The End of January

I can't believe that today is the last day of January...this month has flown by! Hopefully February is full of even more awesome memories than this past month has been.

Monday night Jake and I went to our ward activity, an FHE ice cream social. It was a lot of fun eating some yummy ice cream, and getting to know some of the other couples in our ward.

Tuesday night we had one of the couples that are co-chairs of the activities committee over to our apartment to talk about ideas for future activities, and to get to know each other better. They were here for a lot longer than we had anticipated, but we were having too much fun talking and laughing to end our "meeting!"

Wednesday evening after Jake got off of work, we went over to the new Walmart in town to explore. The old Walmart here in Rexburg was pitifully small compared to our new one, which is a Super Walmart. It's AMAZING. I've always preferred Target over Walmart (and I still do), but the closest one is 45 minutes away. The new Walmart is a bit more of a drive than the old one, but it's still much closer than Target, so I suppose I'll have to give it a thumbs up!

Thursday Jake was working the evening shift, so we spent the day together. He helped me gather supplies and make a container for my washi tape, and it turned out SO awesome! I knew what I wanted the finished product to look like and what I wanted the container to be able to do, but Jake had a lot of ideas to make it better/safer/more useful. The two of us working together made something pretty great!

This upcoming week is my last full one to study before taking my PRAXIS exam on February 10th. I'm extremely nervous about it and already starting to lose sleep over the stress that's been building up. I'm ready to just get the dang thing over with, even if I don't pass! Then I'll at least be able to get some sleep and breathe more easily during the day! I'm studying hard and hoping that I'll be able to do well on the exam. Please keep me in your prayers!