Since I have not made a blog post for about three weeks, I'm sure you are wondering if we are still alive here in Washington. Alive and kicking.
Life has been pretty monotonous lately. Jeff is going strong in school and just had his midterms this week. He is super frustrated with it though as his new computer just went on the brink. Yes, you heard right, his NEW computer quit working and is in the shop. That makes it super hard to work on homework since 90% of it has to be done on the computer. He is spending a lot of time at school these days trying to get things done. He set a pretty high bar for himself last quarter and is trying to keep it up. Keep it up Jeff, only 2 1/2 quarters left!!!!!
Jess? Do I have a daughter named Jess? I think I remember there being a time when I had a daughter, but it's all so fuzzy these days. Wait! There is this one girl that keeps sleeping in the bedroom across the hall. That must be her. Between school, work, friends, boyfriend and work (Yes I meant to put that twice) we never really see Jess anymore. She has always been a goer with a full schedule. I think she does better that way. She doesn't like too much time on her hands or she gets restless. Last we checked though she was getting good grades, so as long as the grades stay in check I'm good.
So.... this leaves Aaron and I at home - alone - all of the time. It's super weird! I guess this is natures way of weening you off of your kids so that when they move out you don't really feel it much. You spend so much of your life wrapped up in your kids up to this point, that now we are wondering what to do with ourselves. I'm trying to come up with fun, inexpensive, dates for us to do on the weekends.
What we really need I think is more friends. We only have like 2 1/2. I feel sometimes like we wear out our welcome with the ones we have. Most of them still have kids at home so they are too busy. I get to the point where I just feel bad continuing to invite them to do things because I feel like I'm imposing, or nagging or something. So, we are looking into our options. Take a class? Join a v-ball league? Join a running group or training group? Just something fun to fill the time and where we can meet some more people. Ideas?
I guess the time is getting closer and closer to just move to Idaho/Utah to be closer to everyone. Even Teresa has a hard time doing things with us. I'm hoping it's just because she is busy with kids and not because she doesn't want to! But, she doesn't even want to come over for Thanksgiving, so I wonder ;o) ........
That's about it in Cheney land. We are definitely in a crossroads in life where there are a lot of changes in all of our lives. I think we are all just trying to figure it out and find our niches. Really, gone are the days that our whole family can be together. It's a very rare occasion, and we treasure it deeply when it happens.
Life has been pretty monotonous lately. Jeff is going strong in school and just had his midterms this week. He is super frustrated with it though as his new computer just went on the brink. Yes, you heard right, his NEW computer quit working and is in the shop. That makes it super hard to work on homework since 90% of it has to be done on the computer. He is spending a lot of time at school these days trying to get things done. He set a pretty high bar for himself last quarter and is trying to keep it up. Keep it up Jeff, only 2 1/2 quarters left!!!!!
Jess? Do I have a daughter named Jess? I think I remember there being a time when I had a daughter, but it's all so fuzzy these days. Wait! There is this one girl that keeps sleeping in the bedroom across the hall. That must be her. Between school, work, friends, boyfriend and work (Yes I meant to put that twice) we never really see Jess anymore. She has always been a goer with a full schedule. I think she does better that way. She doesn't like too much time on her hands or she gets restless. Last we checked though she was getting good grades, so as long as the grades stay in check I'm good.
So.... this leaves Aaron and I at home - alone - all of the time. It's super weird! I guess this is natures way of weening you off of your kids so that when they move out you don't really feel it much. You spend so much of your life wrapped up in your kids up to this point, that now we are wondering what to do with ourselves. I'm trying to come up with fun, inexpensive, dates for us to do on the weekends.
What we really need I think is more friends. We only have like 2 1/2. I feel sometimes like we wear out our welcome with the ones we have. Most of them still have kids at home so they are too busy. I get to the point where I just feel bad continuing to invite them to do things because I feel like I'm imposing, or nagging or something. So, we are looking into our options. Take a class? Join a v-ball league? Join a running group or training group? Just something fun to fill the time and where we can meet some more people. Ideas?
I guess the time is getting closer and closer to just move to Idaho/Utah to be closer to everyone. Even Teresa has a hard time doing things with us. I'm hoping it's just because she is busy with kids and not because she doesn't want to! But, she doesn't even want to come over for Thanksgiving, so I wonder ;o) ........
That's about it in Cheney land. We are definitely in a crossroads in life where there are a lot of changes in all of our lives. I think we are all just trying to figure it out and find our niches. Really, gone are the days that our whole family can be together. It's a very rare occasion, and we treasure it deeply when it happens.
