A New Life

I forgot I even had a blog until I came to blogger to search for blogs about women married to hunters.

I read the post just before this one, and it is absolutely shocking to me how much my life has changed since then. For one, I am now married! And I do run my own house, although I still never wake up in time to fix anyone breakfast, much less myself. (This is partly due to the limited counter space I have in the kitchen, and how we don't have a dishwasher yet, so I usually wake up to dity dishes and I can't cook in a messy kitchen!)

We live just outside the city limits of a town near Nashville. I came here for graduate school, and I'm in my second year of that. But I also met my husband. I have a mother-in-law, two fathers-in-law, a sister- and brother-in-law, and a niece on the way. I even have a whole new group of girlfriends in my graduate program, as well as a community of church friends. Lots of things!

I came to blog today about how my lovely sweet husband, to whom I have been wed just over 4 months, is also a dedicated hunter and how hard it is for me. He has spent the last month talking about deer, gathering his gear, shooting arrows at a target, buying woodsy things, and unable to focus on anything but TV and food.

I guess I grew up in the city and I have no context for this hunting thing. You see, it's not just a cute little hobby. It takes him away from me for more than 4 months out of the year during the busiest season at his job. That's a double whammy to my quality time-loving heart.

Anyway, besides his hunting distraction and a strongly independent personality that matches mine to a degree, we are happy. We butt heads a lot, but he has a magnificently precious heart that is really beyond compare. I love him for that genuine and passionate heart.

Well, I'm off to write about dental implants for money, and search for other hunter's wives for free.