A Life Update

My Job

My job is going very well. The first day (a week ago now) was very rough and it was too much information to process all at once. I actually came home and told Ben that I couldn't do it and was going to quit. While he was supportive, I think he knew better. And the second was MUCH better, so I am staying there. Each day gets easier and easier to understand and the more I work with their software the more I get it too. And it is nice to have my own space there too now. Ben actually help me put my desk and shelves (in my office at work) together, Thursday and then I finished setting it up on Friday. Today I got my nice new flat screen 22" monitor. So I feel as though I am at home now.

Houston

Ben and I went to Houston for the weekend. We were able to spend time with his aunt and uncle, eat lots of good food, watch some football, and play lots of games of Apples to Apples (we had to play until Uncle Doug won one... that was on game 10). But we also got to see a lot of the damage of Houston. It is absolutely heart-breaking. There are so many people who had their lives turned upside down by Ike and we were just looking at Houston and not Galveston. We saw many, many houses and garages with trees through them, lots of power lines down, streets you couldn't even drive down because of all the debris and this is a week after Ike.

School

Ben is doing really good at school. He has a focus for his Master's thesis, which is huge progress and he feels like he has a purpose now. His students continue to amaze us but that is a different story. He is working on their mid-term now and is trying to find a way to make it so that half the class doesn't fail, like they do on his quizzes which are not very hard at all! But alas, a teacher's struggle :) He may be able to take a trip to Yucatan Pennisula (Mexico) in May for free with the geology department. He is working out the details so we will see.

Misc.

Ben is sick right now. So pray for him to get better and that I don't get it. We are keeping him heavily drugged in hopes that I don't get it.

Ben and I are going to be home Dec. 22/23 through Jan.3/4 (we aren't for sure on the dates yet, we will know exactly after we book our tickets).


And... that is about it for us in Bryan. We hope that you are all doing well and miss you tons!