Phoenix in September (part 1)

Hi everyone!

Thank you to those of you who have been reading the posts. Sorry the last one was so long. It's been a good week for me and Adria and we thought we'd share a few highlights.

It's starting to be monsoon season around here. Last Sunday night the thunder and lightning came rolling in and it lasted for over an hour. It also poured rain for about a half hour. Adria and I just stepped onto our porch and let the rain blow on us while we watched some of the coolest bolts of lightning we've ever seen. Then in happened again Thursday night and all morning Saturday. Certainly a nice break from our usual 105F.

On Wednesday Adria got an email from the Arizona Children's Association to offer her a job. When we came down in July she interviewed for an opening there and had been asked to come for a second interview the week we moved here, but on our way here they called her to tell her they'd gone on a hiring freeze and wouldn't be able to see her. Adria was very disappointed because she really liked what they do, but they told her they'd keep her at the top of their list for when things changed. Well, it turns out one of their specialist is leaving the Association and they needed to fill her position. Apparently as soon as the director found out about the opening she sent Adria the email with the offer! We tried to finagle a little more money out of them, but on Friday Adria accepted the offer and she'll be starting this week! It's about time she started fulfilling her sugar momma role around here.

On Thursday night one of the 2nd year MBAs invited us to their house to watch the Utah vs Utah St game. They have Direct TV, so they've got the Mountain (curse word). All of the wives left to go shopping and invited Adria to go too, but she decided to stay and watch the game :) At least for a little while. Eventually she caught up with them and did a little shopping. I really enjoyed the game. Cain has a lot of work to do, but I'd say he's even a step ahead of where Johnson was when he took over. Let's just hope we don't have to suffer through another 2005.

As for school, it was a pretty rough week. I've been keeping my head above water, but we got our first paper's back in our Strategy class and the results were dismal. Our first reaction was to be angry. We really think the professor lumped our paper with some others and then didn't look at it very subjectively, but I guess that's a danger when there are so many other groups. It was comforting to know that we weren't the only group that got hammered, but we definitely don't want it to happen again. We've scheduled a meeting with him this week in hopes that we can understand what he's looking for and figure where there is room for improvement.

Anyhoo, that's about it for now. I think I might start blogging daily quick words of wisdom relating to my classes. If you're not interested, just skip over those. If you are, feel free to comment and we'll discuss!

Peace out!
rUss