Friday

Well, it's Friday.  I am ready for the weekend but feeling a little sluggish today.  I have been unable to motivate and probably too wrapped up in the search for our perfect home.  We've put in five offers this week.  Five.  We probably won't hear anything for a month or more as all the homes we are looking at are short sales.  The beauty of a short sale is that nine times out of ten you get a really good deal, the downside is that you end up waiting for long periods of time to hear from the bank.  So we're waiting.  In the meantime I continue my search.  Sometimes I feel a little bit torn up about buying a house.  For one, we are buying in California and I am not sure our family is ready to settle here.  The prices are still high (even when you get a good deal) and we don't have seasons.  In order to get into a house we are looking in an area that will add 40 minutes onto Murry's commute.  Somedays none of these things seem like issues but other days they do.  Both Murry and I fip-flop a lot about this decision.  Also, I don't like the feeling that we are capitalizing on another's misfortune.  Homes are selling for cheap because the seller or bank wants to get out of them.  I don't know, perhaps there are a myriad of reasons we can get a deal and feel good about stimulating the economy but at times I feel sad for those who have lost their homes, jobs, livelihood.

On that note, I am so grateful for Murry's ability to get out of bed every morning and go to work.  He gets up at 5 so he can make it to the gym then work and not have exercise time take away from our time together.  He rarely complains.  He is even willing to sacrifice more of his time so that we can have our own place, which is really important to me.  I am still in love with him after three years of marriage.  (We celebrated our third anniversary on Tuesday.) 

Look at us!

Additionally, I am grateful for the consistent and steady nature of Murry's job.  Though his hours may vary and increase at times we are lucky to know that it is more likely for Murry to leave his job than for his job to leave us.  We have a lot more than a lot of people.

So Adorable.

I know the mood of this post is sort of somber but, if I start writing about Emron it's sure to change.  So.  My little boy is so dang cute.  He makes me laugh everyday.  This week I was stretching with my head to my knee and Emron crawls over and messes up my hair then starts laughing.  He took the dental floss out onto the balcony.  He piles blocks on his Leap Frog table the pushes them off with reckless abandon.  He tries to make me laugh and hams it up during feedings.  Oh, he is so sweet and of course, another thing I am so grateful for.

My Little Family.

Life is good.  I have two amazing guys in my life.  Good friends, supportive family.  Adventures ahead.  Nothing to complain about.  And when I start to complain I think of those who have it much worse than I.  We are lucky, even with our obstacles, we are lucky.  These are my thoughts for the week.  I hope everyone is well.

XOXO,

Aspen