March Madness

Not to be fooled by that title, this is not actually a basketball post.  Although we have been keeping up with that a little bit as well (Go Kentucky!), we've mostly just been trying to keep up with life for the last few weeks.  I usually like to feel a little more in control, but most of March was a whirlwind that we're trying to recover from... it's been exhausting!

We're still just giddy over med school!  :)  In the spirit of St Patricks day, I had actually put together a "lucky" jar.  We used the rocks that Brinlee collected on her Seuss week rock walk and as our family saw Tender Mercies from the Lord, we added rocks to the jar.  The idea was to watch it fill throughout the month.  But, when we got the long awaited good news, Tim went ahead and dumped all the rocks in the jar and we spent a couple weeks  just enjoying how awesome it looked!

We moved to Boise! Two things about that:

First:  I am really dreading that drive we have to make to Ohio, because....
Second:  The trip over here was absolutely terrible!  It poured rain the whole way, and Brinlee hated the car!  It's supposed to be a 3 hour drive, and we stopped 3 or 4 times, just for her!  Tim drove the truck with all our stuff which left me and her alone in the van.  It was a long day.  That poor baby needs a travel buddy, badly!

But we're here now and happy.  Tim still has his Masters internship and thesis to finish up and the opportunities here are going to make that a whole lot smoother.  Besides, I think we'll really love the family time.  I did have to leave work though and last Saturday I worked my last shift.  I am really going to miss everyone I worked with.  They were awesome!  :(  But I don't know that I will miss night shift so much.  I kind of forgot what's it's like to function during the daytime.  I like it!

Oh yeah, and I got my hair cut!  That "yay I'm home and done with work!" photo really doesn't do it justice.  We had been up for 18+ hours by then and my hairs were a little droopy.  But I have really liked it.  

My mom and sister came for a few days during the packing process and brought some cheesecake and peanut butter Buckeye balls.  I managed to snap zero photos, but we sure ate good.  Amen.

Packing is the worst!  It's so tedious and annoying, and by the end, Brinlee was going stir crazy!  After all, a girl can only watch Toy Story so many times before she starts getting antsy for more attention (read: before she starts getting curious and hurts herself).  Not long into the packing she tipped some bookcase shelves onto herself and smashed her finger, and the night before we left she bounced off of our bed into a wall and bit through her tongue.  Poor kid.

She sure had a time in those boxes though.  She could not stay out of them and really couldn't stay off of them.  She can unpack faster than I can pack (frustrating!), and she kept climbing clear up on the pile and then would yell over and over "high! high!".  She was pretty dang cute though.  Love that fuzz head!

Hopefully April is a little less hectic.  This month wore us out!  It's a good worn out though, we have lots of exciting stuff to look forward to!  Now, back to playing with this less stressed, less injured, and much more happy little girl.