As much as I love and covet the green, I'll always call the beautiful desert home.

I didn't forget.

I have promised, and some of you have requested, some new apartment photos. I promise I have not forgotten, our lil apartment is just a little out of order...suitcases with stuff, and nowhere to put it (not a lot of storage space). BUT, my parents are coming today and graciously bringing some storage stuff...so probably after this weekend the pictures will be up.

Here are some teaser pics. (sorry, the quality is kinda bad)

nap time.

Looking for a place to live (and a job, and a car) is incredibly exhausting. Wolfgang and I have been looking at countless places online, and many in person. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful that we now actually have a choice of places to live, and it's been kinda fun.

After each one of mine/our "housing sessions" though, I feel so exhausted; physically and emotionally.

Good thing I don't have a real life yet, and I can take naps when I want- I better enjoy it while it lasts.

"The Valley"

Hello friends.

Here I am again, being awful at blogging. I'm sorry that I still haven't posted about "Part 2" of the Christmas break, but I do not have wireless internet, and I don't want to take the time to transfer all my pics that I want to use for my post onto the desktop that I'm using. soooo....you're just going to have to wait.

It's official: we are living in "the valley," of AZ that is. So far...its OK.

Luckily, our very good friend of my family is ever-so-kindly letting us stay with her, until we find a place to live. She has been so extremely welcoming and hospitable. Her and I even went to the "Shrek" musical yesterday, and it was EXCELLENT! I secretly get a little jealous of those people with so much talent, and momentarily wish I had their lives.

I never thought I would move to the valley; growing up, I thought it was ugly, stinky, and ghetto. Well, it still is, if you go to the wrong places.

Wolfgang is enjoying his new job, and I'm (not so) enjoying looking for a job, a place to live, and a car and....everything else. But hey, it's a journey, and I'm really getting use to this no-job no-school life. =bad idea. Going from being a full time student with two jobs to absolutely nothing is really confusing at first, but then becomes very delightful.

Since we've moved here (less than a week) there has been a shooting/lock down at a mall not too far away, and a terrible shooting that I'm sure you all have heard of by now. Not sure if I'm ready for this huge city livin', but give me a GPS and a few more weeks or months, and I think I'll be ok.