"Working for a Living"

Have you heard the song, "Working for a Living" by Huey Lewis and the News? I was just thinking about Dustin and I, our life together, and how we always HAVE to work and this song came to mind. All we do is work! We don't work for fun, we work because we are living paycheck to paycheck. This isn't anything new, obviously, but I was just thinking about this and I hadn't blogged in a while so I thought I would share my thoughts.

I know this might make me sound baby hungry, and you know what? That could very well be correct, but I honestly cannot wait until I can be at home with my kiddo(s). It will be so nice to be able to take a vacation when I want to without having to think, "Well, if I stop working, our whole world will crash down and we won't be able to eat or pay rent."

I'm sure it won't be that much different once we have kids and Dustin has a real job (not to demean his job as a research assistant, but you know what I mean, a job not in college). We'll have kids to pay for and I've heard they are expensive. At least that's what my parents have told me since before I can remember. Something about owing them a few hundred thousand dollars, but still. Dustin will most likely have vacation time that he can use when we want to go visit family.

Here's the song for your listening pleasure. :) (Sorry about his performance. I have decided he's not a very good live performer for some reason.)



Well, now, for the good news! We are looking at plane tickets! We are planning on coming out for TWO weeks. 2! I am so stinking excited! I get to make up for not being home for Christmas!

I didn't think that it would be this hard to be away from family, seeing as I've been living out here for, what? Four years now? Crazy! Anyway, I didn't think that it would be hard. I even remember thinking to myself when I saw my sister-in-law start crying one Christmas when her parents called, "Why's she crying? It's not that big of a deal." (Sorry Erin!!!) But now, I completely understand! It's not that you're not there, well, partly, but it's that it's what you DO! You're supposed to be home for Christmas. That's when everyone else is home too. And when you get married you expect your mind set to change (at least I did) to what was now my new life and new traditions of not being home for Christmas, but it just doesn't work that way.

We will be coming home for the 4th of July and I am so STINKING excited to see my whole crazy, goofy, loving family! And it will be a good chance for my siblings to get to know my husband. :) Only a few of them have gotten to know him a little bit. I had to introduce Dustin to one of my brother's as my husband! I didn't think that would've ever happened, but they met at the wedding reception. Oh well! Can't change it now. It was just a little weird. I think mainly because it was the first I called Dustin my husband. :)

Anyway, that's it for my ramblings. I am going to try and post every Sunday. Don't hold me to that. I have said things like this in the past and I never hold to it. Maybe since I've told the world (not that that many people read this) I'll stick to it this time. Have a fantastic week and maybe you'll hear from us again next Sunday.