Archive for September, 2007

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Friday, September 28th, 2007

I know it’s been a while, but that’s just how much hell it is trying to move into a new house. We have all our stuff in the place, and it’s even better than I could have imagined. Sure, I had been in the model and the walkthroughs, but there is something about waking up [...]

Jena Thursday

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

As much as my pride would like for me not to admit it, there are greater things than my wife and me. As much as we have lamented to issues going down with our new house, with school and with everything else life can throw at anybody, today really showed us what we have to [...]

The House That’s Not A Home

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

We’re all packed up, living out of boxes and off McDonald’s drive thru, in eager anticipation of moving into our new home on Thursday. Only to get a call saying we might have to push it back, due to late submission of paperwork from our jobs. Just how tough is an employment verification to do? [...]

Moving On Up

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

So in less than a week, my wife and I anticipating receiving the keys to our new home. We went for a walk through of the newly constructed town home on Thursday, and smudges on the new paint couldn’t diminish our love for the first thing we have literally built together as husband and wife. [...]

Five Tips on Being A Graduate Student Spouse

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the brief period that has been my marriage, it’s that there’s three things that affect the way we look at things in our relationship. My way, her way, and school’s way. I now realize I can never underestimate just how tiring, frustrating, and nerve-racking it can be to [...]

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