Life in the Real World

So, now that Don and I have graduated, we get to experience life without college. It's different, and I find myself getting really bored, and doing all sorts of things that I never thought I would have time to do...insane things like cutting up pieces of cloth and stitching them back together. On Martin Luther King, Jr. day mis madre and I made two blankets. One was a rag quilt, and the other was quilted. I couldn't believe that we'd gotten so much done. We're a pretty good team. And my sowing skills are getting better. I really have to thank my angelic mother for helping me put together such beautiful blankets..
Don recently started working for a company called ECI in Bountiful. I'm not going to lie, it's really nice to have a steady income coming in. It's not exactly his dream job, but the firm is pretty good. He's learning a lot about power transmission lines, and their various uses. And it works well for us because he's wanting to get a Master's Degree in Engineering. Since the U of U is so close, he's planning on signing up for classes this summer and going part time. After a year the firm will reimburse him for his schooling, and pay for the rest. But in the meantime, he's adjusting to a long commute from Millville (an hour and 15 minutes one way) and nine hour days. It makes for really long days.
As for me, I'm back at the good ol' UDOT as a rotational/intern. Because of the economy there's a "hiring freeze" for all of the interns with benefits, which means they're still paying me what they were before I graduated. I guess Don's higher income evens things out, but I'm a bit bitter at UDOT. Anyway, They have me looking over several plans and going to meetings and training classes. The other day I was able to meet my dad in Salt Lake at the Little Grand America and go to a concrete conference. Although I'm not an expert on concrete, I could tell you more than you ever care to know about the subject. My days are long, too. It's a 45 minute commute from Millville to North Logan, and I work 10 hours a day. So, in all Don and I leave at 6 and get back home at 7. Of course, I only have to do it 4 days a week to get my 40 hours in. Don has to get at least 45, and if he wants time off whent he baby comes, he'll have to work some 10-12 hour days.
But the weekends are nice, and it's worth having Fridays off to relax, I think. It's kind-of depressing to leave and get home when it's dark and only have about 2 hours of free time before going to bed, just to wake up and do it all over again. We're planning on moving soon. Don was released from the Young Men's Presidency this last Sunday. I still have my calling as the Beehive Adviser, which makes me happy because the girls are so dang cute! Before we can move we're trying to save up enough money for a down payment on a house. We're thinking that we should be able to move around April. I'm not very excited to move a month before the baby's supposed to come, but I think it will be okay.
The fact that we're so excited for Adelei to come over shadows everything, boring work days, long commutes, and the fact I have to pee ten times an hour. She's kicking harder and growing stronger every day. We're in love with her so much already.