Hallelujah!

I PASSED MY TEST!!! That means I get to keep my salary and have my life back! I can cook real food again, I can keep my house clean (if I only would), I can hang out with my husband, I can read blogs...it's awesome! I found out the day after my exam that I passed, and the next day I found out that I have been granted my permanent license. Whew! What a load off!

Today was a day of what I like to call "personal maintenance." I redyed my hair to get rid of awful roots, I gave my feet a little TLC, I tidied up my eyebrows...and I slept in. It felt great!

Tomorrow we are visiting another church. That's been really frustrating, trying to find a new church. I keep trying to find something exactly like my home church, and we haven't been able to. I grew up in that church, it's the only one I've ever been a member of. I love the mix of traditional and contemporary music. I love the modern application and historical background of the preaching. I love that it's active and has a place for every age and every stage of life. We've found VERY conservative, traditional churches. We've found giant contemporary churches with more members than my high school had students. But nothing that felt like home, and nothing that seemed to have many members our age. I need to make friends in my new town, and I figure church is a good place to do that.

On an exciting note, this weekend we are having our families over for an end-of-summer/housewarming/just-because-we-wanted-to party. My mom and grandma have seen the place, but the rest of my family and none of C's family have. We're going to have some lunch here at the apartment, and then hang out and visit for a while. I'll have so see if I can come up with any interesting things to do for the afternoon and evening. I'm not sure how long anyone is planning to stay, but I'll be glad to have them as long as they're here!