March? Already?

   Well, Glen and I both agree that it feels like it was Christmas yesterday. We cannot believe how quickly 2015 is passing. We are keeping pretty busy with various different parts of our lives. Glen is still looking for work; some times we're more optimistic than others. He worked with my dad to revamp his resume and it really did the trick! He's been getting a lot of responses even just in the past couple of days and has several interviews lined up. We haven't talked about it exclusively but I think Glen would agree that this has a lot to do with the prayers of those who love and care about us as well as the fasting we did with out family the first Sunday of the month. That being said we are grateful for the heartfelt prayer that has come from our behalf.

   Note: For those of our friends who are not familiar with the term "fasting," one of the leaders of our church put it much better than I can when he said "In the Church today, one Sabbath day each month is set aside for the purpose of fasting. Members of the Church go without food and water for two consecutive meals in a 24-hour period and then contribute the money that would have been spent for that food to those in need...“Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it’s simply going hungry. If we want our fasting to be more than just going without eating, we must lift our hearts, our minds, and our voices in communion with our Heavenly Father. Fasting, coupled with mighty prayer, is powerful. (https://www.lds.org/topics/fasting-and-fast-offerings?lang=eng).

   Glen has also been working on getting his t shirt business going; the website that he's found to process orders should make shipping fast and there are some really awesome designs. There are a lot on there that I would really like. Take a look at his website: http://shirtsjustforyou.spreadshirt.com/. He's also the first counselor in the young men's presidency and while he's still learning exactly what all it is that he's supposed to be doing but he's enjoying getting to know the young men. Our ward has a good group of boys.

   I have been up to my eyeballs in school. It's toward the end of spring break week and I'd love to be in the movie ground hog's day so I don't have to go back to school. It's really reading intensive and a lot of the reading is repetitive so it's really hard to feel motivated to actually focus on the reading. But there aren't a whole lot of assignments that go into the final grades so every little thing counts. Which makes me feel like I am getting my butt kicked, which is a terrible feeling when you're a perfectionist like I am. Four out of the five classes I am taking have major projects so I am hoping that the effort that I put into those projects helps compensate for the lack of focus that happens sometimes when I am reading endless pages of textbooks. I am starting to lose steam and in general just getting tired o being in school; unfortunately I am not going to get much of a break between now and graduation in May 2016. It seems like so far away and like it's just receding as I get closer. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for the opportunity to get a higher education I just wish it could have been completed before now. I do really like that I actually get to be in elementary school classrooms and I am learning a lot. I really enjoy it! It reminds me why I am incessantly reading textbooks and what the end result is. That's what matters.

   Glen and I have come up with the saying "do what we need to get what we want." It seems to be the theme for the bigger part of our lives lately.  I think we're both looking forward to Glen having a job and my graduation. UTA will be lucky if we both don't dance across the stage when they call my name.