I was busy working at the
accounting firm in Provo – it’s a small office but you would never guess from
how busy the accountants all were this month! The tax deadline in the US is
April 15, and with the whole fiscal cliff thing and the IRS delaying the
release of some forms, it really put them in a bind to get everything done on
time. Thank goodness for extensions or I don’t think anyone would have gotten
any sleep at all! I couldn’t help them with any of the actual tax
preparation, but I kept pretty busy. Not going to lie, some days were very stressful. I am extremely shy so dealing with a lot of frustrated people
every day was definitely a challenge for me. I am hoping it helped me grow in
some way! The day of the deadline I ended up staying with them until 11:00 – it
was a very long day for all of us! Thankfully it is all over, and I
promised myself I would never work in a tax office during April again. At least
the guys I worked for were really good to me, so I appreciated that.
Dan (finally!) finished the Junior Core this month. I think
we are both very happy and relieved to have that done with – it was a ton of
work, which meant that he was constantly doing school stuff and I didn’t get to
spend much time with him. He has applied for the Masters of Accountancy program
at BYU, so we should be finding out within a few weeks whether or not he was
accepted. His grades were very good during these tough 2 semesters, so here’s
hoping!
April of course means General Conference, which I love. Not
just because I get to watch church in my jammies, but because I love hearing
all our leaders speak! There were some really good talks this spring, many of
which I felt were directed at me personally so it was good. I also made us some
delicious breakfast – yum!
Bacon, Sweatpants, and Conference - can life get better?!
In our free time, we did get to go to a couple movies. I
finally saw Les Miserables, which I thought was amazing! Absolutely loved it,
and Dan even enjoyed it, which surprised me. For days afterward he would ask me
to play some of the songs on YouTube! We also saw Life of Pi; I heard of the
book a lot when I was younger but never got around to reading it. It was pretty
good, though the ending was a little weird. We also went on a little date night
to the BYU Planetarium. It’s pretty cool, and then you get to go up to the roof afterwards and
look through the telescopes.
My parents came to
visit! Yay! It has currently been almost 21 full months since I have been home,
which means I don’t get to see my family much. So I love that my parents take
the time and effort to come visit me once or twice a year. And they always take us poor students out for some great food! We went to Gardner’s Village, which
is a little village-like shopping area with lots of boutiques… it’s mostly just
for girls! Dan was busy studying
for finals the next week so he didn’t get to do a lot, but my parents and I
went to see the Jackie Robinson movie “42.” It was pretty dang good, and pretty
funny I thought. I’d definitely recommend it!
The next weekend we had to move out to
Kansas City. Dan is doing sales for a pest
control company called Alterra, so we spent the week packing up our house (in
between work and finals!) and with our little corolla packed to the roof, we
set out! By the time we got everything packed and cleaned it was about 9:00
Friday night so we headed out for the 16-hour trip. BAD DECISION! Turns out if
you start a major road trip after a long, exhausting day in a cramped car where
you can’t stretch out to sleep, it makes for a couple of cranky people. We had
to pull over a couple times just so we could try and get a few hours of decent
sleep. Nevertheless, we made it safe & sound and I don’t think we will ever
make that mistake again! By Saturday at 6 PM we finally pulled into the
apartments. The lady checking us in took FOREVER (bless her heart, she was so
nice), so we were very frazzled and worn out by the time we finally dragged all
our stuff up to our 3-floor apartment. Then next day we had to drive 8 hours to pick up Dan's cousin so he could start
selling. So let’s just say I’m done with road trips for a while!
All in all, it was a very busy, but very good month. Stay
tuned for news about Kansas City next month!
Turns out, I didn't take too many decent photos this month and since I can't work photoshop, I can't edit anything! I gotta get that figured out.
