Our first flight left Juneau at 7am on Sept 4th. We didn't have a good way of getting to the airport that early in the morning, so we caught a ride with one of the drivers from my work the night before, and spent the night in the airport. We had a good time watching prison break on netflix and working on a puzzle. In the morning, when we went to check out bags, two of them were about 10lbs overweight each! Eeeek! In a panic, we shuffled our stuff around between our checked bags, and our carry-ons. When we re-weighed our bags to be checked, we had one bag that was exactly 50lbs (which is the weight limit), two bags that were 49.5, and another bag that was right around 48lbs. Talk about cutting it close! Our trip was pretty flawless after that, and we were super happy to have finally made it home.
The few days we had in Utah were jam packed trying to get everything together before going up to the Burg. This included buying the rest of our furniture, selling Todd's car, getting insured on my car, and spending time with the family.
Did you catch that? WE SOLD TODD'S CAR!!!! After four long months, FINALLY someone followed through with buying the car and we are SO grateful. That was just an added stress that we're so happy not to have to worry about anymore :)
So after just a few days in Highland, we loaded up the Subaru, the truck, and the trailer with our entire lives inside. Apparently we win the award for having the most stuff... Which is probably mostly my fault... But we did have a bed, mattress, two couches, kayak, and a dresser. That pretty much filled up the trailer alone. Then we had the cab of the truck and the little subaru for the rest. I don't think it's all that bad ;).
So we're... basically all moved in. Our apartment is great, we really really love it. Once we get all of our pictures up I'll take some pics and post them here and probably on facebook. But for now, I'll leave you wondering :)
Another reason it's been so crazy is just because of our schedules. I got a job at Hawthorne Elementary school in Idaho Falls, so I have to drive there every morning and be there by 9, then on MWF I have a class at 3, and I'm also working at Little Caesar's in the evenings. To add on to that, I just started coaching the goalkeepers for competitive soccer. Todd's schedule is just about as crazy. He has class every day until about two... On Mondays he has mock scenarios until about 6, Wednesdays he is in Idaho Falls doing clinicals and gets back around 11, and then every week he has to do a 12 hour shift at the fire station (which is where he is right now).
The worst part about being so busy, is it feels like we never see each other. Today I think we spent a total of 45 minutes together.
We did, however, get to go on a camping trip in Yellowstone! It was really nice to get away together and just relax a bit, and enjoy this AMAZING weather! I never want this weather to stop, it's soooo nice!
Anyway, that's basically all that's new... I'll leave you with some pics from our yellowstone trip.
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| Fly fishing |
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| Caught one! |
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| Buffalo! |
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| Mating ritual? |
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| Touching the mini geyser |
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| OW! |
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| Squirrels follow us everywhere! |
Pictures of the apt coming soon!
