Looks like I failed again and haven't updated in 6 months... oops! Anyway, we packed up all our things and moved to Springfield (finally!). We've gotten settled in and I've been at my new job for 2 weeks now. It was actually a nice break between jobs and moving wasn't too stressful. We took a short camping trip right before the move and it was pretty fun. We canoed down part of Buffalo River in Arkansas. Half-way through the canoe trip, it started pouring down rain so we pulled off the river to eat lunch and huddled under some trees for about an hour and a half while we waited for a lightening storm to pass. We didn't have much of a choice because of time constraints, so we got back in our canoes in the lightening and rain. About a half hour later, it finally stopped raining and we got to enjoy what was left of the float. It was pretty enjoyable and I caught the most fish! After getting back to the tent, we decided we didn't want to take the chance of getting another storm in the middle of the night so we drove to the nearest town and stayed in a hotel. They had an awesome hot tub :) We went back to get the tent the next morning and went to see some cavern and springs and stayed in a small cabin on White River the last night. Headed back to Carbondale to pack up our stuff in the trailer that night to head out the next morning. We got most of the stuff in, but thought we would have to make another trip (4 hours each way). We got optimistic and rearranged the trailer in the morning and managed to get everything in the trailer and cars in one trip. Thank goodness!! It was such a relief to have everything in our new apartment, even if it was a huge mess. At that point, I was a little stressed because that was Thursday evening and I started my new job on Monday morning. Luckily, we were able to get mostly everything put away that weekend. And Aaron was wonderful by helping getting everything set up and putting some little last things away. So, I've been at my new job for a few weeks now and it is a LOT different than my last one. I knew it would be, but I miss my Carbondale work friends :( The doctor is really nice and pretty relaxed so nothing has been too stressful. The other girls that work there have been nice, too. I basically got thrown in to doing some therapy without really knowing much, but it's a computer-based program, so I mainly provide motivation and tell them when to take breaks. At first, I wasn't sure I was going to like it, but now that I am learning more, it's not that bad. It's so much different than my old job because, here, everyone has their specific duties, and I am used to everybody being able to do everything. Aaron has been amazing. He is studying this summer to get ready for school and he is cleaning and cooking me dinner when I get home from work. I am so lucky to have such an awesome man in my life!! I couldn't wish for things to be any better. And it's almost our 1 year anniversary coming up, too! Holy cow, did time fly by! Oh, and we got birds! Aaron's parents had birds that their house, but they don't ever get let out of their cage because of the cats and dog, so we took them home with us. We thought it would be good for them to get some exercise because they haven't had any for a while. The other day, we took them imto the spare bedroom and let them out. BAD IDEA. They flew around a little bit, but not much because their wings aren't very stong so they would go up and down a lot. And they haven't fully trusted us yet, so they freaked out when we tried to get them to put them back in the cage. And they couldn't steer very well, so they flew into walls a lot... we thought they might have brain damage after that incident. Eventually (after they wore themselves out completely), we were able to get them to step up onto a perch and put them back in the cage. That was about 3 days ago.. not sure if they've fully recovered yet.