Some Things

Well, we've been back in Rochester for almost a week, so I guess we are pretty much New York residents now. We still have to get our drivers licenses and such, but they cost 55 bucks each so we're gonna hold off for awhile (and pray we don't get prosecuted for going over the 30 day limit). Nothing too exciting has happened since we've been back but here are a few highlights:

1. As you may or may not know, Amanda worked two jobs in Charlottesville while I "slaved" away at law school. Now that I'll be working in a week or so, I told Amanda that she didn't have to keep up the same pace, but guess what? She has decided to do it again. In fact, she will be working the exact same two jobs up here in Rochester as she did in Charlottesville. During the day she will continue with Northwestern Mutual and at night she will fight crime... I mean, work at the Gap (we just can't live without that discount). If you add up her paychecks with my salary, I think we have officially reached a point where we aren't poor anymore. Sure, I still have those pesky student loans, but let's worry about those another day.

Now, I'm not trying to brag or say we're rich or anything (since most of the people who read this blog probably make a lot more than little old us). In fact, if any of you know me well, you probably know that making tons and tons of money is not a major goal in life. I will admit, however, that there are a few advantages to making a little bit of cash and moving past the "poor student" phase. Here are a few that I'm particularly excited about:

A. We can afford to buy 2-ply toilet paper now instead of the single-ply stuff you normally find in public school bathrooms. Sorry to everyone who had to use it when they visited in Charlottesville. I hope you washed your hands well.

B. We can actually meet the recommended fruit and vegetable dietary intake. I guess that our Spiderman 3 Fruit Snacks didn't qualify. On that note, who knew that it was so expensive to eat healthy? Sure, we can afford some produce now, but we're still far too poor to go organic or anything like that yet.

C. Speaking of food, we have also made the upgrade from Kroger (the cheaper, less appealing supermarket - kind of like Smith's in Utah or Safeway in VA) to Wegman's (for which there is really no comparison...maybe Harris Teeter... but on steroids).

2. As you can see, we changed the header on the blog again. On the poll we held, "Keep the New One" won, but I think I voted for that four or five times myself (I should run for office in Chicago).

Anyway, all the letters all come from signs and buildings in our neighborhood. We actually live in a really cool place with lots of restaurants, theaters and shops around. Sure, the bakery behind our house was broken into last night, but we still love it. Besides, all the burglar took was the plastic donations jar from the counter.

3. My little brother Jesse leaves fro the MTC tomorrow. I mentioned him a few months ago when he got he got his mission call to Taiwan. If any of you know him, make sure to support him and write to him a lot (because I sure won't).

4. Speaking of little brothers, my other younger brother Jacob is back at the Y. If any of you are in Utah and know of some hotties to set him up with, I'll get you his phone number.

5. Well, I'd better run. My fantasy football draft is starting in a few minutes. Yes, I'm a little embarrassed that I still do it, but we established the fact that I'm a nerd a long time ago on this blog.