last day of freedom

this is it.

today is my last day of freedom.

i know, some of you might say my last day of freedom was May 30, the day before i married Nick, but, with all due respect, you would be wrong. my last day of freedom is today. it has been a good run though. this whole housewife thing is fun...cooking, organizing, cleaning, organizing, cleaning, cooking. i could get used to it. my ocd tendencies lend themselves to the cooking, cleaning and organizing thing. but, truth be told, i am BORED!!! it is crazy. i think i have alphabetized and color-coded everything in the house, and, even with 100+ DiSH Network channels, there is NOTHING on tv. indoors, i have resorted to coloring pages and reading books. not such bad past times. outside, the number of mosquitos in Lindsborg, Kan., is easily 1000 times the population. between that, the number of environmental allergies i have, and the heat, the outside holds little appeal. so i am thankful for my shiny, new 40-hour a week, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., job. i think it will be the perfect combination of completely challenging, and completely not-so much. i will be a scheduler at a pediatric home health care provider. i will work 25-minutes away in Salina. and although i am not looking forward to the drive every day (especially with winter lurking around the corner), the office is near downtown, and downtown Salina is pretty cool. 'full of culture, and food, and fun stuff to do, so there is an upside. three other women work in the office, which is one branch of, I think, a dozen or so in a tri-state area. it should be fun.

in the meantime, i still have frames that await photographs, and a camera (with charged batteries) ready to capture the picturesque town known as Little Sweden. those pics and pics of our home will be posted shortly (like in the next month or so). i am also planning to take a Spanish class and maybe even guitar lessons. it is a lot to look forward to.

i would say football starts Aug. 24, but i am learning that football doesn't really end. instead, i will say players report on Aug. 24, and the Swedes first game is on Sept 13 at home on the new turf field against McPherson. i am totally looking forward to the season. i love seeing Nick in his element. he is just so at home on the field. it fills me with love and joy and pride to watch him do his thing.

anyway, wish me luck.