In Constant Flux

Well, I know I have been horrible at posting on here (its been two months and nine days). I'm not entirely sure anyone reads it besides my wife, but hey, its like a journal I suppose.

So, this post goes out to possibly my only blog follower: Mrs. Aimee Sharon Hemmelgarn Smith.

I don't think I tell Aimee enough how awesome she is. Right now it is one thirty in the morning and she is at work selling baby clothes to crazy people so I get a minute to talk about her.

First of all, she is a teacher. Not just any teacher, mind you, but an elementary school teacher, a.k.a. saint. I was reading her blog and I watched the video on there and couldn't help but think how true that is. I don't know how Aimee has the patience to be with dozens of eight year olds for hours at a time. I get tired of a few minutes with kids, but she loves it. For this reason I am convinced that my wife will be the all time greatest mother. I have a lot to learn from her in the parenting department, I'm sure.

Secondly, I work until eleven o'clock every night followed by a forty minute drive home. I obviously get home quite late. However, Aimee has to get up at near the butt-crack of dawn to go inspire young minds (see above paragraph). Even though she knows she is missing out on one of her favorite things: sleep, she still will stay awake with me and listen to me whine about my pathetic job and how anal I am about school. I don't think anyone has been so willing to sacrifice their sleep just to hang out with me. (My mom always would wait up for me and we would talk when I got home, but I think she would have rather been sleeping.) So, night upon night she gets something like 5 hours and change of sleep and its all my fault.

Thirdly, I'm neurotic. I change my mind pretty much every fifteen seconds. I am not talking about with small decisions like what flavor of ice cream to order, either. I am talking about what I am going to do with my life and where in the world I am going to drag our little family. In fact, Aimee said she would be willing to go to Fairbanks, Alaska with me to graduate school where the average daytime high in January is -2 degrees Fahrenheit. Simply put, Aimee is from Arizona and that she would say something like that means a lot to me. Since we were married I have probably changed my mind a dozen times. For now, I think I'm pretty sure about what's going on, but we'll see.

This certainly is not a comprehensive list and I could probably go on and on and on and on and on. For those of you who know Aimee like I do, you will agree that she is awesome.

Beaner, I love you and thank you for everything!