New Beginnings and Stuff Like That

Since my last post Amanda has started her new job at Primary Children's Hospital. She loves the job, but hates the commute. Who could blame her? It's a long ways to drive a few times a week. But she has finished a lot of her training, so now she has her own patients and is a bonified RN. She still have to go up one additional time for a few hour training, on top of her 3 shifts a week. But in 3 months she won't have to do that anymore. By then I think she will have to chance to transfer to the children's unit in Riverton, which would be a lot closer. So we'll see what she decides to do.

We moved into a new apartment in north provo on August 2nd. I had a bunch of friends come over and we knocked it out in just 2 hours, then had a BBQ. We are liking the new place though. Its much larger than our old apartment, and Amanda is having fun painting and getting it looking good. We are liking our new ward as well. We decided to go to a family ward instead of the married student ward like we have been going to. We almost got a calling in the primary, but didn't because Amanda has to work about 2 sundays a month, so I couldn't teach them alone. Dodged that bullet (j/k). So we'll see what callings we do get.

The day after we moved into our new place we drove to CA for the 4th time this year. My family got a beach house for the week on Balboa Island, right off the coast of Newport Beach. It was really fun and nice to go spend time with family, play in the ocean and with nieces and nephews, etc.

School has started, and since I went to field training this summer I am now officially an "upper-classman." The first 2 years of ROTC you are considered enlisted, and learn how to follow orders. Your junior and senior years you are a cadet officer, and give orders. We basically run the cadet side of the ROTC and the real officers observe and teach us as we go. I am in charge of a service organization called Arnold Air Society, and the vice commander for the Color Guard. Here is a sweet video we made to recruit for Color Guard.

Sweet video

One of the perks of being the commander is that we choose if we wanna do the flag at the football games. If we do we get 2 free tickets on the front row, 40 yard line. Pretty good tickets. So Amanda and I went to the University of Washington/ BYU game, and I also brought my "little Brother" Joseph. I think he liked the game, but he doesn't really show too much excitement for anything, so who knows.

To be honest I am glad school is back on again. Amanda feels weird because its the first time in her life that she isn't going back to school for the fall. But when I'm in school its so much easier to live a schedule and exercise, etc. And, at the end of this semester I'll be applying for my pilot slot, so I'll find out about that probably March. Cross your fingers and mention me in your prayers, cause I've worked hard to get to this point, and getting my pilot slot would be the pinnacle of my efforts.