Newly Wed in the New Year

Today, I spent my entire day creating this blog. I had full intentions on spending my day writing thank you cards, but somehow this took priority over everything. Even changing out of my pj's. Don't worry, the good life is coming to an end tomorrow. Back to the grind...school and substitute teaching.  Experienced bloggers might be saying, seriously? But trust me, as a novice blogger, it's not as easy as it looks. Although I'm pretty proud of myself for figuring it out in only 7-8 hours. Can you sense my sarcasm? I've been wanting a blog for some time now, but I didn't really think people wanted to read about me, myself and I. So I waited for the most exciting adventure in my life thus far, my life as Mrs. Keely Clark.

Tomorrow we will be married for 1 month to the day! Pretty exciting, but it feels like we've been married for longer than a month. I'm not sure if it's because we dated for two years before we were married and not to mention that we spent every single waking moment together when we weren't doing something that we had to do. Needless to say, it's been a wonderful first month of marriage and I look forward to the infinite number of months to follow. I've been blessed with a pretty amazing husband, first I must mention his good looks. Yes, I think my husband is smokin' hot! He is also the hardest worker that I've ever met, something that I admire about him. He has this drive to do better and work longer and it never slows. He is also a protector, he makes me feel safe and secure at all times and in all things. These are all things that get me excited when I think about our future. I try not to think too far in advance because I create anxiety for myself when I do that. I try to plan, plan, plan everything. This is something that drives my husband crazy. All you planners out there know where I'm coming from, no explanation needed. But other things that I love about my husband are his building/doing skills. This man is talented and can fix and build anything, HUGE plus for me! He is an outdoors man deluxe, I think it's a quality all men should have...in my personal opinion. He is an amazing uncle to his 3 nephews and 2 nieces all 4 years and under, so I know that he will be an even more amazing father. Last but not least, he is a Christian with all of his being. I look forward to our spiritual journey together as husband and wife and know that we can only grow together through Jesus Christ. 

Life is about to step it up a notch and get pretty crazy around our house. Tomorrow I start school again, I am taking two night classes a week in Mesquite at Texas A&M Commerce. I'm so close but yet so far from being finished with my masters. I have to drive an hour to and from class on Tuesday and Wednesday nights until mid-May. Why do I do this to myself? I ask that then answer, because I'm that much closer to my goal of having a masters in Elementary Education and having my own classroom in which I hope to have for the next school year. I will also be substitute teaching this spring. I plan to substitute everyday if possible. I would like to contribute to our family income even if it is just a little bit. I also love being in the classroom again, I enjoyed my student teaching experience and can't wait to have my own classroom. 

David works a lot, but he enjoys his job. So I guess that's not all too bad. We are also moving in two weeks, so that means packing, which also means depressing, ugh. I absolutely loathe moving, but the upside this time is that we are moving from a teeny tiny apartment (originally mine) to a 3 bed/2 bath home with a real kitchen and backyard!! We are ecstatic and our dogs, Tuff and Gus, are probably a little bit more ecstatic! Details on the house will be for another time on another blog post. 

Overall things are fantastic in the Clark household. We're just anticipating all of these changes that are about to take place! We're very excited to make a home for our small family because there's nothin' "homey" about apartment life. Anyway, it's about time I was finished with this blog for tonight and did something productive before bed. Good Night :)