Test Answers

Ok, let's see how you did. Everyone can grade their own tests. Actually, scratch that. My high school teachers had us grade our own work and I absolutely hated it. Maybe I'm a bad person, but it was an intense inner struggle every time for me to be completely and totally honest. I never ended up cheating, but the whole ordeal sucked. Also, I disliked it when the teacher had us trade our papers with our peers to grade them. My "friends" would always try to give me a better score than was true and then I was forced into an uncomfortable situation where I either had to rat them out to be truthful, or live with my false grade (or get caught). And on the flip side, when I was grading someone else's paper, they ALWAYS expected me to cheat for them. Someone was always upset with me for that. And all this just because my teachers couldn't be bothered to grade, which is part of their job description. Ok, I digress. This is no longer for a grade.

1) Brian recently received a promotion that is moving us out of Tennessee. We are being transferred to...

A) New Mexico

B) Texas

C) Oregon

D) France

2) We've already signed the lease on an apartment that is located five minutes from...

A) A water park

B) the beach

C) A famous museum

D) our families

3) I just found out that I have been hired on with a company where I can...

A) Work from home

B) learn a different language

C) get free lunch everyday

D) have a company car

4) We are gaining a new addition to our family! If all goes well, we will have...

A) A puppy

B) A baby!!!

C) A fish

D) A kitten

Yup, Brian is being transferred back to Texas. Wylie, no less! We've already signed a lease with Los Rios Park right off of 544, just as you come into Plano. Five minutes from my in-laws, 20 minutes from my brother and his family, and 5 minutes from my two most favorite places - Yogurtville and Sprouts. We pack up and roll out of Chattanooga in exactly 7 days. We are somewhat sad to leave, though. We have really loved Tennessee. It's beautiful, it has nice weather (all four seasons), and we love our ward. We've also made really good friends here! But if we have to move somewhere, I'm really happy we're moving home because...well, that brings me to my next point...I'm pregnant :) It's all worked out so perfectly I keep wanting to pinch myself to see if I wake up. I've always wanted to live close to family when we start having kids, and we thought we would probably never end up back in Texas. So this is really, really, really perfect timing. Really. Of course, there's always the chance this pregnancy might not come to fruition. I have experienced that before. But I'm hopeful. Also, my symptoms are seriously strong this time around. I'm about 6 weeks now and starting last Sunday I've hardly experience a minute when I didn't feel like I needed a barf bag. Nice imagery, right? Lots of other unpleasant symptoms, too, but I'll spare you.

I also was just recently hired on with an transcription company. I will be transcribing for them from the comfort and convenience of my own home. So when my "morning sickness" should really be called "all night sickness, plus the rest of the day, too" I don't have to call in to work and tell them I will be late. I don't have to waste gas. I don't have to look pretty. I don't have to worry that my employer is breathing down my neck all the time. Not that my current employer does, I just always feel this way. I always worry that employers don't understand that life happens sometimes and there will be days when you have to come in late because you have to get your DL renewed, or the flu shot, or pick up your husband because his car broke down, or take my own car in for repairs, etc. But now I don't have to worry about that at all :)

So that's my life in a nutshell. Those are some big changes, huh? And all within a few weeks of each other. And truly, we didn't see any of those coming. But these are all huge blessings, and we couldn't be happier. I feel very watched over and incredibly blessed.

Anyway, we are scheduled to move next Sunday after church. Seven days from now. We have not even begun to pack. Luckily, we still live somewhat like college students, so we don't have a ton of stuff. It's the extra-long drive that I'm not particularly looking forward to. Let's hope I make it, despite my queasiness.

On a side note, does anybody know of someone who is looking to sell their washer and dryer? We are now in the market for one of each.