My Last Day

We had a great experience in San Angelo. The video above is of my last day at Angelo State University. The only regret I have is forgetting to film the great going away party my friends/coworkers held for me. I hope you enjoy the video and thanks again for all of the great memories.

(Sorry about the quality, but the file size was too large to post initially so I had to bring it down a bit.)

It's been a busy last few weeks for us with all the decisions we've had to make, but we are definitely ready for the next step in our lives! So I took my 2 week trip back home on Aug. 3rd-17th and had a great time! I flew back with Roscoe, who did amazingly well on the flight(given the fact that he was heavily sedated...), and he finally got to meet everyone! I was able to help my mom make a Diaper cake for Michelle's baby shower we had, have a picnic with my mom's side of the family, take Caden to Adventureland with Jared (who also came back for a few days), travel to Denison to visit my dad and Laurie, head to Trisha & Brock's wedding and I even had time to apply for 6 jobs!
Here are a few pictures from my trip!





It was so great to see everyone and our really good news is that we are heading back to Iowa FOR GOOD!! :) We plan on making that short 16 hour drive back home the last weekend in August! :) We couldn't be more excited! We are sadly Roscoe-less until we get back though because Dave & Patty along with my parents are watching him so he doesn't have to make that long drive home. We love that they are so involved grandparents! :)
So, Jared and I will be job hunting A LOT (if anyone hears of anything let us know!) Thanks! ;)
See ya'll soon!

Michael Firefighter or Love, I'm still not sure.

Today at work I attempted to send Jamie's sister, Michelle, a text about an upcoming event. The problem with texting Michelle, or calling her, is I have two phone numbers. I have a Michelle Gee in my phone and a Michelle. I can't ever remember which phone number is current. After sending the first text, the following conversation took place. I have attempted to maintain the formatting in which each text was displayed on my cell phone. Yes, there is a possibility I took it too far, but Jamie is out of town and I can only play solitaire so many times. Lastly, whenever you see "Firefighter" at the bottom of his texts, know that it is his text signature.

Enjoy my conversation with Michael Firefighter or Love, I'm still not sure.

Me:
It's some kind of

burger challenge

at the high life lounge

Him:
Who is this
Firefighter

Me:
isn't this michelle?

Him:
Michael
Firefighter

Me:
My bad... Cool last name
though. I'm Jared
Policeman.

Him:
No it isnt tell me who this is
Firefighter

Me:
Did you just call me a
Firefighter?

Him:
No thats my signiture
now who is this
Firefighter

(Proceeds to actually call me three times in a row, leaving a voice message the last time)

Voicemail: "Hey this is Michael, call me back at... Thanks bye."

(Doesn't sound old enough to own a cell phone, but I could be wrong. Hopefully I am and not just very mean.)

Me:
What firefighter? I'm at
work and cant talk to you
now. We'll talk later.

(Later that night...)

Him:
What is your last name
Firefighter

Me:
No my last name isn't
firefighter, that's yours
remember?

Him:
No its not my last name
in love. (<- typo on his part)

Wat is ur last name.

And how did u get my

number Firefighter

Me:

'not my last name in love'?

What are you talking about- I

have your number because

you were supposed to be

michelle remember?

Him:

No. My last name is love,

not firefighter.

(Notice I was able to get him to remove his 'Firefighter' signature)

Me:

Well that doesn't make

any sense at all... So are you

or are you not a firefighter

Him:

Im not a firefighter but im

going 2 b firefighter

Me:

Don't you mean you are

going to be a firefighter.

Poor grammar will never

get you into the

academy.

Him:

Its text language

Firefighter

(and his 'Firefighter' signature is back in his texts, we'll have to address this.)

Me:

I watch rescue me

and those guys never

use text language, they

are actually very articulate.

Him:

So im different now lets

change the subject

Firefighter

Me:

stop calling me

firefighter, how old

are you anyway?

Him:

Im not it was my

signiture

Me:

Signature*

Him:

Ya

Him:

Wats your last name

Me:

why? How old are you?

Him:

Tell me your last name

first

Me:

I don't see why I

would want to do that...

Him:

Because

Me:

Your probably working

with Chris Hansen

(dateline) I think I now

realize I had the wrong

number. talk to you later

michael firefighter.

Him:

its michael love

Me:

Don't call me love, it's

creepy.

Him:

My last name is love

Me:

Oh ya... My last name is

hate, you wanted to know.

It's jared hate. Pretty big

coincidence.

Him:

Oh