Our own rythem

Well we are finally starting to get into somewhat of a regular schedule. It sure does help with the process that is defintely for sure. At work today, we had a new client that moved up here from Alabama. Granted it's not Texas but is definitely a southern state. She told me that since I'll have her number at the clinic that I should call her just to talk about southern things lol. I was like I love it!!

So I wanted to mention a crazy surgery that happened last week at work. The doctor removed an 8 pound tumor from a dog that was connected to one ovary. It took up the entire stomach. I could not believe how gigantic it was! Speaking of work a co-worker asked me if we had punch buggie stores in Texas. I said are you referring to slug-bugs...meaning beatles? She was like yeah. I informed her that yes even in Texas we had beatle dealerships. People really do believe what they hear about us southerners....CRAZY!!!!

We watched Andrew's cousin's 2 little boys last night for a couple of house. They are the ones who's mom just decided to leave them and is in the process of divorcing their dad. Well we tried to give them a night of fun and I'm pretty sure we succeed. We started off with rock band and they were completely jamming out on the drums. Then we put in spiderman the movie. They decided they both should be spiderman and tried to catch Raider with their "webs" lol. Then their dad stopped by to visit (as he is a cop in our town) and when he was leaving Austin (the 3 year old) started crying and said please take me to see mommy. Apparently he cries himself to sleep a lot because he misses his mom. I almost started to cry it was so upsetting to see first hand. But then Raider came to save the day and basically tackled him with kisses...gotta love dogs!!! Well I miss y'all like crazy!!

Finally...

We are finally settled in our apartment!!! Heck yeah! It's incredible. We are so happy and feel so blessed. We are not taking the obvious gifts for granted anymore. Tonight is the first night since we've moved that the 3 of u (Andrew, me and Raider) have been by ourselves. It's a little weird lol. We've always had another dog or someone else with us. It is definitely an amazing feeling!!!

So I really like my job but I have found one MAJOR problem with it. I work really close to a city called Worcester (pronounced Wisster...I know weird!!). Well they have a very distinguished accent that is very difficult to understand if you're not used to it. Well we have a lot of clients that are from there. They call to set up appointments and I have to look them up on the computer. The problem is that is can't understand a word they are saying!! SERIOUSLY! I have them re-spell their names like 3 or 4 times and they start getting very annoyed with me and I'm telling them they're not in ou system. It's crazy.

Oh yeah...I know all my family members will for sure laugh at this. Get this...Andrew has NEVER had to wash dishes by hand before. Well this is the first time that he has lived where he didn't have a dishwasher. He told me that and I was just floored. I was like well welcome to the real world buddy!! Get used to using a towel to dry those dishes. Isn't that insane! So now he's learning what I learned very young lol!!! Bless his heart! Well I love you all very much!!!!

One for the Books....

So y'all should get a kick out of this. We moved in yesterday (yeah amazing news I know right?!?!?) but when we start to unload everything guess what happens??? IT STARTS SNOWING! I know it's one thing to have to wipe down everything when you bring stuff in from the rain...but from snow???? That is definitely one for the books!! We are getting a little more settled in. I really like it. It's awesome not living out of our suitcases for a change!! It's incredible!

So we could still use a lot of prayer for Andrew's possible job. We haven't heard anything since his first interview but we knew it'd take a while to hear something.

Work is going well. I really like it. The girl I replaced apparently didn't do crap so the more I do the more amazing I look in everyone else's eyes!! It's a win-win for me! LOL. Well I need to go finish unpacking. I love you all so much!!!!

More news...

Hey everyone!! Well first of all Andrew's interview went extremely well. We feel that they didn't take him very seriously at first due to his age but once they found out what all he did at IBC the mood of the interview changed instantly!!! They really liked him, but they did say it'd probably be a couple of weeks before we heard anything for another interview with the board.

So....we finally have an address of our own. We won't live there until Wednesday but if any of you wanted to send a letter, restaurant gift cards, gas gift cards, a package of any sort you would know where to send it to lol!!! Okay the address is 191 B SOUTH ST. NORTHBOROUGH, MA 01532. We are so excited and ready!It's amazing what all we take for granted. Oh did I mention it's 2 bedroom so anyone who wanted to come visit us has their own room finally (hint-hint)!! I miss you all so much!

Oh yeah, it was Andrew's sister's birthday yesterday so went to a mexican restaurant. I wasn't too excited about it because I know what actual mexican food should taste like and I highly doubted it would even come close. Well I was wrong and I am so glad! We had to drive like 20 minutes out in the middle of nowhere to find it but we did dang it! It was owned by real mexicans. Evidently his family had no idea what anything was on the menu (inculding fajitas!!) so Andrew and I were doing our best how to describe it. Andrew told them to start off with a fajita because in a way it's the simplest and you can build your own. Well I was the only one who ordered it and as soon as mine arrived literally everyone just stopped and starred. Both of his parents said dang I should have ordered that!! I was like heck yeah you should have. A real Texan knows how to order mexican food!! LOL! Love you all and Happy Valentines Day!

My New JOB!!!

Yeah I finally have a job as a vet. It's completely different from working with Doc. The biggest difference is the technology that is used at this clinic. We do all the blood work here, plus x-rays, plus all different types of gas for surgeries including a device to detect the heart beat and breaths. Its insane!!! LOL! I was floored at how much more they do there. Apparently the technicians are really the vets because they are the ones to draw all the blood, run the tests, draw up all the medications (including for anesthesia...meaning doing the calculations for each individual animal...the vet does NOT do it at all), and do the dentals on the animals...its so crazy!! I am totally overwhelmed but I really like it. The vet is from China and is very hard to understand. His procedures are VERY different from Doc's...which is a huge understatement.

Good news...Andrew has an interview tomorrow night with a church. We are so excited. It's the one I talked about before. So keep your fingers crossed!! Thank you for everyone's prayers so far...it is truly appreciated!

Also...we get to move into our apartment next Wednesday. You have no idea how excited we are! I have never wanted my own space so badly as now lol. God's timing is amazing though (not that I should be surprised)!! Well I miss you all and love you very much!!!

About time...yeah!!!

I have amazing news! I finally got a job! I am really excited. I'll be working for a vet again. Isn't that funny?!?!? There would have been no way for me to get this job unless I had experience with working at doc's office. Isn't is awesome how God works in your life?! I start on Monday. I'm so ready to get into a set schedule...finally!!! So we (of course) had to go to Olive Garden last night to celebrate...basically because we had a gift card left over from Christmas lol. Well we got there and Stacy knows the GM really well. So he just came over and talked with us basically the entire time. Then he "took care of" our bill and even brought me a bottle of the salad dressing that I love so much for free!!! It was an amazing day yesterday let me tell you. And I still have my Olive Garden gift card!!! AMAZING!!!!!!

Andrew is really bummed that we haven't heard anything from that one church. Please keep him in your prayers as we find what God has in store for him. Love you all very much!!!