We say that a blog is going to be for daily updates – keep each other updated on our lives, and document the seemingly mundane everyday items that later bring back such precious memories. But it is surprisingly hard to do, isn’t it? Documenting the every day? Because at night, we lay down and, if our mind runs through the day, it is focused on things like food, whether we worked out, how work went, and items such as that, with a few exceptions. Yet, when I look back on my diary from years ago, I love seeing those little items because they trigger memories of whatever stage of life I was in at that point.

Point? Well, I am going to try and make it a goal to write in this “everyday life” blog at least once a month – both so you, my dear friends, can feel like you are a little bit in my life, and to keep records of it – and, yes, an ulterior motive might be to also remind you all to let me have a little insight into your lives too. 😉

So what are my everyday things right now? Well – one thing you all already know about because it ISN’T so everyday – we closed on a house last Monday!! Today is the final, final walk-through, where we get to actually see the parts that were covered up with their moving stuff, so here’s to hoping nothing big was covered up!

Other than that. I went on another work trip last week (it was only last week??? It seems like ages ago already!!). And then my sister-in-law came for a visit the day after I got back! This was a momentous occasion. Because she has Ulcerative Colitis and has barely been able to get out of bed for five years because none of the medications have been able to get it under control. So the fact that she was doing well enough to actually come visit was basically a minor miracle.

Daniel and I bought a Christmas tree right before I left for Atlanta on Sunday the 8th, which then sat in the living room until we had a chance to decorate it the following Friday. We had debated, with everything going on, whether it would be worth putting Christmas things up, but it seemed so sad without them – like just another cold, winter month – so Daniel made an executive decision and we went for it. I am really glad – because it makes me happy every time I look at it.

Anyway, my sister-in-law left on Wednesday, we stayed up until past midnight packing last night (Thursday), and today, after work, we go pick up a rental car, drop my ring off for cleaning, load up the car, go do our walk-through, and then start the drive to Minnesota! We should arrive in Silver Bay, MN sometime Saturday evening/night, where we will stay with my sister, her husband, and their seven children until Monday. Then we drive down to the twin cities, spend the night with my grandparents, spend the morning with them, and then get to my parents sometime Christmas Eve. Then the day after Christmas, we go spend the night at one of my brothers, come back to my parents the next day, spend one more night, then drive to my other sister, who is an hour to an hour and a half away, spend the day with her, her husband, and their five kids, and then start the drive back to VA, so that we can work on Monday. So, if you don’t hear from me at all until 2020, please rest assured, it is not you!

And there you have it! My everyday life update.