2014 theme is...

(christmas 2013, salt lake city, ut.)

Happiness...

Yes, for my theme of 2014, I chose the word happiness.  I decided on happiness because if I was going to be openly honest with myself, I would have to say, that I have been fairly unhappy lately.  I'm just completely sick of it so, I'm choosing happiness.

It wont be easy, since I have pretty much forgotten how to be genuinely happy with myself and my surroundings.  Moving has played a huge part in that unhappiness.  Now, I realize that I can't change that aspect of my life but, I can decide to change how I feel about living in Iowa.

I also need to find a job that makes me happy.  I've been sitting around our house feeling very lonely and realized I need to get out.  Not as in outside out really, it's pretty terrible and you can get frost bite within 10-30 minutes.  Just out and about and get to know Iowa a little better.  I've lived here for over 6 months and only know where the library, mall, and church are located.  Sad story.

I'm turning 26 this year and I am done feeling this helpless about my life.  Marrying a medical student does have limitations on just about everything; spending any sort of, money, time, vacations, weekend dates,  etc... has become difficult or out of the question.  I just want to feel a little bit more control over my life right now.  So, that is what I hope this theme will facilitate.

And hopefully, this will transition my blog into something fun with happy memories to look back on, in a few years, when we are finally done with medical school.  Ah, saying it makes me feel like the end is so far away, but we have had most doctors tell us that they loved their medical school days.  I just really hope we can begin to love ours, even if we never ever have to go back and do it all over again.  

 So, you can all look forward to seeing more funny posts or silliness on this blog from me :)