How I Spent My Summer Vacation...

... An apt phrase, since I spent August & September unemployed. Yeah, that's right. The job that was great in July, well... let's just say the other shoe dropped really, really fast. And hard. Really, its a long & frustrating story, so don't ask. However, October brings new joy on my employment front: I got out of insurance altogether! It feels ridiculously liberating. While there were/are many aspect of insurance that I actually enjoyed, the stress was getting to me. Especially at Farmers. *shudder*twitch* That environment was just not good for my health. Now, I'm working for a medical licensing company in Draper and I love it. LOVE LOVE LOVE. I am so happy - even Mondays are good days. You know how I feel about Mondays! So all in all, life is looking up.

Brent is still working in California & looking for a job here in Utah. Trust me, the irony of our job situations is not lost on either of us. He is in California 3 weeks out of each months. Its hard to only have him home for one week at a time (not to mention, I have gotten far too used to being alone and it is a bit unsettling). We are doing the best we can with the situation though. We still feel as though God is testing us, and we think that maybe me finally landing a good job is a turning point in the road. Hopefully. *fingers crossed* Lots of praying around here! ;)

Our computer is having difficulties lately. For some reason, it won't find our D:/ drive. That's our internal storage drive. All our programs are run on the C:/ drive & our music, docs & pictures are stored on the D:/ drive. That way, if Windows crashes we don't lose everything on our computer. Well, har-dee-har-har, the computer is refusing to find the D:/ drive. So I don't have access to any of our pictures or documents from the last 4 years, not to mention our extensive music collection. I think the drive itself is ok, but somehow it isn't linking to the rest of the computer. I am going to have a friend who is good with computers take a look at it this week to see if he can figure out what is wrong with it.

As for pictures, the only ones I have access to are what I have on my camera, which basically sums up the last 3 months. Here is what life has been like lately:

Bowling Adventures...

...and Bees. SLC Bees Baseball, that is!
(We went w/ the Kaufmans & the boys were so excited to see The Bee!)

Helping my Dad & Marlene move into their new home in South Jordan.

Enjoying the crazy weather & gorgeous view from our balcony...

...Or the view of the Salt Lake Valley.

We watched old friends get married (congrats Desi & Kyle!)

Then I ran around like crazy because I was in charge of the food for their reception.
No, I'm not bartending - just mixing the crazy, but very yummy, party punch Desi & I cooked up. (The joke of the day was that I was part witch, part chemist with that giant pot.)

We also participated in the blessing of our newest family member Aubrey.
(Well, almost-family, but I'm not sure that either the Edling clan nor
the Kaufmans even notice the difference anymore!)