Sunday, August 31, 2008

A Viking and a Ute

Thus begins the next era of the Lauren and Erik saga. We had a successful move to SLC from Logan with only a few minor injuries. We are living in the basement of a home right on 13th south. It is a nice place with plenty of room and good landlords. I started medical school up at the U of U this last week and it is safe to say that my studies are going to keep my "occupied." We have been in school for one week and I already have a test on this coming Tuesday. I didn't know so much material could be taught in so short of a time.
This is where I have my classes.
If any of you are wondering whether I will be cheering for the U of U football team while I am here I have to tell you that the "when in Rome..." mentality does not apply to college football. I did watch the Utes play for a little bit on Saturday though.

Lauren begins her student teaching on Tuesday at Pleasant Grove High School. She was slated to start at Murray High this Tuesday (much, much, much closer) but the teacher she was to be with quit last week. So USU scrambled and found her this placement out in P.G. She will be teaching two periods of US history and two periods of psychology. Between her commuting and teaching schedule and my school schedule we plan to see each other every other weekend, and maybe for dinner a few times a week. Other than that we will probably hang out over Christmas break.
We hope that everybody is doing well. Thank you all for your support and prayers!

2 comments:

Nicole and Andy said...

Hey Merkelys!
Andy and I had no idea you moved until like 2 days after. We would have totally come to help. But good luck with this new time of your lives! You two have great times ahead, we can tell. We moved on Friday to Fruit Heights for 1 month before we take a job in LA, Cali. You'll have to come surf when you take a break from teaching and schooling :) Keep in touch.

Unknown said...

Hooray for moves! I'm glad you all made it here in one piece. I'm sorry you have to commute to PG Lauren. It doesn't sound like you have spare time anymore, but if you happen to find some you should give us a call! Or maybe we will call you, we're actually pretty close to you guys right now....sort of.