Wow, I think I say this every year around this time but man, this year flew by! Seems like just a few weeks ago we were packing up our stuff and moving back to Alabama. Truth is, that was almost 1 year ago. We have so many things to be thankful for this year, as usual. We got to move back home, we have been blessed to get to spend a lot more time with family and friends because of the move, we bought a house, we added a new niece, we've got another niece on the way. The list just goes on and on. In the last month and a half, Zach accepted a new job and moved up to Poplar Bluff, Missouri...AKA Nowhereville, USA. Nah, it's not that bad. We are thankful it is only 5 1/2 hours from Birmingham. There's not much to do in Poplar Bluff but at least its not 14 hours away in Kansas City.
Just this past weekend I went up to PB to visit Zach. I left work in Forestdale at 3:15pm and pulled into PB at 8:45pm. Its not a bad drive at all either. It was so nice to spend the weekend together. Zach had been working nights (5pm-3am) but found out Thursday that they were moving him back to day shift which we are both happy about. He will be in charge of layout. We spent a lot of time just hanging out. We didn't really have any engagements that we had to attend so we just focused on spending quality time together, which means we did a lot of wandering around Walmart :) I had a blast and was sad to leave but thankfully they are letting Zach come home for Christmas. He is planning to leave PB around lunchtime Friday and head back some time Monday. It'll be nice to have him home. I know the dogs will be super excited to see him.
This year, we are having my immediate family Christmas at our house because Mom and Dad's basement flooded and there is not enough room upstairs for everyone. Not comfortably at least. Zach family will also be up for the weekend so we will have my entire immediate family and his immediate family. I hope I can get all of my gifts made and wrapped as well as the house cleaned in time. There's so much to do but so little time. To top it all off, I am having to make up for CEs I didn't get completed to renew my Pharmacy Tech license by December 31st. I am a professional when it comes to procrastinating. I'm confident it will all come together.
Merry Christmas,
Zach and Maleah
