Another Battle Scar Presented by:

Cal!


Here's a picture of Cal's little 3-day-old shiner, a result of falling down the stairs here at Grandma and Grandpa's.

...two days later his eye had a much more vibrant green, violet, and black appearance.

...four days later it is finally starting to look better instead of worse.

Off to Johnson City TN

Well, we've committed to an apartment in Johnson City. It was the only one we could find with a with a short lease. We were able to get ahold of the bishop there and ask him about the area. He was very familiar with the apartment complex and surounding neighborhood. He said it was nice and that he couldn't think of any reason why we wouldn't want to live there.

Tomorrow is Ruth's Birthday! We'll be having a lot of yummy food and hopefully playing some games. Next week we'll need to go through our things and figure out what excatly we can and can't take. We've decided to just take our van and whatever we can get in it. Should be interesting.

Some More Time Saving Tips!

1. Don't punch 30 seconds into the microwave, try 33 and taking it out with 3 seconds left. That way your finger doesn't have to go all the way from the 3 to the 1.

2. Don't type a whole blog for the "First Set of Saving Tips".

3. Always run where ever you have to go and always skip steps when going up stairs.

4. Live next door to where you work

If I save enough time using these tips, I'll try and type another entry to this interesting blog.

Back in Memphis!

I'm here in Memphis taking part II of my national boards. I was supposed to fly out of Raleigh at 3:00ish Tuesday morning. Ruth decided to help me out by checking me in online so I wouldn't have to do it at the airport. Well, she was doing it just as I was getting ready to go to the office, as I was going to work half the day. Just as I got my shoes on and was ready to go she said, "Lee! We need to go now or we're going to miss your plane!!" They had changed the time of the flight and moved it up to 12:30! It was 9:30 and it would probably take us 2 1/2 hours to get to the airport. Luckily I had packed up the van earlier that morning. Ruth just needed to get her stuff together really fast and put the kids in the car.

We were off the the airport in good time and had no setbacks on the way there. No bad traffic, no flat tires, and no cattle stampedes. When I got to the airport I didn't have to wait for anything. There was virtually no line to get through security. I actually got to the gate half an hour early. So, after all that rush, I ended up waiting anyway. I had a 3 hour lay-over in Atlanta. When I got to the airport Ben Winters for school picked me up. I didn't have to wait since Ruth emailed him about the time change.

Ruth and the boys spent the day at Amy's and Grandma's. The boys had a good time playing with Ila, Lizzy, Anthon, and Rachel. I assume Shanna and Haley had a great time playing with each other like always.

The Winters have been super nice. They've let me stay in their parent's house just 2 houses down the street and they've fed yummy meals.

Our test today was one of three sessions. Each session is around 3 hours long - depending on how long it takes you to take a test. I think they're actually scheduled to last 4 hours, but I can't imagine anybody spending that much time on them. I finished before Ben did so it was fun talking to everybody that I haven't seen for so long. Tomorrow we have the other 2 sessions. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. After that I signed up to go to a dinner/presentation on private practice and running a small business. Should be pretty good - especially the food.

I miss my family. Last night on the phone Clark asked "Why are you far away?" "Will you come home tomorrow?" I wish I could have told him "yes".