thanks

Today I was thinking as I was listening to my fantastic country music on the train ,that of all the things I post about on my blog i skip one of the most important things… Brian. Brian is probably one of the least appreciated husbands around. It’s true, I always just assume he is going to do what I want him to, that I forget he doesn’t have to follow my every order- granted life with me is probably better when you just comply with my every whim (as it is with most people) but he doesn’t have to. Brian is a fantastic husband, really in the scheme of things I lucked out. Despite being under or to be fair at times simply unappreciated he has been great. How has he been great? So at the risk of sounding cheesy, and let’s face it I have already crossed that road a few times, here are some of the things that make Brian great.
-patience- I have none, he has a lot, with that combination our kids might survive to adulthood
-hard work- trust me when I say PWC is getting an amazing first year associate, I would go so far as to say level 1 material
- perseverance- I’m not sure if this comes from a lifetime of patience or just what seems like a lifetime of listening to me talk about meaningless things, but the kid sees things through until the end, yes he even sees chick flicks through until the end
-compassion- to be fair I am not a compassionate person so Brian has to make up for my lack of understanding for other people and what I assume to be less than important issues
-attention to detail- you wouldn’t think this would be a quality you would want in a husband, but trust me when I say this is just the thing I was looking for (that and brown eyes), first off I doubt you could be a great accountant without this, and second, life with Brian has few surprises, or few bumps we were not otherwise prepared for- he has a contingency plan for just about every situation.

Packing up and leaving Utah for the summer with little notice- he quit a job he enjoyed, left his friends, family, and home behind, and gave up fly fishing on the Provo (which I hear to a fly fisherman is a sacrifice) so that we could move to a city we don’t really like, to an apartment we hate, so that I could take advantage a of a great opportunity. In addition to giving up everything from home, he has listened to me complain about NYC nonstop for going on 5 weeks now.
BYU MAcc, really that is all I have to say. I guess you might not get it, why is this a great thing, BYU has a great accounting program, one that I hear is not that easy to get into, not only did he get in, he excelled, and after all of his hard work he now has an offer and a job waiting with a fantastic company in Dallas.
He has been really supportive of my schooling and dare I even say career aspirations (I think my aspiration is to have aspirations), and I would go so far as to say without him I would not have ever thought about grad school (or to be fair have gotten in). He has put up with all my crap through school- and yes I give him a lot of crap during school- my already short temper is even shorter (if that is even possible), but yet he has been willing to keep signing up for more school with me.
And the number one reason Brian is such a great husband… drum roll…. We are going to have our own washer and dryer by Christmas- yes this is a big deal! He is sacrificing things that might be more fun for this… something of paramount importance to me.
Thanks Bri!