home again home again (jiggity jig)
My husband and I, surviving through all of the photos.
We made it home, after an amazing time in Barbados which, after the wedding and hanging out with people, it did not take long to realize that we planned a REALLY long vacation/honeymoon.
We’re homebodies. For us to be away from the house for 9 days. . .with limited internet access. . . was interesting to say the least. I read 3 books. Rob read 2. We went to the beach a LOT. We ate food. We saved a crab from our private plunge pool and we tried to catch a teeny frog.
Anyway, we’re home now, and there’s much to be excited about! The lower level of our house is mostly complete! We had the carpet installed yesterday, and last night Rob set up his amazing 7.2 speaker/home theater system. We inaugurated the event by watching The Dark Knight, and it was awesome! So much better than going to the movies, on so many levels. (I can have a blanket if I get too cold, our seats recline fully, there are no annoying people getting up or talking through the show, and if we wanted. . .we could watch movies naked! WIN!)
I love our new set up, but it has become obvious, as I knew it would, that there is no place in the house (not even my room) where I can “escape to” if Rob feels like listening to music really loud on his system. Which he frequently does when he’s got a system worth blasting. Which is DEFINITELY the case now.
I’ll be starting school in September, (and I just saved like $400 on books! WORD! Thanks Ebay!) and school means homework and studying. Now I’m not saying that Rob is so unsympathetic as to blast music when I have to study. If I ever asked him, he would undoubtedly turn his music down. My problem is, I look at it like this: Why should Rob have to turn down his music when he wants to listen to it loudly just because I have to study? I think I might be spending some time at the library this semester. Also, I’m pretty sure I need to get a more traditional “job”.
I’m really not happy about the job situation, but it comes down to this. Weddings, even ones that are planned with every best intention to be as cheap as possible, are expensive. My bills still come in every month, I owe people money for some of the wedding planning, and I need a steady source of capital to pay it back.
I wonder what kind of job I can get with my school schedule that will be worth doing. I have at least two days of the week where I have class in the morning, and then the other days I have class at night. So I can’t get a full time day job, or a full time night job either. Which brings me to part time, which also makes me sad. Most part time jobs don’t pay very much. :/
While in Barbados, all of the boredom free time gave me a chance to stop and sort of take stock in my life, my current situation, and things of that nature. And what I found was sort of worrisome. I’m not sure if computing is still a field I want to work in. I mean, I still have interests in programming and such, but the more I think about the likelihood of me finding a job in a related field that I’ll enjoy and that pays me what I want to be paid. . .I dunno. I mean, that was part of my whole reasoning for going back to school, was to try and get into a field I enjoy and to make more money than a secretary’s salary. I haven’t made any life changing decisions, I’m going to continue going to school, but I am thinking about it now, with a mind open to how well I adjust to my upcoming classes. I don’t know, we’ll see. I miss doing crafty things. :[
I also really want to write. I’ve been watching episodes of The Vlog Brothers on YouTube, and with all the talk about John Green’s book Paper Towns (I know I haven’t caught up yet), and having read 3 books in the past week, I really want to try writing a book. I already had plans to actually participate in NaNoWriMo this year. But something else in me wants to write a book NOW, not wait until November. The obvious problem with this urge is of course, the lack of book idea. Hopefully I can come up with something and start writing.
I also have a slight urge to start up a YouTube channel. I’ve had a really fun idea for a few years now, and I think that I could turn it into something awesome. . .if I get motivated enough to actually do it.
And that’s all for my rambling update for now. I have not been knitting. A fact that I hope to remedy soon.