the searbys

Remember that episode of Saved By the Bell where Jessi is so overwhelmed with everything? She runs around her bedroom screaming "There's no time, there's never enough time!" That's how I feel right now. (For those who saw the episode: Don't worry, I'm NOT taking caffeine pills to make it through the day!) So, to make myself feel better about everything, I make lists and schedules. I love to check things off of a list. Joel is not the biggest fan of my list-making. Sometimes it helps to organize us and is helpful. Other times it is considered "over-scheduling our lives without room for anything spontaneous." It really hit me last night when Joel asked me "Do we make memories checking things off of lists, or do we make memories by driving to the end of the map?" (He was referring to our days in Chile.) I lost it, I cried like a baby. I think its all hitting me: We are buying a Townhome, having a baby, and looking at the last 2 months we have together as just "jen & joel."

So, must I make an excuse for not blogging? Besides the fast that our internet hasn't been working at our apartment! We have had some visitors in the past month. I always like to share pictures from when people come to visit (maybe that wll encourage others to visit us!)

Here are a couple of pictures from when Joel's parents were here over Memorial Day weekend. The first one was taken at Satchel's - the ultimate pizza experience of Gainesville. We love it. The second was taken at the Waldo Flea Market. Mark & Joel are eating Cajun hot boiled peanuts. That's definitely a southern thing that we had never experienced before moving to Gainesville.

One of my best friends from high school, Valla, came down a couple weeks later and we had a great time catching up on each other's lives. I don't have any digital pictures of our time together but if I did they would show two really burnt girls from our trip to the beach!

Hope your week goes well and hopefully I will make time to post on this blog more often!