I just looked at the calendar and noticed that we have now been home for 9 weeks. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. Sometimes Japan just seems like a dream...
We lived in the basement of Brad's mom and step-dad's house for the first few weeks before moving into our own apartment a week and half ago. Our 440 square foot little beauty is small, but comfortable and most importantly our own. It has been so nice digging out all of our clothes, shoes, and barely used wedding presents. I like having everything that I need to make pretty much whatever I want (i.e. I have an oven now and pans to make a cake, or muffins if I want to). I also have a dishwasher to put our amazing dishes in after 2 years of not having one! We are also sleeping on our own BED, not on a futon! Really, it's just the simple things in life... :)
One thing that Brad and I joked about though is at least this time around our landlord wasn't trying to use Yahoo translator to explain certain aspects of our lease agreement to us.... haha!
My former employer asked me to come back so I have been working since April 12. It has been nice, but has kept me extremely busy! Brad is still looking for a job but has a couple of interviews this week so hopefully he'll be starting soon.
As far as the long run goes--I am taking the GRE at the end of the summer and taking an Anatomy and Physiology class at CU Denver in the fall. I will also be shadowing physical therapists this summer and applying to PT school in hopes of starting school next summer.
Brad has decided that he would like to be a high school English teacher after his experience teaching in an elementary school here as well as his experience in Japan. In order to achieve this he is going to take prerequisite classes to get a Masters in English this next year at Metro before beginning an education program next summer. After getting his license to teach he is hoping to work towards getting his masters in English part time while teaching.
We are also starting to train for the Denver Rock and Roll Marathon on October 9th. In doing so we are celebrating our 2nd anniversary by running the Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day.
And that in a nut shell is "The Anderson's Return to Colorado". Not so exciting at the moment, but we have enjoyed catching up with everyone and are looking forward to seeing what's in store for us.
