Friday, November 11, 2005

Insomnia

It's 2:00 in the morning, during quiet hours in the apartment complex, and I'm awake. So I figure, why not update the blogs that have been so sorrowfully neglected.

Jesse starts working at the Tacoma clinic on Monday. He's been hired on there as a real full-timer, as opposed to the temp he has been. Which means we will now have health insurance, Jesse has paid holidays, sick days, and vacation time. Praise God! It's totally an answer to prayer. He's kind of bummed about having to leave the clinic he's working at, because he really likes the people he's working with, but we also know that this is an opportunity that may not come up again in the near future.

I'm working for someone most of you know, Dan Bunker. I'm working part time (16 hrs a week) as his office manager/anything and everything that needs to be done to keep the business running. ;) It gets pretty crazy, but I really enjoy the challenges this job presents. It sure beats a retail job, especially at this time of year.

With only one car, I've been taking Jesse to work in the morning, because the clinic is right around the corner, but just far enough to be too far to walk. Then I come home and sleep or do housework or whatever. I pick him back up after I get off work. But obviously, that isn't going to work when he's working in Tacoma.

To make matters worse, the beloved Sentra is getting old and cranky. Who's to blame her after 225,000 miles, but we kind of need her to keep running for a little while longer. The clutch needs to be replaced (we think, it started slipping yesterday... er... Wednesday). A new one had just been put in right before Jesse bought it, and it hasn't been replaced since. So it's probably due. Also, the CV joints need to be replaced. The car whines, literally, whenever we turn a corner. And on top of all that, we still need a second car. For right now, we're borrowing my parents' minivan, but we can't do that forever. That's the biggest prayer request we have at the moment. If y'all could keep us in mind, we'd really appreciate it.

The rest of our life is pretty quiet. We're still settling into married life and the responsibilities of owning our own place. There's still quite a stack of boxes, now semi-hidden behind a wonderful bamboo screen that was given to us as a wedding present.

We love our apartment and the freedom to decorate in our style, or my style since Jesse doesn't care a whole lot unless he really doesn't like something. We're coming up on three months of marriage and we still love being married, which I think is a good sign. :D

This is turning into quite a long post so I think I'll sign out now. Thanks for tuning in. Good night all.