Wisdom

Unfortunately, the beginning of 2012 has not brought good news so far. We are still waiting for our condo to close (although it's almost certain that it will happen Tuesday -- cross your fingers!), and a trip to the oral surgeon brought even worse news. After sitting in his office for nearly two hours, I learned that a) I have to have all four wisdom teeth out immediately and b) the jaw surgery that I need will cost $10,000 plus hospital fees -- and that's after insurance covers about $2,000.

Needless to say, it was a frustrating week, and this one is shaping up to be very hectic. Andrew starts school again tomorrow, beginning with a 7 a.m. class, and I get my wisdom teeth out on Thursday. Even if we do actually close on Tuesday, we won't be able to even begin moving until about 8 p.m. that day, and then we'll just have Wednesday night to finish moving/start unpacking before I get my wisdom teeth out and will be out of commission for a few days.

To top it off, my parents are bringing our washer and dryer down from Idaho, so we'll have to have things somewhat put together before they get here so they actually have a place to sleep. I'm really frustrated and mad about how things have gone through this entire process. It's been absolutely ridiculous. Closing this weekend -- or about TWO weekends ago, like we were supposed to -- would have been ideal.

We did do the final walk-through this week, so as soon as I muster up some energy, I'll post some pictures of the rooms. It's going to be wonderful to have our own place and much more space. I just have to keep reminding myself of that, especially as we face another long, busy week.

Home sweeter home

**Not a current photo. We haven't taken pictures lately.

As promised, I am spilling the beans about one of the opportunities I mentioned in this post: We're moving! After our landlord decided to raise our rent beginning in February by quite a significant amount, we decided it was time to start looking for a house.

Unfortunately, we didn't find a house in the Murray/Holladay area that we liked and was in our price range -- but we did find a cute little three-bedroom condo in Holladay that we fell in love with! We made an offer and it was accepted about a month ago, but since then it's been wait, wait, wait. We should close this week or next, however, and then we'll be moving into our own place! Andrew and I are super excited for this new opportunity and so happy to have more room.

It's bittersweet, too, of course. I cried at church today when they released me from my calling as the primary pianist, and there are quite a few people in our ward that we've grown to love and are really going to miss. Andrew is also sad to leave his calling as elder's quorum secretary, and we'll miss the neighborhood we live in and how close it is to Murray Park.

Our new home is going to be wonderful, though. We know the neighborhood well, and we'll be close to I-215 and a bit closer to work for both of us. We'll also have our own washer and dryer, so we can avoid the moldy laundry room here, and big walk-in closets to store all of our stuff.

Photos of our new space will come soon. I hope you're all having a great December. We are just counting down the days to Christmas now. It really is the most wonderful time of the year!

On the road again

OK, so I haven't blogged in a few weeks because.... I finally got a new job! I'll be moving to Salt Lake next week to start a job as a copywriter at Overstock.com, which you can check out here.

Here is a (REALLY) bad picture of me in my Broulim's uniform, complete with name tag.

But next week, I will actually be wearing cute clothes again and writing product descriptions in an OFFICE while actually using the skills I developed with my college degree! I am excited to be living in a big city again, but I'm most excited to be living in my own place (well, not right off the bat, but soon) that I can decorate the way I want!

And since I haven't written anything in awhile, have I mentioned how much I love fall? It's my absolute favorite season. I love the pretty fall and orange colors, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE pumpkins, which is why I'm planning to make these gorgeous centerpieces.

Some people say you outgrow Halloween, but you're never too old to wear a funny costume (even if it's just at your house when you hand out candy to trick-or-treaters). So I was ecstatic to find this tutorial for becoming a Yip Yip for Halloween. No one else seems to remember them from Sesame Street!

Well, I'm off to browse more Halloween decorations. I am SO EXCITED. You have no idea.

oops

So I realize that I haven't written a post for exactly a month, and I apologize. Life has been a little crazy. I've pulled myself out of a slump now, though, because I'm officially headed back to school as editor-in-chief of the newspaper! It's crazy, but it will be such a great opportunity.

I am currently sitting in my little cubicle at the Friend magazine for the last time and eating a very juicy peach. In fact, it has dripped all over my fingers, and last week, it stained my white shirt with yellowish blobs (thank goodness for Shout stain remover). It makes me wonder why orange juice is so hyped up. Peaches are pretty easy to get juice from...

I am also moving out of my apartment in about a half hour, when I get home. I packed the majority of my stuff in it last night, but there's a few more bags sitting upstairs that need to go in. My car was definitely an answer to many prayers a few months ago, because there is no way I'd be able to fit this much stuff in any other car. And the stereo that makes Eva Cassidy sound even better (if that's possible) doesn't hurt, either. :)

I'm excited to get back to school and back to my family, and especially excited to have my own space where I can stick all the awesome stuff I bought at the farmer's market this summer. As soon as all of the boxes are out of my car, I'm going to post pics of my sweet new digs. I realize this blog is pretty boring as is, but it's hard to motivate yourself to write MORE stuff for people to read when you do it eight hours a day anyway.

I'm going to Idaho tomorrow! I doubt anyone has ever punctuated that sentence with an exclamation mark...but Idaho is calling.