Goal Update

I can't believe it is already JULY! That means we are over half way through the year.  I wanted to take a look back at some goals I set in January and check in on the progress.

• Find our first "home" where we will stay for more than a year
• I think we have found this.  It's hard to say if we will stay here for more than a year, but after a month living here, I think we might!

Our new place and new flowers!

• Manage to move in the least stressful way possible
• I think we did a pretty good job of this, we packed in advance, moved everything outside before we had the truck, and loaded stuff into the truck when it got there.  We even had time to stop at Ikea to pick up some of the things we needed there.
• Get a puppy
• Check, she is currently being SUPER naughty this morning!

• Start saving to buy a house
• We have not officially started this, but we do have some money saved up.  We are planning to stop by the bank to officially open our savings accounts.
• Start saving for a "big" trip
• Same as the house.  I was able to pay off my last tuition bill about 2 months before I left my job at UST, so I got to keep all of my last paychecks for a trip to Hawaii next year!
• Go to Florida, Duluth, and Chicago
• We DID book our flights to Florida, we will be going in October.  We wanted to go on a "puppymoon" before we got Avery and considered going to Duluth.  In the end, we decided to go to my grandparent's lake home instead.  However, I gave Josh "6 months of dates" for our anniversary.  One of the dates is a Leaf Viewing trip, so maybe it will have to be to Duluth.  It sounds like I might be going to Illinois for a one day conference in August, so maybe we can make this into a Chicago trip.

Anniversary dinner

• Go to "the lake" at least 5 times this summer
• So far, we have only been one time.  Later today, that number will jump to 2.  Hopefully we can squeeze a few more times in, but I'm not sure we will get to 5.
• Graduate and get a job!
• Done!  I graduated on May 25th and got a job as the Associate Director of Classroom Management and Event Scheduling at Hamline.  I started on June 3rd, so I have officially been there a month already!
• Run a 10k in the end of April
• Not even close.  Things just got out of hand.  I am hoping to pick running back up soon.  I just downloaded a couch to 5k app for my phone.  It's hard to have a young pup and run because she can't come with and she can't stay home along very long.  I am looking forward to the day when her shots are done.
• Continue to grow my hair out
• I have continued on this one, and my hair is getting super long! I am very tempted to get it cut now.  I have an appointment on July 10th and am having trouble deciding what to do.  If you made it all the way to the end of this, I would really appreciate some feedback: just a little trim, a bigger (2 inch-ish) trim, or a full on cut (I'm thinking about 4-5inches).  Here is kind of what I'm thinking.  I am also obsessing over the Jennifer Lopez color.