Finally, things feel like they make a little more sense again. This has been a very hard month for us, but a very exciting one too. Last night we got most of our boxes and things organized and our home is making a little more sense. Also, Lucy finally slept through the night last night with no accidents or mid-night whimperings. This is VERY exciting.
We got to officially pick up the puppy a few weeks sooner than we had originally anticipated, which was great. She is such a sweetheart, and so smart. We are VERY glad to have an all-tile floor, but she's definitely getting better about the potty-training thing by the day. She's also learned the commands "sit", "no", "drop it", "fetch, "come", "potty", and "ouch" (aka "stop biting so hard"). We finally found Kenny's camera after the move so we can start taking pictures and posting them.
So, we stretched the move over a two-week period. It sounds nice and more relaxing, but really it just means in the end that I had twice the amount of time to worry and stress and feel guilty for whatever relaxing we did manage.
The new place is working out great. We did have to buy our own fridge, washer and dryer, which was unexpected but will be a good investment in the end. It is really hard for me to spend that much money without having it all planned, though. But now we have our own appliances and someday when we have our own house we won't have to start from scratch.
Kenny has been working so hard on "fixing up" our place and making it more our style. In truth, Kenny has REALLY amazed me the last few weeks. He's dealt with finals (and did fairly well), moving, work, and has been the main keeper of the puppy- mostly because he's home more than I am. He even brought me roses yesterday:)- seriously a husband couldn't be more perfect. We had a slight incident the other evening because Kenny lost his temper at the puppy- one of the few times I've seen Kenny breakdown. I wasn't mad at all- it was just Kenny being mad at himself, which is hard to watch. We ended up concluding that Kenny was just exhausted and needed to force himself to relax. He slept for a long time then woke up just fine.
We went to our new ward on Sunday for the first time, and I'm pretty excited about it. The Bishop seems really cool- we had a good chuckle about my "calling" in my last ward (aloha committee member) and how he was going to give me a REAL calling (which I would be fine with.)
Oh, the other big news is that my department at work is going through some major re-organization to account for the major growth this year (my department plans on doubling to keep up with demand). With the new re-org, I have a new boss (Adam, a very nice fellow who works remotely from Chicago) and only 3 team members- 2 of which are more on the business side and one who is more on the tech side (like me). The four of us will specialize in Financial Services and work only with Fin services clients. I love this. It's going to be great to focus on one problem set and be able to really get ahead of the game. It also opens up a lot of career opportunities (a remote new boss means someday working remotely from home may be a possibility.) I've also been getting lots of compliments from those who work above me and it's been very flattering and self-esteem boosting (even though they are often in the form of "you are the most patient/best at handling clients so we're handing you these dreadful clients who need to work with someone like you"). Too bad all I still really want to do is go home and be a mom. Soon enough, soon enough.
My sister Lori moves to Houston tomorrow. I don't even want to think about it, or I'll break down. Lori and I have been really close. I'm just glad she'll be online all summer so we'll still talk all the time. I think it's what the move represents that bums me out more than anything (growing up, separate paths).
Well, I need to not make this blog too long, so I'll leave you with those more important updates. Hopefully now that things have settled we'll all get back into the blog thing again.
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Quite the post joo. I miss you you know.
Jen, glad to hear YOU are settling in and getting adjusted. Wow. New puppy? Post some pictures! How exciting to have changes at work. I hope they are challenging and worth while. We are doing well in WA. I just saw your parents and Becky and her family when we visited Amy's ward yesterday. You are so lucky to have such an awesome family. Regarding the USB cord, you can send it if you want, but our laptop is compatible with the smartcard, so it's not that big of a deal. The camera is magnificent! I'd be so sad without it. thank you, thank you, thank you. (I don't think I've ever left such a long comment before-whew.)
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