Like I said in my first post, I think that most of us dream of adulthood. We imagine it to be this land of unicorns and rainbows where you make the rules. Does anyone agree? Anyway, that is definitely not how my adult life is turning out. I’m not even in the ball park of unicorns and rainbows. But, hey, that’s okay, I just have things to aspire to. Right out of college is when things got “real” for me. I had a great summer job, and had big plans to start my career; the same goes for my husband.

He had landed a job as an instructor in Southern Utah. I personally liked the idea of living in Southern Utah because I learned so much about the environment and history down there. The thought of living in these places excited me! I mean, we ended up moving to a place that is about two hours from at least three national parks. I started to look for a job…nothing. It took me six to eight months to find someone willing to give me a chance as an employee. Great! At least I’m employed and can help pay the bills. But, moving was worth it. I mean look at this picture from Zion National Park. It amazes me that I live 45 minutes from this!

As time went on, we both got sucked into our jobs. We ended up having opposite hours, so the only time we actually got to see each other was during dinner, and we were both so exhausted that we didn’t want to talk; we just wanted to sleep. I feel like we stopped being a family for a minute, and was just trying to make ends meet. We just weren’t happy.

Things happen. Life happens. It throws these major curve balls at you and laughs as you try not to get bruised from the speed of things coming at you. Well, we sure got one! We both lost our jobs within a week of one another. What in the patooties were we supposed to do now? Well this is where our curve ball turned into lemons.

Part of being a pilot requires getting a certain amount of hours before you can be hired on with an airline (it’s a lot of hours), so he had to keep flying. We contacted some of our friends who could help us and understand our situation, and before we knew it we were invited to Florida! Now, I know that this might not be excited to some, but neither my husband, or I, have been here, so it was exciting. Plus, I really love warm weather, so leaving 20 degree highs in Utah was plenty fine.

The warm weather is glorious, the beaches are ah-maz-ing, and we have time to work on our marriage. We are bonding like there is no tomorrow, and he is letting me get a taste of his profession, which I am loving (that’s an understatement)! He is teaching me to fly, and we adventure to new places everyday. Life gave us lemons, and by golly, did we take the chance to make lemonade and soak up the sweet tea.

The moral of this story is to make lemonade. Guys, there are going to be times when everything feels hopeless and you’re going to feel alone; even though you know you’re not. Enjoy the small things, and be adventurous. You never know what might happen!