So Frustrated

I have been having a hard time lately living with the in-laws. They are great people and are so wonderful for letting us live with them rent free. I always have a babysitter when I need one but it is still hard. Matt has a car we are paying off so it is impossible for us to afford an apartment right now. I think I am going to go crazy. Just as wishful thinking, I have been looking around for apartments/town homes to rent or buy. I was looking on KSL.com and found a great deal. It is a 2 bedroom 2 bath town home in American Fork for 68,000. Something we could really afford with the help of my parents. They told Matt and I they would help us buy our first place just like they did with my brother. So I called my mom and talked to her about it and she agreed it was a great deal but they could not fork over the money right now. She said if we could wait till the end of September or beginning of October they would have the cash. This is such a great deal and I just do not want to pass it up. Me and patience are not the best of friends.

"Paul declared to the Hebrews, “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”"

I know I need to have patience but it seems as though everyone else is being blessed and we are stuck. Stuck in a rut and can not get out. Sometimes I just wish life was not so hard.

Now I am trying to find a job and see if we can make something work. I have applied at a few places and now I am just waiting to hear back. The hardest thing is I will have to put Little Matt in daycare or find a babysitter. They are so expensive these days and I always told myself I would never put my child into daycare. I guess when you are poor you just have to do what you have to do.

Road Trips

It feels like Matt and I would never get to take a road trip together this summer. We have done a lot together but nothing that lasted more than one night. For our anniversary we are going to the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake City. It looks like it will be a great get away because the rooms are themed. It is not just another hotel but every room is different. We are going to stay in the Enchanted Forest room.

In September we are going to Moab with my parents and some of their friends. We are having a couples trip and I am sure we are the youngest couple going. My dad is bringing 4-wheelers and a off road vehicle called a Joiner. I have only been to Moab once when I was in high school and we did not have anything but bicycles.

After that trip Matt and I are going to Arizona with some friends of ours. We are going to stay in my parents condo and hopefully take out the jet skis. If not that then we will take the jeep out and just have a good time. My Parents bought this place in Lake Havasu about a year ago and we have only been able to go down once. So this will be a nice chance to go when the weather is still nice.

School Stress

This year is going to be the most stressful year of my school career. I have one class to take to graduate and I am not sure if I can even get into the class. I have to take the math placement again and pass it to make it into 1050. I am only two questions away from passing. I want to graduate but I have such a hard time with math. If I can just get this out of the way I will be on my way to a real career.

It scares me to think I will have to be a real person and get a real job but I think I am ready for it. I really want a job in sports so if anyone has a connection to a university looking for people I can always use a job. I eventually want to work for a professional sports team or a D1 school. Staying around Utah would be ideal but I am willing to go anywhere at this point.

Embarrassing

I just had to tell everyone about my shopping trip today. I decided to check out the Win Co Foods in Orem because I have heard it is cheaper than Walmart. Yes I am cheap. So I shopped and found some really good deals on baby food and cereal. I probably had 50 or 60 dollars worth of food in my cart when I went to the check out. The cashier just finished ringing me up so, I swiped my credit card and the machine said, "debit or check". I was very confused but I asked the cashier if they took credit cards. And to my surprise they do not. Of course I do not have a debit or check with me. It was pretty embarrassing having gotten all that stuff just to leave it with the cashier. They said they would hold it for me but I decided it would be easier to just go to Harmon's. Win Co really is cheaper but almost not worth the drive to Orem.

I Love Summer

I love summer and being outside!!! I also love being in the water even if there is no boat involved. My friend Melanie called me the other day and asked me if I wanted to go float the Provo River with her and her husband. Of course I did but what I did not know was how cold the water was going to be. The one day in the summer when the temperature was below 80. If it is scorching hot the water does not seem as bad but when the wind is blowing and it is only 75 degrees, floating the river is just not as fun. It took us about 45 minutes to get down the river and at first it kinda sucked but once we became numb it was fun.

We celebrated the 4th of July the same night by having a fmaily barbecue and watching the Stadium of Fire at BYU. It was a disappointment because the show was not as long or as exciting as years past.On the real 4th we decided to go to the ranch with some mission friends. We left Sunday night after church and had a nice dinner. We ate elk steaks with potato salad and beans. Matt makes amazing steaks! We had a nice little camp fire and roasted marshmallows and ate dutch oven peach cobbler. The next morning we shot guns and played around on the four-wheelers. No one got hurt thank gooodness.

Family ride.Brent Call and girlfriend Ashley

Nate MartinKelly BarcusMatthew G. getting ready for the guns.

In the end we had a great 4th of July. We are so grateful to live in a free country and are thankful for those serving in the armed forces.