I got in!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I did get in to the dental hygiene program. So we are excited of course. It will be a lot of work but really great. This one is going to be short but sweet. We don't know what Hans is doing yet but at least we have my plan figured out for now.

Another year gone by

I had a good birthday thanks to many of you and of course my husband. We had a quiet weekend but it was very nice. He made me some really great food and waited on me which was great too. We went for a nice long bike ride on the trails by our house on Saturday. It was alot of fun to just spend time together and he made it a special day for me. Thank you to all of you who remembered and called and messaged me.

We have been working on Hans' online math course which has taken many hours over the last several weeks. I am happy to announce that yesterday we were able to close that chapter. He took the final and did great. This will enable him to sign up for an interview for the electrician interviews in July and re-take the placement test for UAA and test into a higher math level. I am very grateful that I could be here to help him and who knew that I could still do math after all these years? It was really good practice for me too and helped polish up my skills for my test that I took for the dental hygiene program. We are still waiting to here the results of that but I was able to get everything in... just in the nick of time. I think the interview went well too so we are of course anxiously awaiting that decision. I interviewed and got a job offer and they are waiting on the finalization/background check etc to come thru. It will be for ACS and I will have benefits right away which will be nice and hopefully I will only have to work a few months until school starts. Hans has an opportunity to ride with a friend of the family and get some experience so he can get his CDL. We feel very lucky for this opportunity and he is starting the ride alongs today. He has wanted to get one for some time now and this should prove to be a good time to do just that.
The weather is still great here. I keep hearing how it is not normally this sunny and nice but I wake up every morning and it is blue skies. We are definitely not complaining. It actually rained the other day and it was a nice change but we promptly went back to sun. There are some things we miss about Ketchikan.. people, the ocean, fish, the ward etc. We are enjoying it here though and I think the consensus is that our time here will be good. I must say that so far life has been different from how it has ever been since we have been married. We have made a lot of changes in the past 2 years and I am sure there are many more to come. I for one, intend to do my part and then sit back and enjoy the ride.

Here we are

Yes. Life is busy yet not busy at the same time. I didn't really know it was possible. It is a blessing to be home right now because I have had time to research and do many things for school. Since I last posted I have decided to try and go back to school. Well, I AM going back to school one way or another but not sure if it will be full time or part time to finish up my degree. I have applied for the Dental Hygiene program at UAA which has selection only once a year and it is actually going on as we speak. I had to rush and get everything in to them and didn't have all the right instructions the first time and it feels alot like a circus and jumping through hoops. I promised myself I wouldn't give up and Hans has helped me make sure I didn't until we got to a definite wall. So we keep getting blocked and told no and then a window opens up... I just keep plugging along (actually no time to plug just running as fast as I can). I got everything in except the 3 confidential recommendation letters that had to be done twice since I didn't know about the special form the first time around. Today I had the interview with the selection committee that I wasn't even supposed to have until it was all in. The program director thinks I have a good chance in spite of everything so pending they get there before Wednesday at 5pm... it might happen. So go mail system!! Push those letters through for me. I have been praying that the mail will go smoothly and they only lost one of the Express mail envelopes that I sent so I guess that is better than all of them.
I have done all I can do and had so many people helping me out along the way. Thank you to those of you (you know who you are) who have repeatedly helped me with this. I really appreciate it and couldn't have gone this far without you. And now we wait...

Hans is still enrolled in Diesel Mechanic program for the Fall. We are working on math daily so that he can get credit for an alegbra class (since he sneaked his way out of Highschool. without it) and then he could possibly score higher on the college entrance placement test. AND could get on the list for the Electrician Lineman apprenticeship interviews in July. We are going to ride both until one or the other drops away. The apprenticeship is looking better and better financially because he would make money while he does it (the majority of it) as opposed to us both going to school full time and not working. One way or the other it will all work out. We just don't know how yet and will keep you posted as we go along.
Life has been interesting lately, but good.