We are alive and in Tennessee! I know all of our avid readers were starting to get worried (hi mom!). We never want to move ever again. Moving all of our stuff in and out of trucks and garages and apartments over and over didn't help that feeling. Where did we get all of this stuff!? We seem to have added even more stuff since we arrived...ugh. We left Utah on Thursday the 14th and made it to Johnson City on Saturday just in time to move our junk from our cars into our apartment and settle down on Lance and Ariel's (our across the hall neighbors...hopefully they're not tired of us yet :)) couch to watch Michael Phelps win his eighth gold (we timed our arrival for this). Man that guy's ridiculous. Did you watch the Olympics? Did you watch Usain Bolt blow everyone away? I'm trying to get Jeff to agree to go to London in 2012.
Anyway, we've been really busy trying to get settled. Jeff started school yesterday and I've been trying to find a job (don't ask). So you know how Jeff's scholarship requires him to teach some activity courses? Well...
Yep, he's teaching a general conditioning class AND...bowling! So we like to joke that Jeff quit his job at the Health Department to bowl. We won't mention that he hasn't bowled for years, but I'm sure he's still great at it.
Photos of our adventure:
I don't really have any pictures of the area yet, but it's beautiful and green out here with all the rolling hills and trees. It's going to take a little while to really know our way around since there's no grid system here like Utah. We're practicing our southern accents so we can understand people better. Well dagum, y'all come back now, y'hear.
Anyway, we've been really busy trying to get settled. Jeff started school yesterday and I've been trying to find a job (don't ask). So you know how Jeff's scholarship requires him to teach some activity courses? Well...
Yep, he's teaching a general conditioning class AND...bowling! So we like to joke that Jeff quit his job at the Health Department to bowl. We won't mention that he hasn't bowled for years, but I'm sure he's still great at it.
Photos of our adventure:
Goodbye basement apartment
Goodbye lab where Jeff and I met
Hello gas prices (this was more than 70 cents cheaper than Utah's gas prices when we left)!
This is the field where Jeff played summer ball in Nevada (pronounced nuh-vay-duh), Missouri
And this is the gym in Nevada with the crooked stairs
This is the road to get to Ammon and Marlene's house (his host family)
Here are Ammon and Marlene. They're hilarious. This is where we picked up the word dagum, and lucky for us they use it here in Tennessee too.
Jeff is pretty handy. This was our makeshift shower curtain--trash bags and packing tape.
I don't really have any pictures of the area yet, but it's beautiful and green out here with all the rolling hills and trees. It's going to take a little while to really know our way around since there's no grid system here like Utah. We're practicing our southern accents so we can understand people better. Well dagum, y'all come back now, y'hear. 
4 comments:
Lynn! I'm glad that you guys made it ok. It was nice to see your comment on our blog and to see a new post. I already miss you a ton! At least we can stay connected via the internet and maybe over the phone once in a while. Next time we get together, maybe we can go bowling and Jeff can show us all up. Let us know on the job search.
Sara
Hi guys! Glad that you arrived safely and that you got to see the last Michael Phelps race. We were glued to the couch every night during the Olympics! Can't wait to hear the new accents you're going to pick up!!
Love ya!
I need some more and RIDICULOUS not REDICULOUS.
Well I guess I've been pronouncing it wrong my whole life too. Good to know. Dang English.
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