Come back to Texas...

Mac's calls for keeping in touch hit the spot.  And I know that I am not the greatest about staying touch but we are all moving and I think that we can use this blog to stay relevant each others lives.

So Provo hasn't changed much if any of you all were concerned about that.  BYU is still here with loads of students all around.  And they are driving me nuts.  I really feel ready to leave the school atmosphere for awhile.  And everyday I get more tired of doing schoolwork all the time.  This last week I got a bit of a break though (that's only cause I got super sick).  So last Sunday in sacrament meeting I started feeling bad and getting a headache.  By Sunday School I was fighting to stay coherent, so Jennifer forced me to go home.  At home I had a big fever and little appetite.  I figured I sleep it off and went to bed at 8pm.  That didn't help much the next day, and so I stayed home and slept most the day.  Tuesday I tried to go back to class but that was a really bad idea.  When Jennifer got home she forced me to the doctors.  There we found out that I had pneumonia.  That wasn't the best timing but my teachers were really nice about the whole thing.  So now I am still on antibiotics but I feel infinitely better.

Well there are two big pieces of news from me.  First is that we will be going to Texas for a job interview at the end of this week.  It is with a company called National Instruments, and they make computer hardware for reading instruments into the computer.  My job would be mainly designing the housing for the units, meaning that I would ensure that they are protected and don't overheat.  Right now it probably isn't the most interesting but it is the best offer yet (but there have been no other offers).  So we may find ourselves in the Lone Star State for a few years.  We'd only be about 4 hours from Jed and his family, so we wouldn't be totally without family.  Nothing is for sure yet but we are definitely considering it.

The next big piece of news is that ... it's a boy!!!  We had the ultrasound last Thursday, the baby is on schedule for the 10th of March and is looking very healthy.  We are very excited and now get to duke it out over the name.  She is putting her foot down on Bear, squashing it out of the picture that is.  But there are names that we both do like, but we are not in any big rush to choose a name.

So that is an update on me.  I'll keep you guys informed on Texas, and let you know how my trip out there goes.