OH. My. Life.

Today marks a new day for the Kaman family. We have made a GIANT leap forward and we did something CRAZY. We have gotten a car! It's not new but it was an AMAZING deal. It is a 2002 Ford Taurus. It is a lot roomier than my mom's Ford Focus and we hope that it will last us for quite some time. It just got a new drive belt today. We signed all of the paperwork and will be dropping off a check for our car tomorrow. I love the phrase, "Our car."

Some of you are probably wondering how in the heck we can afford a car when neither of us have jobs. But, we will do it. Somehow it will work out. Between Ralph's student loans and my job as a ChaCha.com expediter (I answer people's questions for .02 cents a question...it pays much better than you think.) we will make it work. Ralph will also be able to get his license which will enable him to get a job as well as go to school. This is a big step and it took a long time to figure out our next move. We discussed this as a family (my mom included) and we felt that this was the right step for us to be able to move forward in life.

I must admit that I am still a little shocked. We only decided Sunday night that we would even look at cars and then we found this one. We took a test drive and it just felt right. Everything has fallen into place for us to be able to get the car and we are very excited. I can't wait to go get it tomorrow! Here are some pics that I took off of the dealer website:






By the way, if anyone needs someone to haggle a good deal on a car for them then let me know. I am your girl. The dealership manager wasn't going to lower the price any lower than what it was but I got them to lower it AND include DMV title transfer, registration, and fees into the final sell price. The final cost of the sell was just $5 over the price that the manager said he wouldn't lower and wouldn't change. Yay for us!

The Big 2-5

Tomorrow at 9:30AM Central Standard Time I will officially be 25 years old. That's a quarter of a century. That's 25 years. That's 300 months. That's 1304.4 weeks. That's 9131 days. Believe me. I checked. I never felt "old" before. I still feel like I'm 18. I feel like I have so much of my life behind me but I have so much of my life ahead of me. I wonder day in and day out what the remaining days, weeks, and years will bring me. Will I have more children? Will Ralph and I ever get out on our own? Will I be able to be a stay at home mother? I don't think the questions will ever end!

I also sit hear and wonder what I have done with my life up to this point. I have graduated from college. I have graduated from high school. I have gotten married. I have had a baby. I have accomplished so much and yet I feel like I have SO much left to accomplish. I have so many dreams to fulfill. The number one dream is that we will go to Papua New Guinea in the next 5 years or so. I am DYING to go and I would really like to go while Ralph's parents are still alive and active enough. I worry about them all of the time because his mom is constantly having health issues and his dad is constantly not taking care of his health issues.

I finally wonder what I have to show in my life from a spiritual standpoint. What is my testimony of the gospel like? Do I truly believe in the the Church? I know I do but it seems like my birthday is the perfect time to reflect on life.

Let's hope that as I go through this life that I can accomplish so much more. Let's hope that I can reach my potential as a daughter, wife, mother, and child of God.