As many of you know, my husband is in the process of applying to law school. He’s been accepted to a few and we are still waiting to hear back from BYU and Utah. University of Nebraska had an Accepted Students Day this past Friday. Last minute we decided what the heck, packed our bags and left. The night before we left I got another infected milk duct and it took down my body. I had to take another day off of work and try and get better. Last December I had the same issue and it developed into Mastitis. After a call to the doctor, they issued me a round of antibiotics. By Thursday night I it least felt like I could function again and we set out on our 13 hour journey. We decided to drive through the night, and it was a great idea! Akoy did great! Not once this whole trip did we have to arrange something special for him. He was great. We just did what ever we needed to do. He sleeps great in the car. We had to stop 3 times for gas and we would get Akoy out to stretch then put him back in the car. We arrived in Lincoln around 9:17a.m. (just as our GPS told us when we left) We checked into our hotel, took quick showers and headed to the UNL campus. Poor Bryson, he was going off of an hour and a half sleep. That was all I could drive. I was still feeling sick. They had their little spill on why you should choose UNL.
*Here is a picture of Akoy on the way there and back
While he was there I decided to go check out town and the district building. I was curious to see what their teaching job market is like. University of Nebraska has a really neat policy that lets spouses work in their “special area” and in return we would get residency tuition! I rather not work, but heck, if it gives us more money and saves us 10 grand a year, I’ll work for a little bit. I didn’t get really far because it was their spring break, but I did get some questions answered.
Bryson and I met back up and a member from the church showed us some options for housing and got us pretty pumped. One thing I really liked, is that they have two campus’s. One is the main campus and the other is east campus. The law school and a lot of the other graduate departments are found on east campus. Before I realized this I was going crazy trying to find the law building on main campus and thinking I didn’t remember any other this… needless to say a lot of anxiety. East campus was much better. It was nice to have the church and the fact that we can go anywhere and someone would be there to help us.
After we looked at housing, we took a couple hour much needed nap and then went to dinner at Olive Garden. For the first time we let Akoy have a bread stick, and boy did he go to town. He loved it! Basically, he is just eating anything soft off of our plates. We then explored Lincoln a little more and then hit the sack.
Saturday we slept in a little bit and went to the Nebraska Bookstore. We wanted something to remember our little trip in case we didn’t end up going there. We probably got carried away but heck, oh well! We have the money now, and probably won’t have extra spending money while in school. We each ended up getting a shirt and a hat. We saw a few various places that day including the State Capital, the Football stadium. They have won 5 national championships. Their stadium is HUGE and they sell out every game. I think it holds around 80,000 people.
Omaha is an hour away, so we decided to go see the Winter Quarters Temple and Creighton University. Bryson also got accepted to this school. It is a little more pricey though. We drove past the campus and stopped for a second, didn’t get the same feeling. Then drove away. Our GPS took us a very weird way to the temple. At one point it took us up a huge dirt hill while saying “Drive .3 miles to reach your destination” I thought for sure we typed in the wrong address, but to no avail, the temple was at the top of the hill. Just a weird way to take I guess! Gave us a good laugh. Below is a picture of the hill we went up.
After Omaha, we headed home. Another quick story, on the way to Nebraska, my ugg slipper fell out of the car at a gas station. I realized this later and tried calling the places. We didn’t have one receipt however. The first gas station I called didn’t have it. We tried looking up our transactions but they weren’t posted yet. I called American Express but all they could give me was it was a “Shell” gas station. We had many plans on how to find it, but they would all take a lot of work. Needless to say after a lot of planning and thinking I finally remembered that from this gas station we had 40 miles until a turn off. Bryson made sure I knew of this turn off before he headed to sleep. After remembering this information, we waited for the turn off and then clocked in 40 miles. Got off at the exit and drove to the gas station. The lady knew exactly what I was talking about and gave me my slipper! I was sooo excited. I might leave the tire mark, just to give me a good laugh when needed.
We made it home Sunday Morning, got Akoy ready for church and sent him with his grandparents so we could get a nap in. All in all the trip was quick but worth it. We had fun as a couple and we were so glad we took the baby. We really liked Nebraska and would be happy to move out there. Secretly I’m hoping BYU and Utah rejects Bryson, so then that way the decision in made for us. We still might go out there even if he does get accepted. It would be a little bit more money in the long run, but I would enjoy those years with just my little family. It would be so good for our marriage and bring us closer together.
Whether or not we go to UNL, it was a fun weekend together! I haven’t seen Akoy so happy before, I think it was mainly he got both parents to himself for a few days.
We will keep you updated when we make a decision!
