Ryan's stint as a guard ended today at noon! It was a little less than a month, and the last week was a little more gentle--a few 16 hour days--though there was much personal life catch up to do so he didn't get much more than 4 hours of sleep a night. Tomorrow he flies to West Virginia and is put on the waiting list for school. What he does the 2 or more months of waiting is unknown.

Dan and Alayna are settling in in Austin. Dan is doing the same type of work as in his past company, so he is starting at full speed. Alayna doesn't know how it really feels to not be working--because she is still working pretty hard unpacking.

It is Amanda's birthday today. The years have flown. She is lovely.

I have been busy with my jobs--doing extra to finance taxes and our trip to Minnesota to pick up Erin NEXT MONTH! This weekend I enjoyed Conference, worked on fairies (I hope to have a bunch of Hispanic faeries by the time we go to Minnesota), polished my poetry and sorted them into a new, and better, book. The weather is getting better, and I hope to get outside sometime soon. Fortunately, the guys are pretty much on top of the outside work.

Life is pretty good.