We often called our first year of marriage the Gift Card Phase. We got a lot of gift cards for our wedding (so totally awesome), and we bought pretty much everything we needed for our new place and went out to eat and had a lot of fun with them.
Those gift cards stretched for almost the whole year. But with just a few movie tickets and half a Coldstone card left, I think we’ll have to declare the phase officially past. Unfortunate, I know. I LOVED the gift card phase.
So what’s next? I think our next phase will be rightly named the Freedom Phase.
It started when Tyler graduated. He did amazing, passed all the classes and tests and received his Masters of Science – Finance degree. We’ll proudly hang that diploma above our other two and celebrate no more homework for a very long time.
Then, Tyler got a job. It seems to be not just any job, but an awesome job. He is a financial analyst for Deseret First Credit Union’s corporate offices. He does a lot of Excel and numbers all day, which he really likes. The company and the friends he’s making are all cool.
We now have freedom that we’ve never had before. Since we’ve known each other, Tyler has been gone at least three nights a week either at work or class. I work in the daylight hours, so we didn’t have a whole lot of playtime together. This whole nighttime together thing is novel and fabulous.
And I’m in the process of overcoming some of my big fears and becoming a little freer too. First, I’m getting scuba certified for our trip to Hawaii in June. I am terrified, but I really want to do this. It’s a mind game for me to remember that there is air coming out of my tube, and it’s enough air to sustain me. I’m getting better.
Oh, and last weekend, we spontaneously went to St. George with our good friends Beth and Ryan and I tried downhill mountain biking for the first time. Turns out I loved it. It was super fun. We may need to buy a new set of bikes in the coming years…
It’s hard to tell quite yet, but I think I may like the Freedom Phase better than the Gift Card Phase. And that’s saying something.
Those gift cards stretched for almost the whole year. But with just a few movie tickets and half a Coldstone card left, I think we’ll have to declare the phase officially past. Unfortunate, I know. I LOVED the gift card phase.
So what’s next? I think our next phase will be rightly named the Freedom Phase. It started when Tyler graduated. He did amazing, passed all the classes and tests and received his Masters of Science – Finance degree. We’ll proudly hang that diploma above our other two and celebrate no more homework for a very long time.
Then, Tyler got a job. It seems to be not just any job, but an awesome job. He is a financial analyst for Deseret First Credit Union’s corporate offices. He does a lot of Excel and numbers all day, which he really likes. The company and the friends he’s making are all cool.
We now have freedom that we’ve never had before. Since we’ve known each other, Tyler has been gone at least three nights a week either at work or class. I work in the daylight hours, so we didn’t have a whole lot of playtime together. This whole nighttime together thing is novel and fabulous.
And I’m in the process of overcoming some of my big fears and becoming a little freer too. First, I’m getting scuba certified for our trip to Hawaii in June. I am terrified, but I really want to do this. It’s a mind game for me to remember that there is air coming out of my tube, and it’s enough air to sustain me. I’m getting better.
It’s hard to tell quite yet, but I think I may like the Freedom Phase better than the Gift Card Phase. And that’s saying something.
