So, I didn't think I'd be able to blog today. You see, I'm in Utah, which isn't too bad, but I'm in Upalco, Utah. For those of you who know where that is, yeah. Everyone else, imagine the middle of nowhere and you've go it. We're here for Lexie's cousin's wedding, and for an early Thanksgiving with her family.

Anywhoo, so this week has been pretty good. We got accepted for the place in Rockaway, we'll be moving over the course of this week when we get back. I also got a job in Beaverton/Hillsboro. It's temporary - 3 months or so - but that'll be long enough to find something else and start to get our feet under us. I also sent in the papers to enroll in the online CJ program at PSU, so hopefully next semester I'll be able to take all my classes online.

Lex started working down in Salem - she had general orientation Monday through Wednesday of last week, and she's scheduled for shifts the Friday, Saturday, and Monday after Thanksgiving. :( I'm going to miss her while she's working. Maybe this calls for a trip to the Salem RT ward....(is there such a thing?)

At this writing, I have been married for exactly 3 weeks. The time has flown by - it's hard to comprehend how fast 3 weeks passes. I was talking to my mechanic/friend yesterday, and he and his wife recently celebrated their 40th year together. How awesome is that? How awesome is it that we have not just this life, but eternity? I love the gospel.


We decided to go with the place I mentioned in my last post. We move in on the 24th. It will probably be a little bit of a drawn out process - hopefully I'll start working that week, as well as Lex. She's heading down to Salem half of this week for orientation at the hospital for her RT job, and then we're going out to Utah for her cousin's wedding and an early Thanksgiving with her parents/family.

I'm excited for these changes. Everybody says change is hard, and it is, but change is also good. It exposes us to new things, gives us new experiences and perspectives. It also highlights the things that don't change - love, family, trust. Because, even though Lexie's parents and siblings are in Utah, my mom's in Thailand, my dad will be in Boise, and my siblings are in Utah, we're still family, and nothing will change that, and that's what's important.

This past week has been kindof a whirl. My mom left for Thailand, Lex took her boards and passed (YAY!), and we've been out in Tillamook and surrounding area looking for a place to live. It doesn't help that the sleep schedule has been completely kaputzed - sleeping in 'till 11 or so and going to bed at 2 am. Plus, I keep waking up in the middle of the night - multiple times. Not that I'm complaining, just explaining.

I think we've found a place - Lex was even able to negotiate them down on the price some. We'll go out there with a camera sometime and I'll upload pictures of the house. I was really taken with it - it was the first house we visited. It's back in the woods a little ways, with a nice view from upstairs of the lake. Close enough to the highway that it's not inconvenient, but far enough that it's not noisy or busy. And hey, it's on the coast.