We've been back for 2 weeks now, and so far it's been good. The first week was spent moving in, restocking all our food and other such supplies and just relaxing. The second week, I was busy working at my new job (more details on that further down) while Brody continued with his relaxing.
He starts school next week for his final year at Thunderbird!! He can't wait. I'm excited too, to be able to walk over to school/work together, have lunch together, and walk home (if we happen to get done at the same time). I'm excited further, to also be a part of the school that has become such a big part of Brody's life and make it part of mine as well. It will be great being involved more in the school and getting to know some of the same people.
My job so far is great! I love the people that I work with and although I'm not working full time like I thought, but I AM however, working 30 hours instead of 20 like they originally told me. So that's good. The work is pretty easy, but at the same time, not too boring. I work in the Academic and International Services department and my job is to assist students who either call, e-mail or come in, with scheduling appointments to see an advisor or help international students get all their immigration paper work figured out. I'm so happy to have a job right away this time, instead of having to wait 2 1/2 months and I'm especially happy that it's a job I really enjoy. I've always wanted to work in a school, so I guess I can count that goal as accomplished!!
In other news, we moved into a different apartment this time, but still in the same complex. It actually ended up being right above our old one, which we LOVE!! Other than the hassle of bringing all our stuff up a bunch of stairs, being on the second floor is ideal for so many reasons:
1). Wayyy more privacy. We can leave our blinds open all day and not worry about people walking by and checking us out while we're eating dinner (that was always weird).
2). In the winter, we'll be able to leave our patio door and windows open all night and even during the day when we're not here. No one can reach the window to get in and rob us!
3). No noise of people jumping around above us.
It's been raining a lot here since we've been back, which has cooled the weather down a bit, but has made it super humid! Except, it's been so hot before now and when it's not raining it still get up there, so the pool doesn't even feel refreshing during the day, so instead, we go at night. It's perfect.
Salomon has been a little bored since being back. I guess going from having a big yard to run around in and people around all the time all summer to being stuck inside with just the two of us is pretty depressing to him. Does this look like a sad, depressed dog or what? Although we did take him to the dog park the other day..... Funny story about that: when we pulled up, we tried to get his leash hooked to his collar, but he was so excited he squeezed out of his collar and started sprinting toward all the other dogs, only he didn't quite notice the chain link fence that separated him from them (it was night time, in his defense). Needless to say, it was pretty funny watching him run into a fence at full speed.
Well that's all for now. Not much else is really going on for now. Just getting back into the swing of things. But I'm excited for Labor Day weekend coming up, we have some fun adventures planned. Hopefully it all works out!
