more changes

Well, here it is September 1st. Where did the time go? Was it just 9 months ago we arrived with all our belongings, stuffed to the gills, in our Uhaul truck? What a move that was. Of course it wasn't our only move of the year(you know how we are)
We bought a house, and have been busy making it our own. Derek has been a huge help in finishing one of the bedrooms downstairs. He amazes me at how he just learns how to do these things. I wouldn't know the first thing about hanging closet doors, or putting up trim moulding!

Well, with all the changes in our life the past 9 months, it also makes me reflect on the years we spent in Arkansas, doing the same thing...living our lives. How I miss Arkansas. The past 2 weeks in a new Ward have been unbearable. I feel like such an outsider, looking in. Now, I must remind myself that about 5 months ago, I felt the same way in Cambridge Ward. Time wore on, and I started to feel more comfortable, and then of course, we move. I still see people from the old Ward, friends, my cello teacher, book club buddies, but it's just not the same.

Here in Utah, people live in their own little cocoons. I really believe that they don't feel the need to make friends, because they have grown up here, and already have friends, and their families, to occupy their time. Don't even get me started on how rude they can be- professed Christ-like Mormons. People cutting you off in traffic, giving you snide looks because they disapprove of something you are doing, going to yard sales, and having people ripping stuff out of your hands, or cutting in front of you, or taking something you already have your hand on. What are there Barbarians here? I miss my Southern hospitality. I know I sound a bit jaded, but these are just my observations.

Derek already has a calling-poor guy-Assistant Scout Master-never mind he is the
2nd assistant, and the Deacon's Quorum Adviser. It's good for him, keeps him young.

I'm very fortunate to live near Derek's family, don't get me wrong. His parents will be returning from their mission in Poland, at the end of next month, so that will be nice for the kids to get re-acquainted with them again.

Just like the 80's sitcom says: You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have, The Facts of Life. Hmm... feeling the need to watch Nick at Night..lol