Devan is coming home today!!

Devan is coming home today at about 2:00! I am so excited, I could barely sleep last night. This morning I got up and cleaned the house and got ready and now I am just waiting. I am so restless! Its pretty cool that he gets to come home on Memorial Day though. Most of the people in the neighborhood have a flag in their yard today and the young men put all the extra flags in our yard, I think there's about ten. I'll be making a huge sign to put out on the house too, so hopefully it will be a good homecoming. I got the whole week off work, so hopefully we should be able to have some fun together this week, and then we're moving on Friday! This coming Sunday is my birthday, and I think it will be the best birthday I've ever had. There's no birthday present that could rival having my husband come home after being gone for so long!

We're Moving!

We've been looking for an apartment for the past month so we can move when Devan gets home. There was one that I really liked, mostly because its smoke-free and dog-free. Also, our home teacher works for a company that does security for a lot of different places and I was talking to him and found out that he does the security there. He said it was their quietest area, nothing ever happens. And my bishop's son used to live there and he really liked it. Basically, I heard nothing but good about this place, and I felt really good about it right from the beginning. So I called in a bunch of times until they had a vacancy and then I went in and applied right away so nobody else had a chance to get it before we did. Anyway, I just found out that we have been approved and can move in whenever they get it all cleaned out, probably sometime around the first week of June. Yay!!!!

Devan's comng home soon!!!

I just heard from Devan and he said that their replacements are there and they are now training them so he should be back home soon!!! I am so excited! Of course, we don't know exactly when he's coming home, and we probably won't know until a day or two before he gets here. Thats just how the Army is, but I don't even care right now. I'm just so happy and excited that he'll be home and we'll have a normal life.
I also just got a new job. I'm going to be taking inbound calls for a company that sells health and wellness products in Japanese and English. I'm excited to finally be able to use the language I learned on my mission.

I've been tagged!

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was 13 years old. I was probably getting beat up by my older sister, Janelle. She couldn't stand me back then. I probably was a little annoying though.
2. What was on my to-do list for today?
My plan was to apply for more jobs and call people and bug them til I get an interview. It worked! I have one tomorrow at 1.
3. What would I do if I suddenly became a billionaire?
Well, I'd for sure get a house for Devan and I. And a new car since mine is falling apart. And a car for Devan. (I'd pay my tithing first of course). And we'd use it to live on while Devan goes to school so he doesn't have to work at the same time. That would be really cool. Too bad I'm not gonna be a billionaire anytime soon.
4. 3 Bad habits...
I let the dishes pile up too much.
I'm on the computer too much.
I watch too much TV.
5. Places I have lived.....
Utah, Mississippi, England, Japan
6. Places I have worked...
Allgrunn Insurance (file clerk), CAO Group (production operator), Roberts (nanny), Granite School District (substitute teacher)
7. 3 Things people don't know about me....
I can solve a Rubik's cube in under 5 minutes, I know Japanese but have never seen any anime and probably never will, and I won the spelling bee in 9th grade.
I'm going to tag Christine. (everyone else I know has already been tagged).

Our Two Week Vacation

Today I graduated from Salt Lake Community College with my Associate of Science! I never thought I'd get that far, but I did! Hooray! Devan wasn't able to be there because he is still in Iraq, but he sent me some beautiful flowers! Devan should be coming home soon, possibly as soon as the end of this month. We are looking for a new place to live and I am looking for a new job. Its been kinda crazy having Devan gone for a year while we were still newlyweds, but I think that we have both learned a lot from the experience. I don't think either one of us will be sad to see it end though. Last month Devan was able to come home for his two weeks leave and we were able to spend our first anniversary together. It was absolutely wonderful! Its not often that you get a two week vacation for your anniversary.