Happy New Year

So here it is January 2nd. I rang in the new year with a friend from college who now lives in Orlando. It was low key and fun. Dar was working so I skipped out of town for 2 nights. Speaking of work, I will not be seeing him very much this upcoming month. They have scheduled him to work every weekend, which seems a little absurd to me. We only have 6 more months of Shands!

Over Christmas we began announcing to our families that we would be heading to Austin after Jacksonville. We are sitting on two job offers in Austin and are comparing contracts, deciding which route to take. But Austin it is! Most likely we won't be leaving the Sunshine State till September. Dar is also going to start moonlighting this month in Georgia and is looking into a local moonlighting position as well. 2010 is definitely starting out in positive direction for us and our lives together.

Before Thanksgiving we did a recon mission in Charlotte, to investigate more about the city. Then Dar had an interview offer in Austin for job #2. We road-tripped our way to Arkansas for the Christmas holidays with our 2 dogs in tow. It was actually a very good trip. Little drama. Just having Dar meet a TON of people. Basically my entire family. In fact, 6 people were missing, which means Dar is only lacking meeting 4 people from my family, and due to family crazies won't be meeting 3 of those 4. But we all have those.

As for wedding, things have been low-key. Its going to be full-gear the next 2 months. Dress(es) altered. Finally decide on DJ. Get flowers for tables and other arrangements with florist finalized (in like 10 days actually!). MOB returns to town soon and we'll be finishing up the invitations and other paper products together. Dar and I return back to Arkansas on February 20th for a Couple's Party, so everyone can meet my handsome fiance (any dog sitting offers?). Ack. Enough for now.