I have never been a big Halloween lover. Ever. When I was a kid I played along and would decide what to dress up as a few weeks in advance but as I moved into my teenage years my imagination diminished. I guess I didn't like dressing up or something. Seems funny for an actor to say.... But one thing I love about Halloween is that it is the start of the holiday season. I love the sights, smells, and sounds of the last two months of the year but the thing I love the most is the way people are with each other. People seem happier, kinder, and more loving.
For almost three years I have looked forward to my first holiday season with Abram. Our first two were spent thousands of miles apart. While it was fun to exchange loving gifts across seas and talk on the phone for a few minutes on Christmas morning (I still can't thank my in-laws enough for that one!), it wasn't as fulfilling as being physically together. So I was looking forward to the 2010 holiday season when we could finally be together. But I decided several months ago that I would give him up for one more season. :) But at least this year he will be home for Christmas Day. And he's only a few hundred miles away this time. And we get to talk about once a week so really, this year is still a lot better than the two years before. :)
Speaking of Abram, he called today. We had almost a full 30 minutes to talk this afternoon. He is doing well. He had his first physical training diagnostic this week and he passed with no problem at all. It didn't really mean anything towards his graduation. It was just a practice for the real thing but it seems to put him on the right track. As usual, he gets hungry between meals, especially at night before bed time. At home he would usually get up and get ice cream about three hours after dinner when he would get hungry. But over there he's eating dinner at 5pm and then is up for another 4 1/2 hours and doesn't have access to food so that's when he gets hungry. But he said he is making it okay still.
I start rehearsing my Christmas show this week. It's my fourth year in a row doing it and I look forward to it every year. I love directing theater shows. Even though I just assist on this one, it is more fun than I need sometimes. It also helps the time to go by faster :) So welcome November!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The First Post!
Hi everyone! Welcome to our blog. Well, for now, it's just my blog because Abram doesn't know about it yet. Hee hee.... About 4 months before we got married (that would also be a month before we even got engaged) my now sister-in-law told me that when I married into the Joslin family I was going to have to make a blog. It's just what is expected! I told her that her brother probably would say he didn't want one and I was indeed right. But after he signed with the Army National Guard and we knew he would leave for training I thought that I could secretly start one while he was gone. Almost as if he read my mind, he asked about 3 days before he left if I was going to start a blog while he was gone! I can't remember my answer but here I am, starting it.
Abram and I were married on July 8th of this year and almost everything has been perfect since then! The only flaws have been a lack of money and the fact that he is now gone for 10 weeks. We are much happier when we are together rather than apart but really, what's a few weeks? We made it through a two-year geographical separation before we were married and it worked out just fine.
As I said before, Abram is a soldier in the Army National Guard. He is currently at his basic training and in January will return after the Christmas break for his individual training in engineering - heavy construction. When all of that training is done in the spring he will be ready to go back to school next fall. He plans to study German and history and will probably be stuck in school for about three more years to finish that. I am in my last year at Arizona State in Music Education. I am super excited that this is my last semester of classes and will be able to just student teach in the spring before finally earning that piece of paper that says I have a skill and can get a job now. I stay busy outside of school with teaching private piano and violin students, playing concerts and weddings and church services around the Phoenix area, and teaching theater classes at a local youth theater. I love my work!
Well, that's a good start for those of you reading. Many of you probably knew most of that already but for those of you that learned something new I hope it was worthwhile. I'll be back later with more Joslin happenings both here at home in Tempe and over at the military base in Missouri!
Abram and I were married on July 8th of this year and almost everything has been perfect since then! The only flaws have been a lack of money and the fact that he is now gone for 10 weeks. We are much happier when we are together rather than apart but really, what's a few weeks? We made it through a two-year geographical separation before we were married and it worked out just fine.
As I said before, Abram is a soldier in the Army National Guard. He is currently at his basic training and in January will return after the Christmas break for his individual training in engineering - heavy construction. When all of that training is done in the spring he will be ready to go back to school next fall. He plans to study German and history and will probably be stuck in school for about three more years to finish that. I am in my last year at Arizona State in Music Education. I am super excited that this is my last semester of classes and will be able to just student teach in the spring before finally earning that piece of paper that says I have a skill and can get a job now. I stay busy outside of school with teaching private piano and violin students, playing concerts and weddings and church services around the Phoenix area, and teaching theater classes at a local youth theater. I love my work!
Well, that's a good start for those of you reading. Many of you probably knew most of that already but for those of you that learned something new I hope it was worthwhile. I'll be back later with more Joslin happenings both here at home in Tempe and over at the military base in Missouri!
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