Life at our house has been out of control since we got back from Christmas. On top of it being busy season for me at work, which consists of long hours days, 6 days a week, we also have Nate trying to finish up his PhD. So the tension and stress is running full force! And on top of the craziness, we had to move out of our house a month ago and luckily found a nice apartment to sublease for our last 6 months here. We've come to learn that this move was the best wake up call for us... moving out of a huge 4 bedroom house into a 2 bedroom apartment opened our eyes as to how much CRAP we have accumulated over the years. We have honestly given Goodwill so much stuff that it just makes me sick; what a waste of $$$$$! But we will be living in a cardboard box in San Diego I'm sure, so we definately had to downsize!! I have really enjoyed this apartment though... fast to clean, no stairs to drag laundry up and down and Bladen can play in his room without dragging all his toys into the living room since we are all right here. Now if Nate's advisor would just let us go! He is holding onto Nate tightly and is having a hard time letting him go. We still don't know when we will be leaving here or a what Nate absolutely has to do before we leave, so that has been very very very very very stressful for us since our lives are on hold until he says go!
I have not taken hardly any pictures since Christmas but I did sneak up on Bladen the other night after work while he was outback looking at all the birds with his homemade binoculars he made at school :)
And if you've never been to Illinois, you can tell from this picture that it is flatter than flat and there is nothing to see but at least in the summer there is corn and soy beans in all these fields.
