The Hardman's: Life As We Know It.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Life As We Know It.

I do want to be a better blogger, I do. I want to be a writer. I want a lot of things. In 7th grade, at Vandenberg Middle School, I was voted most likely to be a writer in my yearbook. This was courtesy of my peers. What did they know? Perhaps blogging is as close to being a writer that I will get in this life. Instead I enjoy reading other peoples words. Be it books, or blogs. As I read, I think, "I can do that, I want to do that!" Well, this is as far as I get.

Devin and I have been busy making decisions, and waiting on life. I feel like waiting is such a terrible, yucky word. When it comes down to it, all we do is wait. As a child I thought often, I can not wait to be a teenager. As a teenager, I was waiting for adult life. And so it goes. Now we are waiting on school to be done. To buy a house. To know where we are going to end up. There is a lot of waiting taking place. A lot of anxiety, and a lot of uncertainty.

Currently, we are getting ready to move to Salt Lake. We will be in a new city. Devin will be going to the University of Utah for Therapeutic Recreation.

Pros: We will have cheaper rent, utilities. Closer to Devin's family, closer to being done with school. Saving money to buy a house.

Cons: Leaving my friends in Provo. Leaving the city I am familiar with. Leaving my job. Leaving Carson's first house. Living with family, and not alone.

Thoughts: Where is life going to take us? I want answers, and I know that I can't have them. I am not sure where I am going to be working next year. That terrifies me. I will have a job. That is a definite blessing that I know many don't have. It makes me feel almost rotten for feeling so anxious. We aren't homeless, we have a comfortable lifestyle. I JUST WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING! :)

Carson is adorable. That helps with everything. I just know that with Heavenly Fathers help, we can never go wrong and will always make the right decisions for our family.

1 comment:

Nik and Dawna said...: Alicia...I just came across your blog on the Hellewell's blog and I must say Carson has the most gorgeous eyes I have ever seen! Gonna suck those girls right in!
Sorry to hear you two are sick though. No fun! Get better soon.; March 24, 2011 at 1:43 PM

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I used to think one day, they'd tell the story of us...

Devin and I met on the internet. Go ahead, laugh. We were both coming out of awful relationships and playing the field. Devin was working in Park City at the time, and drove over to Provo after work to hang out with me and my roomies. He totally ended up kissing me that night. I thought I wouldn't ever hear from him again, but he actually responded to my text the next day! We talked back and forth all day long. The next morning he showed up at my work (45 minutes away from him!) with flowers. The office secretary said, "Oh! He is a keeper!" I wasn't totally sure. After a romantic lunch at Taco Bell, he asked me to be his girlfriend. How corny! But, I said yes of course! Things moved quickly. We ended up stuck in Park City together and had to stay the night at the Marriott due to the weather. My mom was terrified and said, "I watch CSI! Be careful!" Devin and I just stayed up late and talked. That is when he told me he was falling in love with me.He even sang a song to me. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry! Haha! I was feeling the same way. It was so fast, yet so real, and exactly how I thought it should feel! I was smitten! He kept bringing up marriage. I had recently been engaged to a loser-extrordinare, and didn't want to rush into anything. He backed off and said, "Oh yea, me niether!" A few days later we were talking and he looked at me and said, "This is ridiculous, we know we are going to get married!" The next day we went ring shopping! He proposed on January 30, 2008. I was called to the main office and was told the prinicpal wanted to see me. I was kind of nervous! I had just talked to Devin on the phone, and as far as I knew, he was at home! I was also under the impression the ring would be out getting sized for atleast another week. I was not suspicious at all. I walked into the office and saw several flowers, but thought nothing of it. The secretary told me to go around the corner. As I turn, Devin pops out of the nurses office and drops to one knee. In my shocked state, I exclaimed, "You're doing this HERE!?" We laughed, we cried, he got on with it and I said yes. We were married 5 months later, and the rest is history. Or the present. And you get to read about it!