I hate titles...

I can't ever think of catchy little titles to draw your attention to  my ramble posts. Which is fine, I think this blog is more of a sad attempt at journaling (but better, because it has PICTURES) so who needs titles when there's a date stamp anyway?

I'm bored with my blog. Expect some serious renovation soon... in the mean time, our laptop charger (and or charger port) has seen the end of its days. Matt's being the optimist and ordering another charger with his fancy-student-account-on-amazon-free-two-day-shipping-deal. :) So maybe that's when the magic will happen. (Or I'll run away to my mom's again and waste some more time making the blog pretty. :p I sound so grown up and independent huh. Kind of like when my mom drives with me to St. G for my class and so then I sound like I'm a small child again, waiting for my mom to come get me. While the rest of the students are moms. It's ok though, I like my one on one time with my mom. She's pretty great :) )

Anywho.
Is anyone else getting 'cabin fever'? Really, it's my own fault for not just getting off my bum  and going for a walk or something, but it's coldish, and I'm wimpy. :) On top of my laziness, though,
this past week has been an emotionally turbulent one. We got some really hard news about some of our good friends, and I know it's not even my business or my problem, but it's made me feel really emotional for them this week. It's hard watching people you care about go through stupid things, right? (Which is another reason that Heavenly Father is the greatest. It's got to be so difficult for Him watching all of us make decisions that lead to sadness or anger or hurt in our lives. I'd want to step in and fix it all! Good thing I'm not in charge, I guess, huh. :) Trials are good for us, I really have learned so much and been able to see things in a different light because of hard times.)
Hearing the bad news from our friends has made me stop and think a lot this week. It really is amazing to me the effect one person has on so many people. It's also crazy, how things that seem like such a huge deal, sometimes really are just the little things, and you can always always work through them if you have Heavenly Father on your side. (One way or another.) Kind of makes you feel invincible, right? :p We know who wins at the end of all this. There's a line in the Hymn O Savior Thou Who Wearest a Crown (no. 197) that says,

"Thy sacrifice transcended The mortal law's demand; Thy mercy is extended To every time and land. No more can Satan harm us, Tho long the fight may be, Nor fear of death alarm us; We live, O Lord, thru thee."

I love that!
 Bad things happen, we go through hard times, we get hurt, we feel lost or discouraged or hopeless sometimes; but we always know that we have the atonement, and we have the gospel. Because of that, Satan really can't hurt us. He only has the power that we give him, and if we're fighting on the right side, no matter what he does to discourage us, we'll be ok.
That's been a comforting thought to me this week, as I've tried to process things going on. Everything will be ok in the end. (and if it's not ok, it's not the end. I can't resist throwing out cliche quotes. Mostly that I find on pinterest. I'm a productive human. :) ) Basically I'm grateful for the covenants we make in marriage, and for eternal families. ... And eternal perspective. We don't get married because it makes things easy, we get married to make us whole. :)

Off of my soap box...
Matt finally got the results of his second CNA test back and....
(drumroll please!)
HE PASSED! I am the proud wife of a certified CNA. :) He's studied and worked so hard to get certified, on top of all his classwork. He's a hard working guy, he is. He's pretty happy about it too, I think. (Idk, maybe that'll fade after wiping bottoms, and changing briefs and all that fun stuff) 
Oh, also, February is here! For as much as we complained about January being the longest, worst month of the year, it flew by pretty quickly. I just hope the February does too, and we can get to warmer spring time!

Don't these just make your soul happy? Bring on spring!