It's All About Perspective

I'm seriously looking forward to the day that we can look back on all of this & laugh. Everyone keeps telling me that the day will come. I'm starting to think they're lying ;) But seriously, I know that it will, so I'm trying my hardest when we have bad days to remember that it's really not all that bad. Yesterday was a bad day. Most days I can handle it all pretty well but yesterday the "ugly cries" took over. I couldn't help the tears from flowing. And it was over something stupid too! We went to our friend's house to do laundry & had to dig through some boxes to find some things we needed (in one of the many places our things are being stored). Two simple things I needed: my makeup & Natalie's swimming suit. Both items I packed away thinking that I would be back in my home LONG before I'd need them. And we dug through our stuff for over an hour & they were nowhere to be found. I just started bawling about the goddamn trainwreck that our life has become. Such simple things I want that I can't have, like my own belongings back & a home to put them in. So again I have to pay money to replace things I already own because I simply can't get to them.

And I listen to my friends complain about how their life is turned upside down because of how dreadful (insert trivial problem here) is, or how the world has ended because of blah blah blah & I just want to scream You people have no friggin' clue!!! But then I take a step back & remember that not too long ago I would be devastated at such trivial things because that's all I knew. And I go to work & I'm constantly reminded that my problems are nothing compared to these sick kids, and I can't tell you guys how grateful I am that God is constantly reminding me of that. I'm constantly remembering that we are so incredibly blessed and that even though our life is a great big challenge right now, we are all healthy & fine & we'll get through it all with flying colors. That's all that matters. So I'm taking a deep breath & putting one foot in front of the other & moving forward. We. Can. Do this.

So: updates. FINALLY got a part in that we were missing, so things will finally start to pick up the pace with our house in KS starting tomorrow. I'll post some progress pictures soon. Hopefully that will get completed soon so that we can get inspections done, then start putting walls back up & get home. Or, ya know, run far far away & start a whole different project in another state! lol (God, we're insane! He he!)
Had my phone interview on Thursday & it went incredibly well. I guess I look really good on paper, so that helps! lol We're going on vacation here soon & plan to be back in VT the second week of August, so we're trying to coordinate a formal interview then. Fingers crossed! While we're there, we'll officially close on the house too, so I'll post some pictures of that too once it's all officially ours. (Fair warning though, it needs A LOT of love! lol)
So that's all I've got for now. Hope you all have a lovely weekend!