Sunday Night Blues

I'm a hard worker, but I have always preferred the weekends. The weekends are busy, but they are usually full of things that I want to do. Fridays have typically been date night. Saturday mornings are designated for chores. The rest of Saturday and Sunday are dedicated to rest and fellowship, both manifest themselves in many different ways. The problem comes late Sunday afternoon when I get the Sunday Night Blues. It's not that I don't want to go back to work on Monday morning, it's just that I much prefer the weekend. On Sunday afternoon I get pretty bummed about having to return to the real world.

Since November 3, I've been on something of a long weekend. I've worked harder on this long weekend than ever before, but it's been so great! I love being home with Justin and Via, but this sweet time called Maternity Leave is rapidly coming to an end and I feel like I have the worst case of Sunday Night Blues ever! I sure don't want to leave my hubby and my baby at home, but such is life. I'm blessed to have a family and I'm blessed to have a job to return to. I'm also blessed to have a husband that is working hard at home taking classes and caring for our baby. It's going to be a crazy weird transition, so I have to shake the Sunday Night Blues and get my game face on. This new position is going to be more demanding and it's time to show my company what I'm made of.

The house hunt is kind of changing. We had a house in St. Paul that we were intending to make an offer on, but have decided that the neighborhood is not where we want to raise a family. Other St. Paul neighborhoods are preferred , but our budget can't get us the space we want. As a result, we are looking in big bad suburbia as well. We continue to ask the Lord for wisdom as we search for a home.

I was super late for church this week, and I looked like a total mess; however, I made sure that Via still looked darn cute. Check out her awesome boots with the fur! The whole church was looking at her! :)

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