Life is beautiful

Tim: Tim now works a crazy schedule; it’s called the Panama schedule. Basically one week he works Monday and Tuesday, is off Wednesday and Thursday, then works Friday, Saturday and Sunday and that is the night shift. The following week he is off every day, but Wednesday and Thursday. He is doing well and is in the process of getting his school figured out. He still plans on starting classes soon. He has also been doing volunteer honor guard. When fallen soldiers come back to the United States, they come here first. There are protocols that are followed surrounding these brave people. Every couple of weeks Tim is on call. Two weeks ago was his first experience doing that. It would be too sad for me to do. But Tim serves honorably as always.

 Jessica: I finished the semester with a 4.0, I am quite proud. I am currently waiting to see if I am accepted into the social work program. I am currently working at a doctor’s office. I am glad to be working. Right now it is not so bad because school is out so my only focus is work.  I am nervous to see how working full time and school full time will work out. I’ll get a trial run this summer. I am going to be working and taking one class at night. Not the same as full time, but I suppose we will see.

 

Really life is great. There is nothing that we could ask for.

Update on the East Coast Jarman's

Tim: He is doing extremely well. He is one of the hardest worker’s I know and the people at work say the same. He is usually the one asked to help with things that are broken because he is smart and efficient. He rarely complains and gets along with most people. As of now he plans on starting back to school this summer. I believe he will be taking some math classes this summer, but I am not sure. He is pursuing a degree in physics. He continues to be the best friend and husband ever and I am continually thankful for him and all he does.


Jessica: Not much for me, I started back to school this semester. Currently I have a 4.0!! That’s pretty exciting. I am trying to get accepted in to the social work program. I am applying in May, so I won’t know until sometime over the summer. I also meet with my advisor sometime this semester to see how much longer until my degree is done. Fingers crossed that it’s only a year. That’s all that’s going on in our world.

When are we coming home? Many have asked when we are coming to visit. We feel so loved that we are missed so much. Originally I had started telling people that we might be making a trip home at the end of May. I began looking up airline tickets and we have since realized that unless prices drop dramatically we cannot come home then. Besides that we really need to try and save money and Tim’s leave time for the holidays, weddings and other really important events that we are going to try hard to be a part of. I know that is disappointing, but right now it’s the best we can do. Who knows there might a really good deal found and we may come sooner than expected. Know that we love and miss you all.



Jessica

Snow Days.

It is almost the end of March and still no spring weather here. The weather has been a blistering 50 degrees (rare) down to a balmy 30 (the weather has been varying in the high 30’s to mid-40’s). Basically we have a heat wave going on. Ha! But we have not had any more snow stick, we have had some flurries, but nothing like the snow we had at the end of January and the end of February

The beginning of the snow.

The product of those flurries, although it was still snowing some.

Tim woke me up when it first started snowing (I like snow, so I was really happy), but I was not ready to go outside, therefore I took a picture from inside.

Note the dog paw prints. Both seemed intrigued by this new substance and willing to play, however after they needed to be under blankets to get warm again.



More of the beginning snow.

Thankful things from January.....

This month I am Thankful For….

J  Snow!!!!

J  A New Couch.

J  The beginning of a new school year…nerd that I am.

J  A job.

J  Tim.

J  The dogs.

J  The fact that I have lost 25 pounds.

J  Heat and blankets when it is cold.

J  Television.

J  Crazy primary kids.

J  A washer and dryer.

J  Soda.

J  Books.

J  Tim being back on day shift instead of afternoons.

J  The fact that I have a sane husband who will not let me get every animal that I think I want: This week I requested a duck, cow, ostrich and monkey.

J  Phone calls to people I love.

J  Socks.

J  Visiting teachers.

J  Cookies.

J  Our old car being fixed (again) for a cheap price.

J  Sushi as my birthday lunch.

 

 

January has been my favorite month for a while.  It’s the start of a new semester, the start of a new year, sometimes it snows and most importantly it’s my birth month!! However this January has to be one of my favorites because my Christmas present from Tim arrived last week and I love it!

I love, love, love the middle piece!

Chauncey appears happy.

December

December for us has been pleasant. Nothing extraordinary happened on our side of the US, but nothing bad happened either, so we a loving the happy middle. Tim continues to do well at his job. I continue to be a stay at home wife (for the record I have a new found serious amount of respect for stay at home mothers/wives). I begin school again in January (thankfully I am almost done); I am also continuing to look for a part time job with no luck. I am not sure why I have not found a job, if it’s that I will be in school or that I do not want to work Sundays or they feel I am overqualified to work there. Maybe a little bit of all or maybe none, who knows? I am grateful to not have to stress too much about not having a job and husband who says not to worry.

I missed everybody back home this year, especially all my nieces and nephews. I loved the calls that I got from family, the Christmas cards, emails and presents. Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts, you were all in ours as well.

Our Christmas was quiet. Tim had to work, but after he got off work we went to a friend’s house and had Christmas dinner. I made sweet potato casserole for the first time and it was really good. We already gave our gifts to each other weeks ago. Tim got a new television for the living room and I got a new couch that will be arriving Wednesday. We got wonderful gifts from Mom J (a blanket and a movie: both were really appreciated, it’s cold here) and Iris and Tim sent us a game (Qwirkle is the best game ever, but I have still yet to beat Tim at it) and a book about a physicist except it’s written like a comic book.

Our calling at church remains fun. Our kids have a lot of personality and were excited about Christmas last week. Hopefully they are a little calmer this week. We are enjoying being in primary together. On Sunday both Tim and I have talks to give. Neither one of us has written them yet. I was not given a topic and inspiration has yet to strike on what I should write about.

Tomorrow we are going with our friends and their son to Washington, D.C. and we are excited. We have never been before. Hopefully I get lots of pictures. I am sure it will be fun.

Love,

Jessica

Dogs

I know that Tim secretly loves the dogs.

 

Or maybe it’s not so secret.

How can Chauncey sit like that without breaking her back?

Poor Dwight he is always so tired.

Love that face, he looks so wise.

I love my dogs.