Ask me where I want to move.

All jokes aside, I'm pretty willing to move wherever. 

But I am extremely biased toward one area in particular.

To the pet store!

By Saturday evening, the monotony of doing nothing but school/work/homework/job search/chores was really getting to us. So we left the house for a couple hours of complete randomness that started at the pet store, moved to window shopping, and ended with raspberry sorbet. Not sure this is normal behavior, but we felt much better!

Interviews! Friends! SNOW!

Last week seriously feels like two. Not in a bad way, we just did a bunch more stuff than usual.

Tuesday. As mentioned, Todd made me a Valentine's pie, which was beyond delicious. I made him a baked Camembert which made us both feel a bit sick.

Wednesday. Todd had a great interview! He felt really good about it and we're looking forward to hearing back from the company soon. He has several more interviews coming up this week. We know we have lots of people praying for us, keep up the good work!

Thursday. I randomly broke out in hives on my face and neck. Nothing a little Benadryl couldn't solve, but WEIRD. We also had a fun night making pizzas and watching Indiana Jones with our friends. They are so great.

Friday. We introduced our friends to our favorite BBQ place--BBQ Exchange in Gordonsville VA. Totally worth the 40 minute drive.

Saturday. I went with the sister missionaries to visit a home-bound guy in our ward. He was really sweet and kept calling one of the sisters "Baby." She was squirming in her seat so bad, but hello! He's old! We're in the South! After that, we hung out with our buddy Bryson. He insists we are not his parents' friends, we're his friends.

Sunday. We got our first real snow of the winter! Todd was really hoping for a snow day from school, but the best we got was church ending 30 minutes early. The sunrise was so pretty through the snowy trees in our "backyard" this morning.

Man at Work

 What we have here is the beginning of my Valentine's Day present--Todd makes the best pie! It's his grandma's recipe and I ask for it whenever I can get it. It's no simple pie and he makes it perfectly. He'll be out of town, but believe me, I can handle the whole thing by myself.

A metaphor.

 On Saturday, our car got pooped on. Not just one bird, but a whole flock of birds relieved themselves all over our vehicle. The cars around us? Not a drop. I guess these birds prefer silver? Todd was so embarrassed by the mess that he parked in the back of the church parking lot. We had to laugh--it was a good metaphor for our life just then.

While the birds went to town on the car, Todd and I were inside looking at job postings. This is not the most fun weekend activity, but it's paying off. He has two preliminary and a fly-out interview this week! The jobs sound pretty cool and *bonus* his wife likes where they're located.

I should also mention...

I'm excited for Todd to have that diploma in hand after working so hard, but I will be really sad to leave Charlottesville. I may have mentioned once or twice how I am crazy about this place. We love our friends, we love Todd's school, and we LOVE beautiful Virginia. It's perfect except that it's far from our families. I've been sad about having to leave since the day we got here, and now we only have 3-4 months left! I'm sure our next adventure will be also grand, but we have LOVED this one.

100 days!

February.

Work/School

Job Hunt

Eat

Sleep

Repeat