Well, it has been a long time since I blogged and there is plenty to talk about. First of all, David did wonderful during his first semester. He passed all his classes and enjoyed his lab rotations. As for me, I did get a job with a local school district as a substitute teacher (WOOT) even though it is basically an on-call position. Still it is much better than nothing. Thesis editing is progressing well - with the holidays it definitely was not a primary interest for me but I still worked on it. Naturally we went back home for the holidays - for 2 and half weeks. IT WAS GLORIOUS. Our trip did get off to a bumpy start though. The flight was delayed an hour so we didn't board the plane until 12:30AM, I could not get comfortable enough on the plane to sleep for more than 40 minutes or so (not an issue for David - that man can sleep anywhere I swear!), and then we had to wait almost an hour for the bags at baggage claim. I guess they manually moved all the bags from the plane to the airport because it TOOK forever. My dad made us breakfast then drove us over to my in-laws (we had the guestroom) to get some much needed sleep. There was a cold snap (as there always is when we head to the east coast for Christmas) which after the nice warmth and sun of AZ was not appreciated. Thankfully, between lap blankets and family willing to turn up the heat, we were comfortable and warm. We ate out tons; there were several restaurants on our "must eat" list while home and we hit them all. Barbecue from Shane's, my Reuben sandwich from a local eatery (with a Caesar salad that is AMAZING), our favorite Chinese place, and many other good things. Of course, we had the mojo pork, black beans, yellow rice, and Cuban bread for Christmas eve dinner. David made the black beans which turned out great. The most interesting part of the first half of our trip was meeting the German family whose son my parents hosted over the school semester. They were all very nice and we enjoyed talking to them. In fact, the father gave us a Euro and said it was for the best hotel in Germany (his house)! My sister is already planning to save up money to go there over the coming summer. We had a full house at my in-laws: besides us, there was their youngest daughter, their oldest daughter and her son, Traci and her two boys, and then Melissa's (the youngest daughter) boyfriend all staying over at one point. It was fun on Christmas when the rest of the siblings and their children came. One of them has a year and half year old who was just too adorable to watch (he is the youngest grandchild right now) and enjoyed showing us "how strong" he was. If you raised your arm in the air and said "How strong are you? So strong!", he would mimic you! And as long as his grandmother did it, he would copy. I really liked talking to my brothers- and sisters-in-law. Unfortunately, after Christmas most of the house got sick. While we are mostly over it, our noses continue to be stuffy and runny... I do not enjoy sleeping with a stuffed nose - the feeling freaks me out. New Year's was low key. David and I were inside my parents house watching Criminal Minds instead of being outside at the bonfire (the cold and smoke bothered my throat) since we both felt sick. As for presents, we got some wonderful ones. There were several movies, a GPS (which I will need with my job since I do not know the locations of all the schools I could end up working at), a beautiful purple shawl from my in-laws, and new baking sheets and muffin tin from my parents. Sometimes a girl needs the basics, particularly when her own are burnt and warped. I am rough on my cookware apparently. We enjoyed being able to spend time with our families. Towards the end of the trip, we were the only ones left so we got tons of one on one time with them which was very nice. It was great to see everyone but it was hard to really talk to people sometimes when the house was full. I got to see "Tangled" with my family - LOVED IT! I thought it was a really good and cute movie. Ah Disney, you have not forgotten how to make good princess movies (I've been disappointed in the recent ones). Our flight back to AZ wasn't bad however my suitcase was left in Atlanta. Yes, the first bag we checked and paid for was left behind while the second one manages to make it across the country with us. I was not pleased to hear that my suitcase had been left behind. However, the airline flew the suitcase out to Phoenix, then to Tucson, and had it delivered to me the next day (the next flight from Atlanta to Phoenix was an evening flight so...).
Other than our travel troubles, it was a great trip and we loved being able to see our families.
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