mean regarding jobs... we have plenty of other good news). Yep. That would be nice.

Only one more month to wait. No money to do anything in the meantime to take our minds off it. Yay. Maybe I should just stop watching every penny. I just want to do whatever I want. Yes, I am more than aware that even in my "dire" situation I'm still better off than probably 85% of the world.

The most annoying part is that we wanted this job so bad and it only paid the same that each of us made with our jobs before quitting them and sending him to law school! Ugh.

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We are still waiting to find out the CO Bar results. That's a whole month away. It feels like all we do is take bars and wait for results. I sure hope this time it's a positive result.

Bryce is in Grand Junction right now interviewing for a position there.

I hate being home alone. I don't mind the day so much. I just get seriously terrified at night. It doesn't help that there is a serial rapist around our part of town that everyone keeps updating me on. Ugh.

Last night my friend Katie brought her kids over to play and eat dinner... that was a good break. Tonight, Bryce's mom and brother came over to entertain and help take care of kids. So, I guess I'm surviving just fine.

Hopefully we get a job. I don't think about much else. I really doubly hope for a job that will allow me to not work so much. I'm kind of sick of working from home. It would be much easier to leave the house and go to a job.

Happy Anniversary

Happy five year anniversary to my love. We have had such a crazy five years. We never would have guessed where we would be right now… And I imagine in five years we will be just as surprised with where we have ended up. 

It is so fun to go on this adventure of life with someone so fun, caring, loving, hard-working, smart, and so full of adventure.

I love him. The kids love him. He loves us more than anything. Could I ask for anything more?

For our anniversary we went down to the Long Beach convention center to see Jerry Seinfeld perform.

It was such a neat and unique experience. We have been watching him for years, from way before we even met. We find him to be absolutely hilarious. It is so refreshing to hear a comedian who can keep it clean, while providing pure entertainment.

Bryce was dying laughing the entire time, clapping his hands, slapping his knee, and giving full bellylaughs. I was about to pass out laughing with the marriage jokes he made. My favorite was how he said every morning he comes down and get behind his game show podium gets out his buzzer to prepare for the questions his wife is going to ask him. I won't tell the whole joke, but it's hilarious when it's set in context.

It was seriously cool to see Jerry Seinfeld in person.

We walked around outside afterwards, it was so pretty. We topped off the night with cold stone. Oh, and we began the night with delicious Black Angus.

Even though this was my view if I relaxed sitting back in my chair. These were the only seats available when we bought our last-minute  tickets.