Keep Believing Keep Pretending

Well we are back in Minnesota, and looking for places to live and jobs to do. We got back Monday afternoon and it has been kind of a whirlwind since then. Vermont is starting to feel like a dream, like I just blinked and the whole year happened. Without jobs and school for these few weeks, things are feeling exactly like they were two years ago. It feels like we haven't done anything or moved forward at all. But I keep reminding myself that I have earned two degrees in this time, and Jake worked an amazing job at Dartmouth and learned a skill he will use for the rest of his life, and we lived in Vermont for a year. I swear a lot of things happened and we have actually progressed in our lives, even though we may be living out of suitcases in my parents' basement again.

We could use some really mighty prayers for getting jobs. They worked for us in Vermont, so we will be enlisting the cavalry again. Just keep us in mind, if you would!

Jake will be starting school with a bang in a few weeks, and if I don't have a job by then, it's going to be quite a boring time for me. This will be my first break from school for the last several years, and I'm not sure how I'm going to fare. What if I'm not cut out for the working world? I suppose I could always just go back to school, but I really feel like I'm ready to work. There is a lot of change to be made out there, and I am ready to get going. Hopefully I can get a job quickly and use all this education I have! I know Jake is going to do great. I think he's a little nervous about all these chemistry and math classes, but he's a smarty-pants--he'll get the hang of it fast! And even if, on the off chance, it take him a little longer to get it, he's such a hard worker that he won't be satisfied until he really understands the material.

So here we are, back in Minnesota, just hanging out, playing some cards, and waiting for our lives to find us. If you find them first, please direct them this way.