The first week...

Rexburg has been really interesting so far! It's different being married here. I feel like all of my friends who are not married don't really want to be my friend anymore, and I am becoming better friends with those who are married. Just because we have more in common now or something. I am truly grateful to have friends again in any case! Today was our first day in our new ward, and let me tell you... it is different. Everyone is married, but you won't find a child over the age of 4 anywhere. It is a strange difference from the past year. Well, from any church experience I have had! I miss the little kids! I am sure that they have a sunbeam teacher already and enough people in the nursery, but I really would enjoy that. I don't know how long I can stay in the relief society. There are so many pregnant women I wanted to cry. I know that I should be happy for each of them for starting their family and fulfilling those duties of motherhood. But I am just so completely jealous. I know that my time will come, but I am not patient.

Elan has had tons of homework, and I am glad that I have a bit of time to help him out. He has been really stressed about all of his classes and the smallest things have been eating at him. It has been really hard for me because all week, he barely paid attention to me. I am sure that will change as the semester goes on, but for now, I am glad that I have my friends.

It seems like we have really awesome neighbors! One super awesome couple helped us find our way to church today and were really nice! I am super grateful for them! I have a good feeling that we will become good friends.

We were able to put up most of the decorations and things around the house, and they look awesome! Elan got me some framed wedding pictures for Christmas, and they look really good on our wall. Overall, I am really happy with everything in our apartment and around it!

On the job front, I have looked on Craigslist and Care.com because of Laura's sweet recomendation, and I applied to a couple different listings. It turns out that there are hundreds and hundreds of girls who had the same idea, and each person who responded to my email said that they have been overwhelmed with responses. But I do have an interview for a daycare next week. Boy, that would be my dream job! I just wish that I was in a place where half the women were NOT Child development majors. But anyway, we are in a pickle because of money and have eaten chili and baked potatos the last couple nights, with top ramen today! I think we will have some kind of stew and mashed potatos tonight. (Potatos are really cheap in Idaho.) Hopefully I will find a job soon because we can't live without money. We really regret the money decisions we made before we came back to school right about now.

But all is well, we will be living our lives righteously and no matter what happens, this is a temporary part of life in a temporary moment of eternity. We will survive and be happy.

To all who are reading, we love you and hope that all is well wherever you are!