The semester that would never end has...ended

Today was our last day in the singles ward bishopric. As I was walking out the door after church to go home it hit me that this semester really is over, that though I have 5 finals ahead in the next 3 days, we really are moving on Saturday. We will be in Henderson Saturday night and going to a new ward Sunday where we will actually be living for the next four months. This has been the semester to end all semesters when it comes to how long it felt. It was up and down and all over the place. Hard classes, stress trying to get good grades so people will give us money next year and then looking for summer internships. It felt like it was never going to end, but at the same time I was really worried about what would happen after it ended since everything wasn't in place until just recently. It feels amazing to be nearly done, moving on, and doing something exciting for the summer. The apartment is mostly packed, with half our stuff in my sister's basement and the rest in boxes filling the living room. I'll miss the singles ward and our married ward, but am also so excited for the next adventure. Let's move!

Great Weekend and Only 1.5 Weeks Left!

We had such a fantastic weekend. We attempted to go rock climbing Friday night and took my SIL Hillary along. It took longer than expected to hike to where we were climbing in Rock Canyon, so it got dark and we had to come down, but it was still tons of fun. Then we headed over to Arctic Circle for sweet potato fries, burgers, and corn dogs. I guess it's there 60th anniversary, so we got major discounts. Woot!

Saturday we went to the adult session of stake conference in the morning, then headed out shooting with one of Bill's work friends and his wife. We showed him the super secret awesome shooting site we found a year or two ago. It was tons of fun! Then we headed to CLAS Ropes for a ward activity. What a great day.

Even though it looks like we're shooting over a road, I promise we were safe. :) We're so far out on the mountain, nobody was around.


Sunday was stake conference, so we only had church from 12-2PM. Bill is usually at church from 10-6PM, so it was the best to have so much of the day free! We walked to church in the absolutely beautiful weather and then home after. We spent most of the afternoon packing some of the stuff we are leaving in my sister's basement for the summer. I can't wait to head down to Las Vegas now! Hillary came over and hung out with us all evening. So fun. We ate these lime bars I made and died green and ate far too many of them, and it was just great.

And guess what? There is only a week and a half left of school. I can't wait! I'm ready to get done and have a break. Tomorrow is the last day of classes. I've almost made it!

Las Vegas, Here We Come!

I was having a bit of a meltdown Monday afternoon as I realized we were in the month of April and neither Bill nor I had a summer internship yet and things weren't looking promising. Right about that time I got a phone call for a job interview at UVU in their athletic compliance office. I had totally forgotten about it and was so excited to get the call! I'm not joking maybe five minutes later I got a text from Bill to check my email. What do I find? An internship offer for him to work at Southwest Gas in Las Vegas this summer! Woohoo! It couldn't get much better. We decided a couple months ago that we really wanted to go to Las Vegas for our internships this summer, but then the internship Bill thought he had fell through and Las Vegas has a super high unemployment rate, so things didn't look good. So we widened our search and sent applications to places in Colorado, Idaho, California, and Utah. Then a couple weeks ago he got a call from someone at SW Gas asking to interview him. He had sent an email inquiring about internships a while before that and apparently his resume got passed around and picked up by someone else. He interviewed over the phone and two weeks later they offered him the job. Yay for Bill!

So I canceled my job interview, but they called me back a little later that day and asked me to come in anyway to interview, as they would be willing to work with me to maybe intern in the Fall/Winter if they picked me as the candidate. The interview went really well, and honestly, regardless if I get the job or not, it just feels good to have someone want to change things around to work with me. It really made me feel valued.

So anyway, we have sold our apartment contract, and we're heading south after school ends. I cannot wait! Bill's family lives in Henderson and it will be so fun to be near them for a few months. I'm not a huge fan of the crazy heat, but maybe it'll grow on me. Either way, things turned out perfectly and this is going to be a great summer. Now I just need to find an internship or job there.