Back to School.....

Well it's official, Steve and I are back in school again! My online class, personal finance, started this week, and Steve started his classes on Wednesday. We have had a heck of a time getting Steve into the right classes too. About a month and a half ago we signed him up for the classes he'd need to graduate and applied for graduation this fall; both for his Medical Assisting and his Associates of Science. Shortly after we get a letter in the mail stating he's missing a class. Over the next month Steve went in to the Advisers office to get clarification on what he was missing, but every time he went in he was told he needed to add one class and drop another class. No one would tell him the same thing and we kept going back and forth adding and dropping different classes. So as school was starting we were still trying to figure out which classes would satisfy the requirements. Of course by this time all the classes are basically full and now the teachers have been told that they can't "add" anymore students since SLCC has apparently more students than they anticipated. So now we have to just get whatever is open at whatever campus at whatever time. We had his schedule all figured out (and we had the right classes to begin with) so he had them all at the same campus in the mornings in hope that he could find a part time job as a Medical Assistant. We have things are figured out now, but he's going to 3 different campuses and has to take a night class. We're just a little frustrated about the whole ordeal.

Steve did finish his 200 hours last Thursday, so he's good to go. Unfortunately the current office/Instacare didn't need any more staffing, but they did refer him to another First Med clinic that's actually a little closer to us. Steve called the lady there and talked to her today. They had someone get in a car accident recently, so they actually need someone for 3 months to work part time, which would be PERFECT!!! She's supposed to call him back later this week and run a possible schedule by him. We're keeping our fingers crossed that it works w/ his school schedule ;) When Steve finishes this Fall, we're thinking of just staying at SLCC to finish up his prerequisites for nursing then transfer to a University for nursing (since it's cheaper at SLCC).

I've been in training all last week and will be both this and next week. So far so good. I'm learning the Institutional side, like 401ks and stuff, so it's different but good. The good thing though is that we're always closed holidays and weekends! :)

This past weekend we went up to the cabin. We invited Rob to come up w/ us, so we picked him up Friday evening and headed up. Once we got up there and unpacked, I just read my book, "The Lost Symbols," by Dan Brown, while Steve and Rob watched a little TV. The next morning after breakfast, Steve and I went out and started pulling out sagebrush to clear the pathway. Well after we did that we wanted to clear more out. Rob came out sometime after and we all ended up working on a piece in front of the cabin basically the whole day. It was pretty fun at first, working w/ Steve and all, but of course by the end we were all tired of it. I managed the ATV, getting the cable in and out and actually pulling the sagebrush out, while Steve locked them in place and Rob unloaded it into the trailer. We took at least 5 BIG loads and just dumped them on the backside of the cabin where other sagebrush were. Though it was a lot of work, it looked a whole lot better when we were finished. :) Here are some pics of our work.



Lots more to go....where's my car....



Steve getting the sagebrush hooked in, me waiting for the go


Rob beating the sagebrush down trying to make more fit


Rob and Steve unloading. I would slowly move the ATV forward while they held the sagebrush in place



Ya that was a BIG one!


Where'd Rob go?



Working the ATV


Steve having to unhook the sagebrush


We're getting it down now


Teamwork!


Steve backing up the trailer (I'm still getting used to it)



Cutie!


Finally we were done!


That was a LOT of sagebrush!


A cool shower and some homemade pizza after all our hard work!!


Yummm;)

After we got done I made some pizza for us for dinner. Dave and Joann showed up shortly after also. We watched, "Clash of the Titans." Sunday after church Dave made his famous ribs again and we had Mike and Gloria over to help eat them. After a nap, we packed up and went home.

Well the Summer is almost over though I don't want to admit it. It's gone by waaaaaaaaaaaaay too fast!!! We've been in our condo one year now; time sure does fly. Hope all is well. Keep us posted. Love ya! ;)