It is overwhelmingly evident that our society is getting more ill mannered as the days past, but is this something we should come to expect from our families as well. (I most certainly would hope not!) Nick was asked to help one of his family members move this weekend. This seems to be somewhat of a common request for him because he has a great attitude, willingness to work, and he's strong. However, when I heard about this particular situation it made be quite perturbed!

He left the house this morning around 8. When he met with some other family members who were going to help move (the son and husband) they both split. The husband went to a nephews football game and the son went to play a pick up basketball game. So here you have it. Nick and the female family member. When I asked Nick a more polite version of WTF?! He said it was okay because the son would be back after basketball and it really wasn't that bad. He was heading to their new house to drop off boxes. Then, I came to my second annoyance. If you ask someone to help it is just that HELP! It is not their responsibility to take your shit and do it themselves. When I inquired about this he said "she can't really lift the boxes anyway." Well, there is a good excuse.

Call me crazy but I think this is totally dumb and extremely rude! Once I heard he was the only one helping I asked if he'd like me to come down but he turned down the offer.

Why does it so often seem when things are slowing down in life we throw ourself back into another project? We never allow ourselves to take a break, even though we always swear we are going to "slow down." I feel like every weekend from now until eternity is booked and the weeks aren't much better. On Tuesdays I have class from 5-10:20 p.m. (after working 8-4:30). I try to keep Wednesdays open but something usually comes up and Thursdays I have a piano class (just recently pick this up, it is a Christmas class).

I feel bad because I feel like I don't spend enough time at home. I know I don't spend enough time with Nick and definitely don't spend enough time with the dog. I just keep thinking life will slow itself down, but if I was being completely honest with myself I would know life is only going to get busier until the new year is over (due to the holidays).

Things to look forward to:
Thanksgiving week! (only 3 days of work)
First week in December = Branson
It isn't planned yet but a COOKIE day with CK
CHRISTMAS!!

It has been quite a while since I have blogged last so I thought I would drop a line.

Most of my time lately has been spent (besides working of course) with the new pup (whom I have a love/hate relationship), going to school, reading my text book (should be books but I haven't read any of my development book this semester), and tennis.

Our pup will be 2 weeks old (to us) on Thursday. She is 6 months old. She is not potty trained and likes to pee on my carpet. She is crate trained so sadly that is where she has to stay during the day while we are at work. She likes to eat socks and underwear even though she has a plethora of other toys to play with. We are currently working on training her not to jump on people. She gets very excited when we let her out of her crate (as anyone would if they were stuck in a crate for 8 hours!).

School is only on Tuesday nights but it makes for a very long day. Work from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. then straight to school until 10:20 p.m. I usually get home around 11 p.m. By Thursday I am completely exhausted.

I started my USTA league last week. I played doubles and unfortunately didn't win but it was my first match, had never played with this partner and this week I get a crack at singles! The only bad thing about the leagues is out practices are Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. Ug! What was I thinking?!

Other than that the normal family stuff is keeping us busy and I tried out the vocal team at church. Call backs are next Monday. I am excited but conflicted about it. I have never been able to give myself completely to God because I am so stubborn. I was to do what I want to do. This causes conflict for me because I don't want to be a hypocrite. I definitely want to practice what I preach. So, I have some working to do...