April 19, 2005

Good News: The contract is signed and has been hand-delivered! Whew! It's official now.

Brent received the contract in the mail on Friday. We had a couple of questions before signing it. Saturday morning, we took Emily LaPlante to the Village Green Fair at Collegiate. It was a beautiful day. Afterwards, we headed up to Fork Union for the track meet. Brent found Col. Miller, the Dean of the school, who corrected the items of question on the contract. Brent signed it and Col. Miller took it back to his office. It's nice to have met him. We also were able to visit an apartment like where we will be living. It is smaller than where we are now, but it was nice to have had a first-hand look.

We are planning to store a lot of our things that we know we don't want to use yet, like some of our nice wedding gifts, at my grandmother's house in Tennessee. My mom rents the house now, and keeps the back room for storage. We plan on taking the stuff down when we visit Abingdon this summer. It's only another hour and a half to Morristown (near Knoxville). It will be much cheaper than paying for storage, and we know we don't have any time-limits on how long we can use it. God sure does provide!

We have started throwing out things we don't need, as well as placing other items we know we don't need aside for a yard sale. We've bought a couple extra storage bins to store winter sweaters and such. I also bought a trunk for camp, and I have begun to place in it items that I will need for the summer. I just hope I have enough left out for the times inbetween the beach, camp, and FUMA. I also hope I remember what I've put where! :) It's a good feeling to downsize. Things are a mess right now, but they'll get better eventually.

I plan on turning in my letter as soon as my boss returns from the job he's on this week. That's the next big thing to check off my list. Then, it will be official for me!

My brother sold his house yesterday! He's been trying to do so for a while. I think they're closing at the end of May. Pray they find a new house soon!

We're going to work on a scrapbook at lunch which we're giving our co-worker who's retiring. We're having his party on Friday. So, fun craft-time at lunch! :)

Enjoy the beautiful and warm Tuesday!

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