The past couple weeks

Well, since last I wrote....not much has happened. Mike and I got to go out to eat with his parents for each of our 26th birthdays. It was a fun time and a much needed visit! Even though his parents live only about 25 minutes away, we still hardly are able to find enough time to see each other! They are so generous to take us out. Mike and I have been trying to stick to a budget, which means trying not to eat out as much. So it was a fun treat to get to go out with his parents. Other than that, I have been working very little, and trying to find my calling in life. I hope it's nursing and just a different area of nursing. If not, I'm in trouble. Mike has been working lots and has been very satisfied with his job right now. I'm so happy for him. He kinda got a good deal at work this past week because his project manager trainer guy got sick and has been in the hospital for almost a week. It's not a good thing that he was in the hospital, don't get me wrong, but he is all right, and Mike got a chance to prove himself by taking over his jobs for a couple days. Mike said they have been going well so hopefully this will show his bosses that he is ready to take on a bigger work load.
Mike and I also have been making a lot of progress on the house. I has to work this past weekend, which left Mike with a lot of free time. I came home to a freshly painted living room one day, and a new dining room light the next day. And he still had time to get in the football game. The next day, while Mike was at work, I got a lot done cleaning up after Mike from the weekend (haha) and then got started painting the dining room. Today I put the third coat of paint on the dining room wall (never pick red for a paint color) and realized that our cheap rollers have left bumpy fuzzes all over the wall. Guess we will need one more coat of paint, with a quality roller. While I painted, Mike worked on moving and putting a new kitchen fan up. We were so excited that he was able to get it wired correctly (without going through trying to figure out why it turns on only when the switch is off, or why when you turn the switch on the whole 1st floor power goes out---that was what he dealt with when he replaced our dining room light!) but then realized the fan we picked out puts our very little light in the kitchen. :(....not sure what we're going to do about that yet.
We are looking forward to time with family this coming week for Thanksgiving. We are lucky in that we will get to have TWO Thanksgiving meals and get to see BOTH sides of our family for the Holidays!