Next time we go to Nebraska, we will be moving! Crazy! We took a week trip to figure everything out. We got most everything done we had planned. Plus enjoyed ourselves and relaxed a little bit.
Here was our to do list:
-Find and apartment- check! We kinda knew what we wanted but still wanted to check others out before we made a decision.
-Find a job- check! First place we stopped at. I filled out two applications and got the first one! This was the most crucial thing about this trip. As I have mentioned before, if I got a job then we get residency tuition. University policy. Super cool! I defiantly took a pay decrease (going from a real teaching job to teaching at a day care) but it's worth it in the end. I was really worried about finding a job, and I really didn't want to look and spend all that time, so I was glad when this came up.
-Get drivers license- Part of getting residency- I didn't get one yet but we figured everything out to get one. I need an address first and my address doesn't come into effect until July 7th.
-Register my car- Part of getting residency- Got the ball rolling and I have to wait till my bank sends their DMV my title then I can finish that.
-Enjoy oursleves! Check! We almost didn't take Akoy but decided to anyways. He was pretty good. Some tough moments in the car and sometimes in the hotel. A few nights Bryson paced the hallways till he fell asleep (I couldn't let him cry because of neighbors) One day we even spent the afternoon at the Children's museum.
-Find our ward- Check! We had met a family last time we went. They showed us their apartment, and then we knew another family moving out their, so I knew a couple LDS families in my apartment complex, so we figured we would like the ward. One of my main concern was moving out and not knowing anyone. Choosing Lexington Ridge (apartment) had a big plus because we already knew at least 2 other lds families. People I can trust and not be so lonely. At church on Sunday, one family invited us to dinner. It was so helpful! They told us a lot of stuff that was helpful. I am excited for new friendships. They have a cute little boy who is a couple months younger than Akoy. They played on the floor until Akoy crawled over/on top of him like no big deal. Poor little guy ;) Oh, also at church, we got a new bishopric! haha. perfect day to be there!
There will be 3 other first year law students in our ward and then 4 other law students I think. Apparently 10% of the law student are LDS. One of the stake high councilmen is a professor and he recruits a lot at BYU and U of U. :)
Everything seems so final after this trip. It will be SO hard to move away from our families and friends. But I know moving is the right thing. There has been so many things that have just fallen into place, and I know that they lord has helped us. There is no way we would have found the job I got with out extra help. It is in a part of town that we would have never gone to. (20 min away from my apt) At first I didn't know if I like it, but after going to a different day care, it made me feel so much better about Highlands Academy. I'm nervous to move away but I'm really excited that we can grow as our little family. Have our own life. Don't get me wrong, I love living by all my family, but we are always doing things with them and never make our own choices and things. It will be a lot different and I think we will grow so much as couple. Akoy might go crazy, he is so attatched to his grandparents, but mom and dad will have to manage :)
Enjoy our pictures! (There are more on my facebook, I'm to lazy to upload all of them. There are also pictures of a similar apartment to ours!)
*Sorry about the poor quality. My camera wasn't working and my phone was just easier!
