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Hello Fellow Nerdies!
Yes, I know, it has been quite some time since I have updated my blog...I think it's been feeling neglected!
I have so much to share with you. So much in fact, that if I wrote it all out right now you would be completely and utterly bored. Therefore, I have decided to space out the act of boring you over several days as I attempt to hit a different "area of update" each day!
Today's focus: Overview
In general this is what I have been up to lately...
(1) I moved to ALABAMA! Yes, I am learning to taawwllkk better and I'm fixing to order plenty of [diet] cokes and get my picture made.
(2) I started my new job! More info to come on this later...but it is going well!
(3) My parents came to visit me! [it rained almost the whole time they were here]
(4) I'm getting settled into my apartment. [pictures to come]
(5) I joined the Huntsville Concert Band! [same as Mesa City Band, only different name, and slightly less [old] people]
(6) My parents learned how to use [make funny faces and laugh at themselves] Skype!
(7) I bought a new computer! It's a mac, and I'm loving it.
(8) It snowed the day after I got here! And I had to scrape my windows every morning for a week! [Thanks G. Bob for the ice scraper]
(9) I have been attempting to cook lately....Chris isn't dead yet!
(10) Working on completing my flight physical...possibly an entire post will be dedicated to this pain in the rear.
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  1. DeniseThursday, January 21, 2010

    April, we are glad that it is going well in Alabama. We miss you here at home but love to hear all about what you are doing. Denise

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