I have officially started my classes. I'm in for a long haul, but it should be worth it in the end!
Since the move from Utah, I have had plenty of wonderful and exciting experiences (although that may be a
slight exaggeration for the most part). The last few weeks in Utah consisted of tons and tons of packing (which was made worse by the fact that I'm an amazing procrastinator) and lots of stress.
I flew out to Tennessee about a week before David followed with his dad and sister in the truck. They met me in Tennessee and we enjoyed a wonderful day on the lake before packing up my belongings from my parents and trekking down to Alabama.
After the initial move in, we took a day and headed over to Destin, Florida for a beach trip. Oh man, do I love the ocean. And I love the Gulf Coast because the ocean is
WARM!
I started getting acquainted with my new position about a week before classes started, and I started classes this past Monday. Yikes! We've already been here 2.5 weeks! Time definitely does fly by.
We absolutely love the ward out here. Our first Sunday we went to church we got stared down like crazy. Haha. The number of active members in the ward is rather small, but they are so nice and totally just embraced us as their own. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone a little better.
The biggest downfall that I have run into is the cockroaches. Man, there's not much worse than finding a 2.5 inch roach hanging out on your kitchen counters.
Gross!