Day to day life here is pretty routine for us now. We wake up in the mornings together and try to exercise for a half hour 5 times a week. This usually consists of running around the lake or different routes we've found, or running from the park to the dock at the lake and in-between doing some form of arm or ab work out. Tyler claims I learn too much from my Jillian Michaels workout DVD's...:) I have never really liked working out, mostly running, with anyone else besides myself, but I've come to realize I really enjoy running with my husband. It's something I look forward to each morning. Even if I'm the one pulling him out of bed in the morning, he's the one that pushes me to go faster. I may be able to run farther, but he can sure run faster.
Once we're back, Tyler heads in to shower and get ready while I make breakfast for him and Blake. He then manages to eat and read his scriptures and then it's out the door to head to morning meetings. While he's at his meeting, I clean up breakfast and pack the guys' their lunches for the day. Then once they're back, Tyler and I get about 10 more minutes to say our family prayer and it's back out the door to head out to sale. This is where my day begins. Of what you might ask? Well....lots of hanging out at the pool, cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, exercising, reading, watching shows on my laptop, painting my nails and toes..typical girl/wife duties, right? I would love to throw some crafting into the mix but I sent all my craft stuff back home realizing that if I made anything it wouldn't be able to come back home with me considering we wouldn't have any room in the car. I usually try and go finish working out once Ty is out the door. Then it's a toss up of what the rest of the day will bring.
Luckily, my good friend Camille has a car so she tends to be my taxi driver when I need to run to the store or when the both of us need to get out and about for something to do. Not gonna lie, I do get pretty bored sometimes. But I'm managing to find things to keep me busy :) The original plan for me was to get a Zumba job since there was a gym in Colorado Springs within walking distance, but now being here in Minnesota things changed. There's not a gym close enough to try and get a job or even a subbing job at and not to mention we don't exactly know how long we're going to be here.
The original plan was to go back to CO this weekend actually, but plans changed and it looks like we're gonna be here a bit longer. But with the way things have been going, who knows how long that'll be. So, instead, I'm left with being a house wife :) I don't mind, I find little things to do every day that make it fun. Like leaving notes in Tyler's lunches (every day), making yummy treats to try, and having dinner hot and ready by the time the guys come in after dark. For now, I'm keeping myself busy and I just ordered 2 new books that I'm looking forward to reading and with catching up on all this blogging, I have a couple days to keep me busy. Then it'll be onto something new to find!
Once Tyler gets home it's anywhere from 9-10 at night and there's only so little time before bedtime again. We eat dinner, I put his sales into the company website while he showers, and then we somehow manage to find time to keep caught up on our Bachelorette every week. We always look forward to the weekend! Once Saturday night rolls around that means dinner out on the town (the one night I don't have to cook, yuppy!) and all of Sunday to spend together. The team usually always goes out to eat on Saturday night at some yummy place and then it's church and just relaxing most Sundays.
With Sunday being Tyler's only day off, it's the only time we have to fit anything fun or big into the schedule. Including the Mall of America, visiting Uptown, swimming at the pool, slack-lining with the gang, watching movies, and much more. With not really belonging to a ward, we ward hop..a lot..depending on what we have planned for the day we either go to 9 o'clock church or 11. We're known as the couple in the team that will always try to make it to some sort of meeting on Sunday. Not gonna lie though, it can be pretty hard when it's the ONE day a week that we only have together. However, it makes our weeks much better when we are able to start it off the right way and keep our testimonies strong.
After all, the Lord is the one who made it possible for us to be here this summer. I'm definitely grateful for the gospel in our lives and the guidance it provides us with. Not to mention, it surrounds us no matter where we go. There's been some harder days than others and I'm sure there's more to come, but with the Lord on our side, I know He'll make it possible to see through to the brighter side and keep pressing forward.
Tyler has been my rock out here! When I've had a long, hard day whether it's from being bored and going crazy with nothing to do, missing our families, or simply just because life is hard, he comes home to a grumpy or sad wife after selling in the streets all day long, and somehow he still manages to turn things around and put a smile upon my face and make me realize why we're out here doing this. He has an optimistic mind and it's something I try to strive for more each day to be like him. Don't worry, he's also had his share of hard days as well. I'll get random phone calls throughout the day when he feels like he can't sale another door or walk another street without getting yelled at and making it through. There's been mornings when he really just doesn't want to go out and sale another day, but I'm trying my best to be his rock as well. I mean, we are in this together so we both have to be strong when the other is struggling.
We've both lived away from home, away from our families..him on his mission, me while I nannied...and they were both growing experiences for both of us in similar and different aspects. But nothing is like being married and living away from your families. You learn that all you have is each other to really come home to and rely on for support. Only the 2 of you are close enough to depend upon in times of trial and heartache, as well as in joy and happy times.
Summer sales has definitely made me and Tyler grow and strengthen our marriage in ways we never would have experienced otherwise. I'm grateful for the trials and the obstacles we've been able to face and come out of together. I know we only have more ahead of us, but that also means many more good ones and adventures ahead of us as well. We are really close to both of our families and miss them like crazy but we know we're out here for a reason and having the experience of a lifetime. I can say we're both extremely grateful for the love and support of our families and we hope they know how much we love and miss them this summer!
We're also incredibly grateful for the group of people we're out here with. Being all married couples (or soon to be married like our roommate) we're all sort of going through this together and being each others "temporary, summer-sales family." We've had a bunch of laughs and good times and look forward to the next half of the summer to go!
Now, since I've covered the basics and our day to day life (making a not intended long journal entry), it's time to get into the fun stuff that we've done and actually show some pictures! So stay tuned.......
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