ALS Challenge

Is it just me, or is anyone else pretty tired of the ice bucket challenge?  It's great that we are raising awareness and all, but how many of these people that are dumping water on their heads actually donating?  I dunno but to me the challenge shouldn't be to withstand cold water that would probably be put to better use.  If you think about it, if everyone of these people doing the ice bucket challenge donates just a dollar, I think that would help research and stepping closer to a cure than just telling people about it.  I mean, I've seen at least 50 people on my facebook page taking the challenge so just with the people I'm connected with, that would be 50 smackaroos right there and out of the thousands of people doing it, I think it would make quite a difference.  I would like to think that some of them donated as well.

So What Now?

So tonight is the first night that Jeff and I are spending the night apart in our married life.  And I must say that it pretty much sucks.  Jeff and I have made it a goal to go to bed at the same time even though I might be up on the computer or he is watching some shows.  The point is, we are next to each other every night when we go to bed and I must say, it's pretty awkward and lonely.  I don't know how some people do it.  I do not handle these situations very well and I take my hat off to my sister-in-law whose husband is in the military and sometimes has to leave for work.  I should have started work this weekend to keep myself busy.  But I didn't so it is what it is.

Anyways, on a lighter note, we had a spiritual dump this week.  The first week here, there was a baptism confirmation during sacrament on Sunday, and a woman in our ward invited us to her endowment and sealing to her husband and two children.  It was a sweet experience.  The woman looked so incredibly happy and so grateful to be sealed to her family for eternity.  I am grateful and blessed to be sealed to my wonderful husband and that our children will also be sealed to us forever.  I am truly blessed.

Why Hello There

So we made it.  We got the internet up and running.  Sadly, that was the first thing we did besides unpack.  Well we didn't even finish unpacking yet.  Utensils are all over the floor and countertops and clothes have taken up residence on the floor.  But we did get the TV set up.  You know, the important things.

The apartment is nice and the neighborhood seems good.  We have a lot more space than we did in our last place in Utah.  We have stuff spread out over the apartment and we have an echo still.  That really isn't saying much since we have close to 0 furniture.  I believe tomorrow we will hit up some garage sales and see if we can get some cheap stuff around here and get some food.  Food is good.

I'll post some pictures when it isn't a huge mess.  But we are both happy and well.  Just relaxing in between boxes.

Preparation

So we have a move date now.  We will be moving to Maryland on the 13th this month!  We are both excited to finally start this part of our life.  All of our stuff is still packed from when we left Utah so we don't have to do much packing.  It has been a bit of a drag living out of one suitcase though so I'm excited to open all the boxes up when we get there to remember what we still have.

As of right now, I have my job here that is transferring me over so I will have a job when we get there.  It's only part time but a job is a job, right?  Jeff is also looking to transfer as well but we haven't heard much about that yet.  I also might be working as a part time baker at a grocery store if I get a call for an interview.

In the meantime, we are setting up a garage sale for my parents this weekend to help de-clutter a bit.  I haven't been too much help with this since my energy isn't quite back yet.  But I'll be the one stationed there doing the selling and bargaining (which I'm not very good at).

But we are just relaxing before the storm as I'm sure both of us will have to work a couple jobs to start out with.  At the moment, I'm watching our cats chase a fly around the room.  Mew eventually caught it and Charlie then ate it.  I guess we won't have to worry too much about a bug problem since these boys got it down.  Not sure how they handle mice though.  I'm hoping to not find out.