End of Summer Musings

Hello world. It's been a while.

What a whirlwind of a summer. Since I last wrote, Joe and I have both just working tons, and taking a few random trips. We went to California (L.A.) at the end of July to visit Joe's sisters: Liz, and Rebecca and her family. We had a blast. We visited the Getty museum, the Griffeth Observatory, and Malibu beach.

We also ate some great sea food and did a lot of nothing. It was great and very relaxing. Liz was kind to take us around LA and see the sights (and drive-- LA drivers are CRASY-GO-NUTS!).

This trip was especially nice to get away from the move we were in the middle of-- that's right, folks, Joe and I officially moved out of the Branbury (after 6 years for Joe). Because we couldn't move in to our new 4-plex until the 1st of August, but had to be out of our Branbury apt by the 22nd of July, my parents were nice enough to let us stay with them for a week.

Now we are all moved in to our new place and loving it. It feels like a palace in size compared to our first place--it's actually almost twice the square footage (our Branbury apt. was about 500 sq. ft.). We are also loving the extra storage, 2nd bedroom, and covered parking.

Other story of the week, which it pains me to tell: Joe and I were up for phone upgrades so we decided to join the world and get smart phones. Well, after having mine for all of 2 days, I put it through the washer accidentally when I washed the sheets on our bed, not realizing I had left my phone on the bed when I woke up. To make a long story short, after trying every trick on the internet to try to dry it out, it was ruined. We went ahead and added the warranty, since we were still within 14 days of purchase, but now we will have to pay the monthly warranty fee and the deductible, so... I am rethinking how smart it is for me, Emily-- clumsy and ditsy at times-- to be responsible enough for a smart phone. Right now I'm just using my old phone again.

I'm back in school for my last semester until I graduate- yay! I'm taking my capstone English major class, which I chose the literature of the Brontё family (Patrick, Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell), as well as my last general ed class (second half of humanities), a poetry class, the Bible as literature, and a history and criticism of rhetoric class. So-- lot's of fun classes!

Also, I officially worked my last day at Charlotte Russe yesterday- it was bittersweet. It feels good to move on, but I've literally worked there for almost four years and made a lot of friends and memories. So n

o more weekends or late nights working! Or holidays! I love it. I only work 20 hours/week at Cedar Fort (oh, yes I don't know that I mentioned on here that my internship hired me!) and it is around my classes, so I have a much more regular schedule.

No update on the Army yet :( But Joe has been busy building guitars. You heard me right.

Life is good and we feel really blessed. Love you all!