Life Lately – August 2020

I skipped a Life Lately in July because we had a lot of things going on. But I’m back!

1. We’re finally settled in our house. When we moved in, we decided to do a few house projects. We replaced the carpet upstairs (the old stuff was dirty and worn out). That project took a day or two longer than we planned. Then the saga of getting the house painted occurred. The painters we hired told us they could paint the entire house in four days. They started late and then took NINE days to paint. It was a fiasco, and we’re still finding paint on the floors, walls, counters, and basically every other surface in the house.
2. We’re also settling into life in far west Texas. This move has definitely been different. We can’t go to Mexico or New Mexico, so that has limited our weekend exploring. We’ve started hiking at some of the state parks in the area to stretch our legs and get out of the house for a few hours. Hopefully, numbers will flatten, and the Army will lift the travel ban soon.
3. And we’re adjusting to our new work lives. Mac has transitioned into his new role and is figuring things out there. He’s the only major in his battalion for a bit, so he’s been pretty busy. My job is still going. The work part is fine, but I do miss being in an office. Fall “travel” season starts in a few weeks, and I’m curious to see how virtual graduate fairs will work.
4. I was scrolling through some old blog posts and came across a post back in 2015 that talked about where I would be in 2020. And I thought it would be fun to update that to see what I’ve accomplished.
   – I should have my Master’s degree. Done!
   – I hope to be employed full-time. Strangely enough, I’m still employed at my job from Kansas.
   – Mac will have decided if he’s staying in the Army as a career. I guess we’re over the halfway hill, so that’s still the plan.
   – We will probably move again. Can I laugh at my past self? We’re on our third state since Colorado.
   – We may have children. No kids, but we do have another cat.
   – I will be in my 30s. I set the bar really low on my “five years from now plan,” so I can safely say I’m 31.

How has the pandemic summer of 2020 treated you?