I know it's been a while sweetheart; we hardly talk. I was doin' my thang.

And I'm sorry.

We've been busy with this:

As well as this:
I used to aspire to be a hardcore Do It Youself-er, but in reality I've just become a really great Have-Your-Husband-Do-It-Himself-While-You-Sit-In-The-Air-Conditioned-House-Sipping-A-Dr. Pepper-And-Looking-For-The-Next-DIY-Project-er. And I tell you what. It is exhausting! But seriously, this dresser is going to be the death of me. And I'm going to be the death of David. This is the second summer out of two summers we've been married that we've refinished this stupid thing. I promised him that this would be the last one and that we will keep this dresser forever. The mahogany just rubbed me the wrong way (ahaha , punny). Once we've completely finished, I'll post pics of the mahogany vs the ebony (they had no espresso/dark brown, so we're creating our own).

But back to the first thing that's been keeping us busy, and probably the only thing you care about at this point. Fresyes. So, July 15th we loaded up a moving truck with most of our crap and all of Tyler and Karina's and moved into our new apartments! Our apartment is a one bedroom and it's about 640 square feet. It's an upstairs unit (directly above Ty and Nina). We've basically unpacked everything except for the small load we'll be bringing with us this weekend when we make the official move. I'm thinking about making a video tour for you guys this next week.

We've been traveling back and forth because David's job doesn't end until this Thursday, so we've spent the weekends up at the apt and the weekdays here in the casita (which has quickly been taken over by Lindsay's possessions... I'm beginning to think she really wants us out of here...). But come this Friday, we will be making the final move. Eeek! Now, David calls me a tender sweet. This is his gentle way of calling me a big baby, which admittedly, I am. I've been looking forward to this move for such a long time and I seriously love our apartment. But as Friday gets closer and closer, I feel more and more emotional about leaving. It's ridiculous, I know. I mean, it's only 2 hours away and we'll be back to visit. But I really do love Bakersfield. I love being so close to our family and knowing where everything is at. I really love running into people at Target and Foodmaxx. I love the people in my stake. Mostly, though, I'm really going to miss my sisters. It's just weird thinking about not seeing them everyday. I love those crazy girls. Anyway, enough blubbering.

As for school stuff and our plans for the next few years... Since there were no Communicative Disorders classes offered at BC, I haven't started with any of my major classes. So it looks like I won't be graduating with my B.A. for 5-6 semesters. David, on the other hand, doesn't have a ton of major classes to take since he's taken a lot of them at BC, so he'll be done with his undergrad work within 3-4 semesters. At his orientation, his advisor told him about a way to teach high school without having to earn your credential. I don't know any of the details, but this is something we are going to look into so that David can teach while he is earning is Master's Degree. That way, he has some experience and a back up plan in case he can't get hired at BC. And if he hates teaching high school and still can't get hired at BC within a certain time frame, then he may look into some Mathematician options. So we're thinking that we will be back in Bakersfield in 6-ish years. But who knows. There are lots of things that could change that. But ultimately, (turn on the Arnold voice) we will be back.

And you may or may not be wondering about our current employment situation. David doesn't exactly have a guaranteed position yet, but the tutoring center on campus is looking for some math tutors and we've spoken with one of the tutoring center coordinators. Things look pretty good. It just depends on whether or not they need someone during the hours he's available. But we'll get that sorted out hopefully next week. And if it doesn't work out, he could probably do private tutoring again. I'm pulling for on campus, though. It would just be more convenient. And I've already met with my supervisor at the Lyle's Center on campus. I just emailed her my class schedule so she can figure out my work schedule.

Well, that's where we're currently at.