We're still trying to figure out a good recipe for lemonade in our household. It seems like just when we get the right amount of sugar mixed in someone comes along and squeezes in more lemon. Aaron recently lost his job and I, for certain reasons, felt compelled to quit my part time job. Timing a little off? Maybe.
We've enjoyed the last several weeks together while job hunting and we were even considering going into early retirement until we realized it doesn't pay very well at this stage in our lives. We
usually go to the gym each morning after dropping Emily off at school and we had to laugh at the following experience.
I had decided to try something new other than my normal routine and so I rushed Aaron to get to the gym on time so that I could go to a hydro aerobics class. Now for whatever reason I had no expectations in my mind of what the class would be like, but I was totally shocked when I walked out of the locker room to see 20 gray haired elderly ladies and one gentlemen facing me. By that time it was too late to turn back so I grabbed a flotation belt and joined them in the pool. I tried to glide slowly to the back without drawing more attention to myself when the instructor, who I might add was straight out of the 80's with her Hawaiian palm leaf swimsuit and brightly colored makeup, pointed me out and asked my name. I told her my name, which she repeated to the class and they all chanted in unison, "Welcome Anica!" I proceeded through the class with a big smile on my face and prayed that Aaron wouldn't come looking for me, knowing if he did I would burst out laughing. I laughed inside as ladies broke off into small relief society groups throughout the class to chat, and before long I found myself in one of these little groups. I reunited with a former piano teacher and heard testimonials as to how "hydro aerobics" helped with aching hips, knees, and backs. . . . . . I might just be sold :)
Apparently Emily thinks we're on the same path as Job from the Bible and wants to speed up the process because she brought this book home from the school library for us to read to her:
HOW TO LOSE ALL YOUR FRIENDSWe take comfort in knowing that we're not the only ones in this position and that we all are given different trials throughout life. We're just trying to keep the faith that something better will come along.
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