Not enough time...

Ok...so there never seems to be enough time in my day! Go figure huh? I've yet to get the internet working to full capacity. But, you take what you can get! Speaking of taking what you can get: this morning my car read -22 degrees on the way to work...and still dropping. Yes... that is a MINUS before the 22. It has been cold and looks like it will continue to get colder as the week goes on. There is SUNSHINE! That's always the perk with extremely cold weather...sun!

We continue to slowly sort through stuff. Uncovering things we didn't realize we kept, yet not able to track down things we are really looking for...like my SLIPPERS. We will get there. We made a quick trip to Minneapolis on Saturday. We are thankful we are closer to family so we can do more spontaneous trips like that. Steve's mom is watching Micah this week while Steve starts J-Term which goes through Wednesday. Next week my mom will come to watch Micah when Steve has another intensive course. We are praying we can have someone in place for Day Care by Feb. 2 when Steve starts full-time. We are hoping to only have Micah in day care about 20 hours a week. Steve will watch him the rest of the time until I come home from work. Then Steve will have the evenings and weekends to do his studies...and whatever time Micah decides to sleep in the afternoon. (If Micah decides to sleep!!)

Micah has been adjusting. I think it's been good for him to have Grandma here. Another face in the house is nice...I think he got used to having lots of people around and now that he's just with mom & dad it's an adjustment. We have found that he really...yes REALLY...likes Grandpa Powell's trains. In fact, he would stand by the basement door and moan until Grandpa would bring him downstairs. I think my mom might even re-learn how to run them to keep her little grandson happy! I'll try to post pictures one of these days!

I seem to be getting a little more comfortable in my job. The learning curve is VERY STEEP right now as I'm learning so many new things. Thankfully the woman who had the job before me has been AWESOME at directing me through emails. She probably wonders if she has ever left! Through all of this she has also become a dear friend. I often think how fun it would be if we could tag-team the position. The rest of the staff--including the president who I work for--have been great, understanding, and patient! I am very grateful for their flexibility and understanding.

Last night I braved the cold to go to the grocery store. It's the little things like that that are monumental. Trying to learn where things are, how the store operates, etc. I don't know as I've ever shopped at a grocery store that doesn't let you take the carts in the parking lot. They have some sort of drive up. Then the question...do you tip the people?? It was frigid and late...and I didn't know any better...so what do you do? I tipped! Hopefully it made the older man's night. Speaking of night...it's open 24 hours!! What will I do when I don't have to quick run to the grocery store before it closes at 9pm!?!

Well...thought I should let you know we haven't fallen off the face of the earth...or frozen into the tundra! More to come...hopefully soon :)