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We went to Utah for Thanksgiving and played with my bajillions of neices and nephews. Really, true joy is becoming an insta-Aunt. Saw some good friends, and drove in a Eclipse convertible: thank you rental car company for running out of your lowest costing economy cars so we could drive around and laugh at how we must look like tools. This was not helped when I had the car one morning and was trying to park it near BYU campus to say hi to old friends and professors, and had a REALLY hard and embarrassing time trying to parallel park with nothing but blind spots behind me. Again, this image was also not helped when Ben thought it would be funny to let down the hood every time we drove up to a family member's house.
Brigham is pretty much always a blur.
We spent Christmas at home, just the two of us. I was worried that it would feel so lonely, but it was actually really great. We skyped with both of our families throughout the day which actually made for a more family-filled holiday than if we had been one place or the other. Minus the hugs--but we made up for that by hosting the First Annual Geilman Christmas Day Nerf Gun War. Thank you Ben for the guns, but not for the many times I've been surprise hit since that first Christmas morn. I love you.
I ended my internship with the Interior Design firm and have been trying to find employment since then and generally figure out my life. Oh the tangle webs we weave. I've applied to a ton of jobs, became very intimate with the workings of LinkedIn, got hired by a Temp Agency, had a few interviews, networked like a mad dog, really considered starting my own business, and still haven't secured steady employment. Although I have become distressed some days, I haven't given up yet. I've stayed busy with some projects and stayed grateful that my husband DOES have a great job. Here is one thing I've been working on:
I look pretty arwful because I didn't shower (this was dirty work!) and wasn't aware that she would be filming. For some reason I also couldn't speak very clearly and am afraid I come off as all sorts of unprofessional. Oh well.
