3 weeks down....12 weeks to go....

Yes, I'm measuring this time period based on Bobby's class. He has successfully made it through week 3 of grad school! Things are getting a little better around the house. We're both learning when to stop going. We're listening to our bodies and taking care of ourselves. I'm taking on more freelance work, so I've been a lot busier. Unfortunately, at my work, we have had to schedule ourselves 2 months out. So if I don't like my schedule for February, there's not much I can do except take some freelance work to change it up a bit!

Another exciting thing happened this week. After much discussion, I have decided to attend the CODA Conference in Colorado Springs, CO this year! It's in July and I'm SO excited to go! With traveling, I'll be out of work 5 1/2 days. I'm hoping my buddy Lauren will be in town so we can meet up at least once and hang out while I'm around! I thought about extending my stay and visiting with Lauren, but it really is a lot of time off that I can't take. Because it's a Wednesday night-Monday thing, I really only have to make up 2 days of work because I don't usually work Friday-Sunday. But the longer I stay, the more days I have to make up, which gets to be overwhelming. Plus we're going to New Jersey in May, so that's another 2-3 days I have to make up. Although I love that I get to make my scheudle and be flexible with it, I don't work full time, so I don't get PTO. It's a bummer, but it's just an accommodation I have to make.

So this weekend, we will be purchasing our plane tickets! Yes, it's 5 1/2 months ahead of time, but we really want to save on the cost, since we will be traveling and have to pay for flight, hotel and conference. I'm going with a few people from work so it'll be a really cool experience. And of course it'll be really hard to be away from Bobby for that long. The longest we've been apart since we've been married is 4 1/2 days when I went to Utah for Sorenson training. But it'll be SO worth it!

That's really all that is new in our lives! Feel free to leave comments about what's going on in yours!