Changes in Burley

There have been many changes in our lives here in burley. The most resent being the foot of snow that has fallen in the last day and a half. But some of the other changes are our ward was dissolved, which means that we were moved into a different ward. Which has its advantages and disadvantages, like I got released from my calling which I loved; I was the Laurel advisor/teacher (16-18 year old girls). But we are adjusting and we really don’t mind going to church at 11am.
As mentioned before, I started school and have been told multiple times that I am crazy. I am taking 20 credits including biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, organic and biochemistry, and lastly nutrition. Three of which have weekly three hour labs. I also have to spend about two hours a day in travel time to and from school and work seven hours a week. So far I am doing good, but the first round of test is next week, so wish me luck.
Justin has also decided that due to the snow I am going to have to have my cell phone surgically attached to my ear. On Tuesday night I don’t get off of school until six thirty, well I forgot my phone and when I didn’t get home until seven forty-five. Justin decided that the small blizzard got the better of me and went out looking for a little white car stuck in the snow. He was very upset and worried. But I made it home just fine. I can drive in the snow.

Snow and School

Today was the first day back at CSI (College of Southern Idaho). Which is one of the four colleges I am currently enrolled in. I celebrated by buying a new notebook and some lilies. Which is all I can afford after books.

But enough about school, Last Saturday we went Skiing. Justin has been raving about the local ski hill for sometime. So we decided to get a group of people to try it out. The recent snow made some good powder. The hill was good for Burley, but no wear near compares to Tahoe. It was nice getting out on the hill. We ended up having nine people go with us, all of them snowboarders except me. They were giving me a hard time about skiing, but after fifteen years why try something new. But I decided that snowboarders are good for two things. First they make good obstacles and it is really funny watching them fall. Justin did his fair share of falling but managed to survive with only a pulled muscle in his shoulder. I on the other hand had a fall free day.

Hello blogging world the Gorringe’s have arrived. I have put great thought into starting a Blog and have decided to give it a try. So, assuming someone will read this, this is me, and my life. (Don’t mind the bad spelling, I may have a Bachelors, but I still can’t spell)

We spent Christmas/New Year in Reno and were able to spend time with some of my good friends from High School. Everyone was doing new and exiting things with their lives. We spent the few hours we had together catching up and this motivated me to find a way to keep up with everyone better.

So this is what has happened in 2007

January found us living in Idaho Falls. I was working as a PsychoSocial Rehabilitation Specialist (PSR), for an agency that teaches mentally ill adults proper social and behavioral skills. It was interesting and kind of scary. I worked with all sorts of disabilities including Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar and Depression. I learned a ton and got a greater understanding for the mental health field.

In March we were able to go to Seattle. Justin’s brother was killed in a car accident in Sept. 2006. However before he was killed he was nominated for the “Father of the Year” award at the local Head Start, were one of his daughters attended. He won the award for the chapter, state, region and the national award. So we were honored to go to Seattle to accept the regional award on his behalf. We had a wonderful time in sunny Seattle (no joke it never rained while we were there). We enjoyed the sights, especially the ocean and ocean life.

The summer was very exciting we spent the Fourth of July in Reno/Tahoe with friends and family. As well as we were able to spend a week with the greater Rands family at Aspen grove in Utah. We had a great time being with our family. Justin especially liked have a fresh supply of kids to play with.

At the end of the Summer, I had a little quarter life crisis and decided that I no longer wanted to work as a PSR, and decided to go back to school to be a nurse. So in a two weak time period we gave notice at our jobs, found new jobs, applied for and registered for fall classes and moved.
The first week was rather stressful, and on top of it all, Justin was involved in an accident at work and lost part of his ring finger. It was very gross so I will spear you all the detail. But if you really want to know email me and I will share.

September we celebrated our two year anniversary by taking a Cruise to Alaska. Unfortunately we spent most of the time in our very little room. Due to Justin’s Injury we couldn’t go fishing, Swimming/Hot Tubing or any other of the exciting things we had planned. I also lost our camera on the first day (it fell off the boat). So we have very few pictures.

So now we are living in Burley, I am going to school full time and working part time. Justin is working full time and supporting me in my (what seems like never-ending) college experiences. We live with Justin parents, their two dogs and three cats, as well as our two cats.