I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it

When I posted last (all too long ago) we weren't sure about where we were going to live.  Well, we found a place the day before Christmas and several other people were interested as well.  On Christmas Day we received and email from the landlord saying that we got the place!  We were so excited, everything felt so right.

We moved into our new home on December 29th, it is a great place and we love it!  It is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom duplex, with a yard and a garage.  It's small, but we are used to doing small and we manage pretty well with small (TONS of organization and daily cleaning).

SO...

We moved and that took a lot of money to do.  We luckily are getting student refunds this week, but that was supposed to last us the entire semester...

My phone has issues.  It warped my battery and started to kill Jaren's when we switched batteries for a bit.  Jaren still has a not-so-great battery, so he needs a new one.  I need a whole new phone.  That costs money.

I called to switch our internet services to our new place 3 weeks ago.  Still nothing, and we are paying for internet.  We have called about 4 times in the last couple work days.  Nothing, and no explanation either.  I have a ton of things to transfer/pay online and I can't do it here.  I am currently using an open internet network.  I don't really care about it for email, I'll change my passwords once internet is up again, but for bills I really do not want to put sensitive information out on an open network.

I could go to my in-laws and use their internet...oh wait, I can't.  When we moved here we needed to bring our van, our car, and the moving truck with only two drivers.  We left Jaren's car and for a week he used the van to get to work.  We brought his car to our new place finally and then two days later, it died!  No idea what the issue is.  Today, the van died; again no idea of the issue.  We are car-less.  These things cost money to fix.

I was seeing a neck doctor (chiropractor) and I was on the road to health.  It was exciting.  She left for two weeks and we had moved by the time she came back.  Now without a car and money, I can't get better.  I've been having daily migraines again the past 3 days.  I was liking life without migraines...

I'm not trying to be pessimistic right now, but oh boy how hard it is to see the blessings in all of this.  I know everything will work out, we just have to keep trying and doing our part.

Life will get better.
Life is great, overall.
Little, frustrating things do not determine our overall mood, we do.
I can choose to be happy or upset, that is all up to me.

I will have my moment right now and then I will move on.

On a very happy note:
Devlin (2) is potty training and doing very well!  While in underwear, only two accidents so far while he was running and trying to get to the bathroom.

Kade (almost 7 months) is a crawling machine and has started pulling himself up to a standing position on all the furniture.  He tries doing it to me while I'm cooking or cleaning too!  He is also getting teeth 3 & 4, hopefully soon :)

Until later, stay positive!