21, Steak, and Not Wasting Time

So, I turned 21 on Monday..
I was able to go out for coffee with my friend Ashley, which was much needed. The talking, prayer, and hanging out that is.. Well, the coffee too :) Later, Carson's sister and grandma dropped by the apartment and brought me a card and gift, which was very sweet. On Sunday my brother-in-law and his fiance and my friend Laura brought me a card and some delicious chocolate chip cookies! Last night Carson's dad brought me a card, and today there was a card left at our apartment for me from my new friend Camie and her husband Steve! Between all of these cards, the cards I WILL recieve soon ;), the time people have spent with me, and the facebook and text birthday wishes.....I feel LOVED!

Monday evening Carson and I got ready and went to Logan's for a birthday dinner! Of course, I got steak :) We came back home and had a relaxing evening of football and Camp Rock 2 (which he got me for my birthday! along with a pair of black boots that I love!)

I don't feel any older, and actually to begin with I didn't feel old enough to be 2o, married, living on my own, and doing my own grocery shopping and whatnot. It's so crazy how quickly things go by.. I was just looking at pictures on my facebook, and it seems like literally last week that I was driving to my host home with Biffy and Kelli. That was over 3.5 months ago. How has almost 4.5 months already gone by since my wedding day? (and yes, I had to look at a calendar...!)

The more and more I realize how fast life goes by, the more and more of a desire do I have to not waste it. This is the case in so many different areas of my life..

-I don't want to waste time when I have homework to be done and I come home to an empty house for the next few hours.

-I don't want to waste time nit picking at things and ruin the time that I do get with Carson.

-I don't want to waste time sleeping when I know good and well that I need to get out of bed and spend time with my Creator.

-I don't want to waste the time that I have to be a follower and an example of Christ to those around me.

I want the here and now... my today... my LIFE... to be lived for His Glory... NOT WASTED!

Home Sweet Home

Well, it's been two weeks or so since i've updated! I think that I had pretty good reason to slack, however, I'm glad to be catching up now!

Sunday, August 29th, Carson and I were able to move in to our apartment! Carson's dad, a couple of his friends, one of my friends, and his brother and our future sister-in-law came to help! We unloaded our stuff from his parents' house and then drove the 3 miles to our apartment and unloaded the same stuff into the apartment. While the guys carried everything in, Ashley, Laura and I began putting things away! After a few hours we had everything moved in, set up, put together, and organized!



That night, in order to begin getting the use out of Carson's huge TV and all the work that the 3 strong men and my extremely strong husband did to get it up our flight of stairs, we had a couple of our friends over to watch a movie. Carson made me stop organizing and cleaning and take a break and relax! BUT, I picked up where I left off first thing the next morning! After the cleaning and organizing was finished, I went grocery shopping, and then FINALLY felt that it was time to sit back and enjoy our space :)




The next weekend we had our first house-guests! Justin and 4 other friends from Life Action came to visit Carson and I. They pulled in late afternoon on Saturday night and left Sunday afternoon. The 3 girls (Biffy, Bekah, and Candace) stayed at Carson's parents' house and Justin and his friend Jason stayed with us. After movies, pizza, BCD, Phase 10, church, Sunday lunch with amazing garlic bread (that I made :)) we were sad to see them go... But we definately had an amazing time and I was very thankful to get to see my brother before he hit the road!

School has been going great, and i'm continuing to learn SO MUCH. We have now completed 5 weeks of our in-class essentials. In 5 more weeks we will be hitting the floor and providing services for real-live people! Scary! And exciting! I've been making good grades which I am very proud of and happy that i've found something that I love to learn and do!

Carson's school and work has been going good too! He's also been making really good grades, and apart from the parking scenario at the community college and the mile walk to class, he enjoys it a lot! :)

Cars and I have been growing closer and closer each and every day! It's been amazing to see God take proud selfish people and change us slowly into humble self-less spouses. I am learning to be content with the time that we do get to spend together and to not waste it demanding things from him -- to lay aside my pride and just enjoy time with Carson! We're nowhere NEAR perfect, but I truly am thankful for the relationship we have and the friendship God has given us!