Hello, June

So, we've lived in Sacramento for a full month now.  We love our place so much, it is quickly becoming a dear home to us.  We've been able to have people over several times in the last month, and it's not weird because we have a door on the bathroom!  hehe.

And we like living in Sac.  I really am a city person... maybe not a downtown city person, but I enjoy living on concrete and visiting the busy areas.  I looked up a bunch of fun "touristy" things to do in Sac because I want to experience the city I live in: museums and parks and festivals, mostly.  And of course, most all of it costs money, so we'll just add it to the imaginary list of things to do later when we have a magical amount of money!  I think for a city, though, Sacramento is very pretty.  It is, after all, the "City of Trees" (turns out I'm very allergic to trees).

The fact that it's June is a little scary on the job front.  We had expected Corey to get a job much faster once we lived here, and so far no good.  Hopefully the more he sends out resumes, the higher the chances of somebody realizing his potential?  We are just reminded every day that Jesus has a plan, and the need for prayer.  We are hoping to make friends and connections at the new church we've been trying.

There is hope for me to return to full time in the next couple weeks, hopefully sooner than later.  As soon as it gets hot for a couple days, all the commercial stores we deal with will have air conditioning problems and we will have work.  More work = more money = Crystal can work full time!  Yay!

This last long weekend was a lot of fun, we got to hang out with a lot of people!  (and I like hanging out with people... I'm a bit of an extrovert)  The weekend included Turtle, friends from Masters (Majesty!), and the Hunt family we hadn't seen in a while.  Kaden (my almost 2 year old nephew) is getting cuter every day.  Last night he figured out how to say Corey's name!  It sounds a little like "krowee" and every time he said it the whole family burst into happy noises.  I am a little jealous, not gonna lie, but apparently Crystal is a lot harder to say than Corey.  I think he sort of said my name once, and it came out "Co-Co."  I would not mind being Auntie Coco.  I like chocolate.

Living with such little money is a wonderful learning experience about what we really need in life.  True, better furniture and clothes that fit would be nice, but we don't need them.  I have struggled with this idea my whole life.  Not growing up with a lot of money gave me a sort of defiant attitude, telling myself that I would not grow up to be "poor" and that there are things in life that are necessities because everyone else treats them as necessary.  Of course, ironically, you can't follow your dreams and be rich at the same time if you want a life of music and a husband who isn't a doctor. :)  So here I am, with less money then I've ever had in my life, and still very happy!  Thanks to Jesus of course, who saved me from the materialistic wasteland of LA, jobs in retail, and a depraved and selfish mind (still a work in progress).

I'm so excited for summer... especially strawberries and peaches.  Apparently fruit dictates a good portion of my body's happiness.  :P