How puzzling all these changes are!

This past week has delivered some major transformations. The most notable change is my new car. As most of you know, my RAV4 was stolen during the holidays. Although it was recovered, I just didn’t feel the same about driving it. So, I went car shopping last week and brought home a 2010 Subaru Legacy. So far it is a great vehicle. With all wheel drive, heated seats, great gas mileage, and tinted windows, I am very happy with my choice so far.

I also started a new quarter at school, with Linear Algebra. I was certain that Calculus was going to be the most difficult of my 5 math requirements but it seems I’m quite mistaken. Positive note: Only one more math class after this one. Study time for the big promotion test has also begun as I will be testing for Master Sergeant in either February or March.

In efforts to save a few bills, I have decided to move out of my house and into an apartment. My house will be on the rental market next week. Along with that, I have turned off the cable and created a Netflix account. I’m not sure if that was a smart move or not. Yes, it saves money but I’ve never been a couch potato before. In fact, my television’s power was ever only turned on whenever I had company. Now I find myself addicted episodes of 30 Rock. I haven’t even had this network media device a week and I’m already in season 3. Yikes!

Another recent change in habit is putting together puzzles. I bought a puzzle at the Hobby Lobby a little over a year ago and it collected dust in the closet until just before Christmas. After school had finished and I didn’t have any homework or exams to study for, I pulled the box out spent the next few days putting it together. Once it was complete, I took a picture of it and immediately took it apart and put it back in the box. Not long after that I went to Hobby Lobby to look for a new challenge. This one is kicking my butt. I’ve been working on it for 2 weeks now. It’s funny to think about the cliché that life sometimes feels like a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes pieces fall right into place and others just don’t make sense at all and you wonder if the piece was put in this box by mistake. But all are part of the “big picture” and can’t be complete without the easy and the difficult pieces. Seems appropriate at this time in my life.