Things Are Starting to Get Crazy!

So lots of things going on. I actually got my financial aid! Woo hoo! I got a 4,500 dollar Pell Grant and then a 5,500 Subsidized Stafford Loan to go along with my half-tuition scholarship. So, things worked out and life is good. Now we just need to get approved for health insurance in the next month...

Um...I got a haircut. It was really sad how bad of shape my hair was in. The stylist basically cut all my split ends, and I ended up cutting off about 3 inches, so my hair is back at my shoulders again. I really like my hair though, so it's okay. I found a salon I actually trust out here in Utah, which is a very good thing since we will be here awhile.

I was able to buy all my books for around $275, which is cheap considering how many there were. English professors and their need for many novels...

A year ago yesterday, Rem proposed to me. It's crazy to think that we have already been married for two months when I think about it that way. But it's very good. :)

Rem and I are looking at getting a new digital camera since mine is not really compatitable with anything anymore, and that way I can post pictures for everyone. We also were able to save my hard drive from my broken laptop by changing it into an external hard drive. I didn't lose all my music! Whew!

So, someday I will get better at this blog thing for now, but this will have to do for now.

Love,

Amelia and Rem

Welcome!

Rem and I thought that it would be a good idea to keep a blog to keep in touch with all of our family spread across the US, and to share the adventures of our little family of two. We apologize in advance if we bore you to unconciousness...we know we can be quite dull at times.

Well, today is our two-month anniversary! YAY! We have had a few little stumbling blocks, but for about 99% of the time, our marriage is running smoothly. We have settled into our little apartment and although it is small, it is home. Things will begin to fell pretty claustrophobic once school starts though. We have never been together during the school year until now, so we will both get to see each other's bad habits in regards to school firsthand. That will be fun...

Rem has been working at Heritage Halls at BYU for this summer, but he has a cool job lined up for the school year at the Testing Center on UVU's campus. He is excited about not cleaning up after EFY kids, and having a job where he won't come up a sweaty mess everyday (So am I!). This week I had a couple of interviews, and today I was offered a job as the assistant to the Director of American Heritage. It's going to be really intense, and may even be more work than what I did when I worked as an assistant at the Little Caesars headquarters, but I am way excited for this oppurtunity, and am also glad not to be a custodian for the third school year in a row! It will be a great experience and help me gain insight into my future in the educational realm.

Rem's financial aid went through and we were very pleasantly surprised by how generous it all was! Who knew you could get a $4000 dollar Pell Grant? We didn't! This means that Rem will be able to go to school full-time and not be punished (as much) for not being a resident yet. We tried to get him Utah residency, but I had to be a resident for two years in order for the fact he married a Utah resident to count. Oh well. Now we know, and he will be a resident in their eyes by next July! My financial aid is taking alot longer, and although it is quite frustrating, we know that it will all work out in the end.

So that is the basic gist of what has been going on in our lives for the past couple months. We want to thank everyone in our family for all of their love and support! We miss you all dearly!

With Love,
Amelia and Rem