And Life Goes On...

So we've been here for almost 2 months now! Wow. We still aren't moved in completely yet, but we're slowly working on it. That's our "Family Home Evening" every monday. I think Kyle is expecting to come home one day and see everything unpacked and this wonderful home he has, but after my bum hip acted up, my suprises are limited. However this week we got most of the office moved in, I think that we are focusing on that, because after 8 months in our last apartment, it still wasn't moved in. Next up is our bedroom which suprisingly got pushed back to the end of the list, mainly because no one besides Kyle and I see that room. But that's our progress so far. I'm still busy as ever at work. Today was d-day because we had a system conversion, (for you friends at DFCU, theirs isn't as bad as ours was, sorry) and of course they put the "new girl" on the drive-up so if people get mad at the long line of cars, I can just explain how slow I am because I'm new right?? Life is different here, coming from a world of sheltered life to people asking me how I can share my husband with other wives (usually a sarcastic remark comes from me at this point) is so hard. But it does have its advantages. People at my work really stick up for me, especially they know I don't drink or have coffee, and I can't really say that they are curious, but they are noticing I'm different. Kyle I know is having fun at school, and suprisingly he has more days off than the whole 'scary' program led us to believe. Almost enough where I want to quit my job and hang out with him all day, but this way I'm at work til 6 and he can study all day long. (lucky!) He comes home everyday telling me cool things he learns. Half the stuff he has to show me because I don't know medical things like him, but its cool to see him so excited about seeing a pacemaker and his curiousity of human life and everything! His teachers are very impressed by him and I"m so proud that he's going for what he wants to do in life.

This weekend was a blast. We decided 3 weeks ago that we needed some time to go and think at the temple. So we set last saturday to be the day to go after I work (again). So of course we were in the midst of Hurricane Kyle all weekend (Kyle has been thrilled this year because he was going to get a stormed named after him) so it was a complete downpour, but still makes life interesting. So we headed out and the temple was closing at 3, so we had to hurry. We made it about 20 minutes before the session and in the locker room I heard one of my friend's voices, so that was fun, out of the 7 people there, 4 of them were from our ward. But after that we found somewhere to eat, and I decided that my body wanted Queso from Chili's!! So we ended up there which was good and we checked into our $60 motel, which suprisingly was not bad for that price. And sunday was a day I needed. We met my sister in Boston, her getaway before she has another baby, and we partied. Kinda, we went to church and walked all around the city catching up on things. But sadly we had to leave halfway through the day because Kyle had an appointment, but still good to see family.

Well that's the latest in our lives. Just waiting to get to the doctor about my bum hip so I can walk again! For now I'll just sit in my nice office chair I just bought and roll around the house ;)

The Last Day of Purgatory!!

Yes it is true, we're getting our things tomorrow! The movers called today around 4:00 pm and said that it would be here tomorrow morning but they wouldn't give us a specific time. So granted, the one day that they come we are short staffed at work and I can't take tomorrow off, and it's the first day that I work until 6:00 pm instead of getting off at 3:00. So I called my work to see what I could arrange, and the nicest lady is covering my shift for me! So I'm getting off at 3:00, which is still a problem because they are coming in the morning. So I remembered in the contract they have to call us at least 24 hours in advance, so we called them back and they were conning us saying "well since you've been so patient and such great customers, the latest I can come is is 4 or 4:15". Yeah they are so like that, but don't worry we will have Yale Security Police here and at least 2 other guys from the ward here. So we'll have plenty of witnesses and they won't con us into anything. So everything is worked out and hopefully everything will go smoothly. Thank you everyone for your support and prayers. And we'll post again soon when we're settled and let you know how it went.

Dead Car and HAZMAT

After 5 hours of studying today, I think I'll update our blog since Makayla is still at work. This week has been a fun one as I have now made it through the first week of classes. We wanted to share a couple experiences from this week.

On Monday we had a Labor Day barbecue with my class and we were on our way to it and stopped at Walmart to get some chips. We were in there for maybe 10 minutes, came out and our car battery was completely dead. I knew this would be coming sometime soon because it was the original battery (6 years) and I have also been noticing slower start times, so I was pretty sure what it was. We asked a security guard who was patrolling the lot if he would help us jump it. Then we drove to the party and turned off the car and tried to start it and it was still completely dead. After another jump and $87 later, we again have a working car! We had a barbecue later that evening with our neighbors as well.

On Tuesday night there was sort of kickoff party for the School of Medicine so Makayla and I went to that. (who can resist free food!) It was in an outside courtyard behind a builing and the fire alarm went off, so we had to go back through the building and out the front entrance. I guess it was a chemical spill of some sort and there were fire trucks and ambulances, so it must have been a bit serious.

Thursday I got fed breakfast and a way nice lunch again by the School of Medicine, so its been pretty nice. I love Yale and any activities that we have with the med students!

I'm just trying to get a regular study schedule down so I can get into a rythm and it's been a pretty good week. Next week will be a better indication. I could go on forever but I guess that's enough for now! Oh, one more thing, there was a representative from the Disabilities office talking to our program about study skills and she mention that the PA program was probably the most difficult program at the univerisity! That made me feel better! Later!