REAL update

Okay. Here's the new and improved update. aka Blessings. In order as it came to us.

1. When we were in Chicago for the 4th of July, Brett flew to Toronto to interview with a Swiss guy for a job in Switzerland. The guy was really positive about Brett.

2. I thought we would get the job. There were signs everywhere. For example, at the airport, Brett happened to sit next to a couple speaking Swiss German, and he started talking to them, and they were from Bern--where the job was. They were really nice and gave him their contact info and the lady said, "If you move here, here's my number in case your wife wants to talk with somebody who knows English." Also, a good friend of Kami's whom we are also friends with had a good friend in Switzerland who it turned out Brett knew from his mission. I was sooooo excited. I started reading blogs of Swiss expats. I had the blog post announcing our move planned out in my head just in case.

3. When we were in Utah, the Swiss guy called and said we did not get the job. :(

4. While in Utah, Brett spoke with a guy at USU, tried to speak with a company in Logan, and spoke with a guy at the U of U.

5. The people at the U wanted Brett to come but didn't have the funding yet, so they couldn't say anything for sure.

6. While we were in Utah, Brett's cousin Ben called and said that he'd decided to go to Purdue for an MBA (he had called us a long time before and we got excited that he'd buy our house from us, but he decided to take a job instead, but the job didn't work out as expected, so he decided to go to school after all) and could he rent our house from us. He needed to know in about three days (understandably).

7. We decided that although we didn't have a for sure job, we would move out and let Brett's cousin and his family rent our house. Hence, the not knowing where we were moving.

8. Brett's super-duper nice brother Blake let us take his truck and put a goose-neck hitch in it so we could take the horse-trailer that Brett's super-duper nice dad let us borrow, and both of Brett's super-duper nice brothers and his super-duper nice dad helped get everything in tip-top-traveling shape, so we could move our stuff out.

9. We gave Ethne and Hazel to our super-duper nice sister-in-law, sister, and mother to watch (transported from Vernal to SLC by Brett's super-duper nice sister Kris (and I mean REALLY nice--Hazel threw up and Ethne peed her pants on that drive)) while we came home to pack and clean.

9. Brett checked his e-mail yesterday and the guy from the U asked Brett when he wanted to start, because he would give him "temporary" work until the funding junk comes through.

10. So now, I can tell you that the plan is that we go and live with my super-duper nice sister Megan until we can rent a house in SLC and live there. Near family. Ahhhhhh.

p.s. Moving is crazy. In many ways. It is weird that we are finally moving--in our six years here we have watched SOOOOOOOOO MANY people come and go, and I think I thought it would never really be my turn. On the other hand though, I feel like I left months ago. It's also weird to me to think that when we moved here, Jethro was the same age as Talmage is now. Time is a slippery thing.