Date Weekend

This weekend has probably been one of the better ones since school has started. It started Saturday night because I had to work Saturday day. I got all dressed up, and by dressed up, I mean I actually put on makeup and did my hair and put on decent looking clothes ha. We went to my brothers house and spend some time with my family and had dinner with them. (side note. I have the best family in the world. They're hilarious.) 

Then Jackson and I went down to Salt Lake and went to Nightmare on 13th with my old college roommates. I had so much fun. I miss seeing them and it was fun to all have our significant others there. (we all need to hang out more. Yeah? okay cool) Jackson, of course, had to scare the crap out of me throughout the haunted house (that is what it is.. right?) The little turd. Then we went and got some tasty In-N-Out. I got ice cream, because well, it's ice cream. It's basically like a food group to me. Correction. It IS a food group. Then some of my friends came back to our house and we talked and hung out. I can't tell you how much fun it was to see my friends and to spend time with other couples. I wish we lived closer so we could all hang out more. 

Sunday, we spent what time we could together before I had to work Sunday night. BUT, I did get to go to church. Which I haven't done since school started. So that was a major plus. 

Monday, Jackson and I decided that we would skip school for one day and spend the day together. (truthfully, I slept through my alarm, and then he decided he didn't want to go to school. So we skipped.) So we just enjoyed being together, we made breakfast together. And then we decided to go look at shotguns. Because apparently, I haven't noticed, but I've been talking about getting one for me a lot recently. I hadn't noticed, but Jackson said I had. (maybe he's just saying that because HE wanted one. haha just kidding) We always go and look at guns, because Jackson is obsessed. I found one a couple months back that I thought was super pretty. So we went back to see if the store still had it. We looked at it for a little bit, and decided to buy it. It's seriously such a pretty gun. It's wood and has stainless steel engravings. Of course we had to try it out since we just bought it and went up to the Bountiful "B". I love it. I had so much fun shooting and it was a much needed date. I hit the clay pigeon my first time shooting with my gun. And I hit a double shot, which was my goal before we packed up and headed home. Jackson took a video of the first time I hit my double and I sound like an idiot when I scream at the end. Don't judge me haha. 

It was a much needed break from the hussle and bussle of our schedules. And it was fun to spend time with family and friends. 

(I'll put up pictures when Jackson comes home from work with his phone that has all the pictures on it!)

School is sucking the life out of me

I knew this semester would be hard. Everyone told me that I'm crazy for going to nursing school and working full time. They told me that I shouldn't do it, that I won't do well, yada yada. Yes, working full time and going to school full time is hard. It's definitely not the funnest thing in the world. But the sense of accomplishment I feel after every week, that I've made it through another week, and that I'm doing okay, makes it worth it. Kind of. I keep telling myself it'll pay off in the end. It better....

The hardest part though, is not spending time with my sweet husband. I can't tell you how much I miss him when I go straight from school to work. Or how much I hate that I have to work every weekend. Literally, every weekend. I hate that we don't have time to go on fun dates and spend time with family. I hate that the time that we do have together, we're too tired from our schedules to do anything but go to bed. But I have the most amazing husband, who encourages me, uplifts me when I'm feeling down, and pushes me to keep going. I'm not going to say that I don't get upset, depressed, lonely, and mad about my schedule, Because I do. I'm jealous of those that don't have to work and can spend the weekend with their spouse or significant other. But Jackson reminds me that we're working these crazy schedules to benefit our future, and that while it sucks now, it'll be worth it in the end. He reminds me that if we can just get through these next few years, we will be able to better provide for our future family. He tells me that I can do it, and is so patient with my weekly meltdowns. He listens to me rant about the same thing every week, about how tired I am, about how much I miss seeing him, seeing our families, going on dates, and whatever else I'm feeling down about. He calmly tells me that it'll be okay and that we will make it through it. Then he kisses me on the forehead, tells me he loves me, and holds me. I couldn't have asked for a more sweet, understanding, and amazing husband.